The World’s Best Carpets: Erastus Bigelow and the Financing of Antebellum Innovation Lindsay Schakenbach Regele Technology and Culture, Volume 59, Number 1, January 2018, pp. 126-151 (Article) Published by Johns Hopkins University Press DOI: For additional information about this article [ This content has been declared free to read by the pubisher during the COVID-19 pandemic. ] https://doi.org/10.1353/tech.2018.0008 https://muse.jhu.edu/article/692169