The story of textiles; a bird's-eye view of the history of the beginning and the growth of the industry by which mankind is clothed (1912)
Walton, Perry, 1865-1941 · Boston, Mass., J. S. Lawrence · leaf 304
m thePennsylvania provinces was held in 1775, various newspaperwriters recommended the establishment of woolen manu-factures. One writer, who signed himself Hibernian,proposed the formation of a patriotic society to manufacturewoolen with a permit to raise one thousand pounds bylottery. Weavers, he… … THE STORY OF TEXTILES 215 estimated at five hundred and fifty pounds. Six thousandpounds of yarn could be bought for four hundred and fiftypounds, but the profits of manufacture were not calculated. The first joint stock company in the United States wasorganized in 1775 in Philadelphia to make…
Textile industry
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