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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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- 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).
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- Bristol B1630
- Shipton and Mooney 40672
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