Whereas it is found by experience that this province is not adapted for raising sheep ... and inasmuch as considerable sums are yearly exported to purchase linens ... which this province is very capable to produce and manufacture ... a number of gentlemen have formed themselves into a voluntary society ... The Society for Encouraging Industry and Employing the Poor
Series: Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature -- no. 8978.0 suppl; Making of the Modern World
Publisher: [s.n.]
Published: 1754
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 12
Subjects: Rules and practice; Poor; Linen; Economic aspects; Society for Encouraging Industry and Employing the Poor
Other titles: Articles, rules of incorporation, and list of subscribers.
Notes: Title from text.

Includes: Rules of incorporation, and A list of of the names of the gentlemen who continue to promote by their subscriptions the Society.

"Sir, you have herewith a printed copy of the Articles of the Society ... ", dated: Boston, July, 1754.--P. 12.

Established for the promotion of linen manufacture, as a means of providing for the poor.

Also identified by title supplied by New York Public Library: Articles, rules of incorporation, and list of subscribers.

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