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Textile fabrics - Early works to 1800

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    Reasons humbly offer'd for amending and explaining an Act, made in the tenth year of Her Majesty's reign, intitled, An act for regulating, improving, and encouraging the woollen-manufacture, of mixt or medly broad cloth, &c

    | Date: 1714]
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    Unto the Right Honourable, the Lords of Council and Session, the petition of Francis Baker, manufacturer at Turriff; ..

    Baker, Francis, manufacturer at Turriff. | Date: 1772]
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    Michael Burrough, woollen-draper, mercer, haberdasher, undertaker, &c. The corner of the Poultry-Cross, Salisbury, sells, wholesale and retail, at the lowest prices, ..

    Burrough, Michael | Date: 1800
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    A treatise on silk , wool, worsted, cotton, and thread, describing their nature, properties and qualities, with instructions to clean the manufactures in the hosiery branch, And At The Same Time Preserve their Colour and Beauty; (calculated For The Use Of Families.) to which are added, descriptive remarks on frame-work knitting, Knitting With Wires, And Patent Manufacturies. By R. March, Hosier, (no 230) Temple-Bar.

    March, R. | Date: [1779]

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