Mowry, William Augustus, 1829-1917, Mowry, Arthur May, 1862- joint author · New York, Boston [etc.] Silver, Burdett and company · leaf 149
the year.This wool was scoured, carded, spun by thefamily in the farmhouse, and then woveninto cloth for the winters wear. All this wasdone within the walls of the house, and thecloth was made up intoclothing for the differentmembers of the familyby the itinerant tailor.What a contrast from… … SPINNING WHEEL. CLOTHING—COLONIAL CONDITIONS. 147 In some sections of the country the farmers raised flax,and from it made the purest white linen cloth. The writerof this chapter has in his possession a beautiful piece of whitelinen, woven upon the farmwhere he was born, fromthread which was spun…
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