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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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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Society for Encouraging Industry and Employing the Poor.
Series:
Early American imprints. First series ; no. 40672.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
Franklin, Benjamin.
Agriculture--Massachusetts.
Agriculture.
Weaving.
Linen.
Flax industry.
Massachusetts.
Flax industry--Massachusetts.
Linen--Massachusetts.
Weaving--Massachusetts.
Spinning.
Industries--Massachusetts.
Industries.
Genre:
Broadsides.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 sheet (1 unnumbered page))
Place of Publication:
[Boston] : [publisher not identified], [1752]
System Details:
text file
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.
Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 40672).
Cited in:
Bristol B1630
Shipton and Mooney 40672
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