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.