Reasons humbly offer'd by the woollen-drapers, taylors, &c. for repealing an act  made in the Eighth Year of the Reign of her late Majesty Queen Anne, Entitled, An Act for employing the manufacturers, by encouraging the consumption of raw silk and mohair-yarn.

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Reasons humbly offer'd by the woollen-drapers, taylors, &c. for repealing an act made in the Eighth Year of the Reign of her late Majesty Queen Anne, Entitled, An Act for employing the manufacturers, by encouraging the consumption of raw silk and mohair-yarn.