Wool industry - Great Britain
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Proposals for preventing the running of wool, and encouraging the woollen manufacture
Date: 1731- E-books
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Observations on British wool, and the manufacturing of it in this Kingdom . With remarks on the wool, and woollen manufactories of France, Flanders and Holland, &c. Shewing the Nature of the British Wool in its full Perfection, and its peculiar Goodness, exceeding all other Combing Wool, and the Advantages we may have from it; the Loss and Ruin it will infallibly bring to this Nation by being Run into Foreign Parts, and how and why it is Destructive: With the Rise and Progress of the Woollen Manufactories Abroad, occasion'd by its being Run. To which is annex'd, A Playcart or Proclamation, for Preserving the Woollen Manufactures in Flanders, publish'd in the Year 1731. Also an Address to the Parliament of Great-Britain, shewing the Advantage it is to the Landed Interest to keep our Wool at Home; with an Addition of several Facts of Wool and Yarn being seized, which have come to my Knowledge since the first Publication. By a manufacturer of Northamptonshire.
Munn, JohnDate: [1739]- E-books
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A short account of the state of our woollen manufacturies, from the Peace of Ryswick to this time . Shewing, Their Former Flourishing, and their Present Ruinous Condition; and that they always flourished when France could not get our Wool, but declined in Proportion to the Quantities of Wool Exported to them. To which is added an effectual scheme to prevent the exportation of our wool, by an universal registry.
Webber, SamuelDate: M.DCC.XXXIX. [1739]- E-books
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Plain dealing or the whole method of wool-smuggling clearly discover'd, and the weakness of the laws in force, put in a clear light; with methods proposed, and humbly submitted to both Houses of Parliament, by Way of Amendments to the Wool Act, that may effectually prevent wool smuggling for the future, without Expences to the Government. By George Bridges, A Servant of his Majesty's.
Bridges, George, wool-comber.Date: [1744]- E-books
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A method to prevent, without a register, the running of wool from Ireland to France, and to other foreign parts : in order to re-establish the woolen manufacture of England.
Lowndes, Thomas, 1692-1748.Date: 1745