William Henry Holmes's study of prehistoric textile art in the mound region of the eastern United States, from the Thirteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology. It surveys wattle work, basketry, matting, and pliable fabrics (cloths, nets, feather work, embroidery), drawing on early European accounts and archeological finds. Much of the evidence comes from cave and shelter burials, charred cloth from mounds, fabrics preserved by contact with copper, and fabric impressions on pottery, with discussion of twined and diagonal weaving. Nine plates and 28 figures illustrate specimens, early engravings, and restored fabric structures.

A 1910 Senate reprint of Special Report No. 13 (May 1866) of the U.S. Revenue Commission, prepared by Stephen Colwell, on wool and woollen manufactures. It reproduces the 1865 Syracuse convention of wool-growers and wool manufacturers, joint and separate committee reports, and statements on tariff duties on wool, cloth, worsteds, carpets and knit goods. Contents include debates on washed versus unwashed wool and the one-third shrinkage rule, wool production costs, Canadian wool, and statistical tables of mill consumption, duties, and wages in hosiery mills.