Proposals for carrying on a manufacture in the town of Boston, for employing the poor of said town.
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A 1768 broadside from Boston proposing a manufactory to employ the town's poor in making duck (sail cloth), and possibly check or plain linen, at the Manufactory-House on the Common. It reviews the town committee's reports and votes of late 1767 and January 1768, and describes the plan: about twenty-five looms producing 1400 to 1500 pieces of duck a year, yarn spun by women and children, and funding by subscription over seven years. It is signed by five undertakers and endorsed by seven Boston Select-Men, including John Hancock.
- Type
- Ephemera
- Date
- March 1, 1768
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 2
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