Publication XIII of the Ipswich Historical Society (Salem Press, 1904), combining Jesse Fewkes's history of fine thread, lace and hosiery making in Ipswich, Massachusetts, with T. Frank Waters's account of the town's mills and factories. Fewkes traces spinning from ancient spindles and whorls to the spinning wheel, hosiery knitting and stocking frames, pillow lace, the bobbin-net lace machine, the Luddite riots, and the arrival of English lace and hosiery workers and machines in 1818-1822. Waters surveys Ipswich mills from the 1630s through the 19th-century cotton, lace and hosiery industries. The volume ends with the Society's annual meeting proceedings for December 1903, including the president's report, curator's report, donations list and membership lists.

Type

Book

Date

1904

Language

English

Pages

62

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