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The female manufacturers complaint : being The Humble Petition of Dorothy Distaff, Abigail Spinning-Wheel, Eleanor Reel, &c. Spinsters, to the Lady Rebecca Woollpack. With A Respectful Epistle to Sir R---- St----l, concerning some Omissions of the utmost Importance in his Lady's Wardrobe. By Monsieur de Brocade of Paris.

Eighteenth Century Collections Online I (ECCO) Available online

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Distaff, Dorothy.
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731, attributed name.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Weavers--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.
Weavers.
Woolen and worsted manufacture--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.
Woolen and worsted manufacture.
Genre:
Petitions.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (23,[1]p. )
Other Title:
Female manufacturers complaint
Place of Publication:
London : printed for W. Boreham at the Angel in Pater-Noster Row, 1720.
Notes:
Dorothy Distaff, etc. are pseudonyms.
Sometimes attributed to Daniel Defoe (Moore, Novak). Attribution disputed by Furbank and Owens, Defoe de-attributions.
Sir R---- St----l = Sir Richard Steele, whose 'Spinster' no.1 is answered by the 'respectful epistle'.
With a half-title.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Cited in:
Moore, 424a
Hanson, 2647
Goldsmiths', 5650
English Short Title Catalog, T56901.
OCLC:
642633514

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