The report of the committee to the Society for Encouraging Industry, and Employing the Poor, at their quarterly meeting on the second Wednesday in February, A.D. 1752.

The report of the committee to the Society for Encouraging Industry, and Employing the Poor, at their quarterly meeting on the second Wednesday in February, A.D. 1752.

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Corporate author / creator:Society for Encouraging Industry and Employing the Poor.
Imprint:[Boston] : [publisher not identified], [1752]
Description:1 online resource (1 broadside)
Language:English
Subject:
Franklin, Benjamin, -- 1706-1790.
Franklin, Benjamin, -- 1706-1790
Textile industry.
Agriculture -- Massachusetts.
Textile industry -- Massachusetts.
Flax industry -- Massachusetts.
Linen -- Massachusetts.
Weaving -- Massachusetts.
Spinning.
Industries -- Massachusetts.
Agriculture.
Flax industry.
Industries.
Linen.
Spinning.
Weaving.
Massachusetts.
Broadsides.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12587045
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Notes:Informing the society that "Mr. Benjamin Franklin of Philadelphia being inform'd of the design for which this society was erected, has generously made us a present of ten pistoles," to provide premiums for raising flax, spinning linen yarn, and weaving linen cloth.
Dated, according to the new style calendar: Boston, February the 12th. 1752.
Bristol B1630
Shipton & Mooney 40672
Online resource; title from PDF caption title (LLMC Digital, viewed April 13, 2021).
Other form:Print version: Society for Encouraging Industry and Employing the Poor. Report of the committee to the Society for Encouraging Industry, and Employing the Poor. [Boston], [1752]

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