Proposals for Building, in Every County, a Working-almshouse or Hospital as the Best Expedient to Perfect the Trade and Manufactory of Linnen-cloth
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A 1677 English pamphlet by Richard Haines proposing that every county build a working almshouse or hospital where the poor, children, beggars and vagrants would be employed spinning flax and hemp for linen cloth. It argues that this would keep money in the kingdom, improve land through flax and hemp growing, and relieve parishes, with calculations of output and cost. Haines describes a spinning engine, in which one man turns 50 wheels for 100 spinners, and a hemp-beating engine. He answers a series of objections, and a postscript adds further answers and notes the approval of Prince Rupert.
- Type
- Book
- Date
- 1677
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 15
- Archive notes
- 2-up. 15 document pages
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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