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Whereas it is found by experience that this province is not adapted for raising sheep ... and inasmuch as considerable sums are yearly exported to purchase linens ... which this province is very capable to produce and manufacture ... a number of gentlemen have formed themselves into a voluntary society ... The Society for Encouraging Industry and Employing the Poor.

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Corporate Author:	Society for Encouraging Industry and Employing the Poor
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Boston] : [publisher not identified], [1754]
Series:	Making of the modern world (Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature)
Subjects:	Society for Encouraging Industry and Employing the Poor > Rules and practice. Poor > Massachusetts. Poor > Massachusetts > Boston. Linen > Economic aspects > Massachusetts. Electronic books.
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