Joseph Wadsworth – Dean of the Silk Industry
Joseph Wadsworth, born on March 10, 1849, in the bucolic landscape of New England, would become a transformative figure in the burgeoning silk industry of 19th-century America. Raised amidst modest means, Wadsworth displayed an early fascination with natural processes—particularly the enigmatic transformation of silkworms into producers of the lustrous thread that … Continue reading →