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.

Publication XIII of the Ipswich Historical Society, containing two papers and the proceedings of the December 7, 1903 annual meeting. Jesse Fewkes traces the history of spinning, hosiery (stocking frame) weaving and bobbin-net lace machinery, including the Luddite riots in Nottingham and the English lace workers who came to Ipswich, Massachusetts, in the 1820s. T. Frank Waters surveys the mills and factories of Ipswich from colonial grist and saw mills through the cotton, lace and hosiery industries. The volume ends with the president's and curator's reports, donations, and member lists.