Woolen and worsted manufacture - Great Britain
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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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Some thoughts on the woollen manufactures of England : in a letter from a clothier to a member of Parliament.
Bindon, David, -1760.Date: 1731- E-books
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A letter addressed to Edward Phelips, Esq. Member for the County of Somerset; containing general observations on the advantages of manufacturing the combing wool of England, which is Smuggled to France; and Cursory Remarks of the Evidence given by the Manufacturers to the Committee of the House of Commons: Also, a Refutation of the Argument adduced by the Author of the Annals of Agriculture, from an Official Paper of Mons. Calonne; to shew The Inconsiderable Quantity of British Wool imported into France. By the chairman of the wool meeting
Anstie, JohnDate: M.DCC.LXXXVIII. [1788]- E-books
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An argument upon the woollen manufacture of Great Britain : plainly demonstrating, that Ireland must be speedily employed therein, as the only means to recover its decay, and to prevent its ruin.
Date: 1737- E-books
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An epitome of the Bill now depending in Parliament . The better to prevent the exportation of live sheep, wool, &c. and a comparative view of that bill, with the laws now in being for the like Purposes. To which are prefixed, some observations Upon the Importance of the Wollen Manufactures, and the reasons for the present Application. The whole humbly submitted to the consideration of the Lords in Parliament.
Date: M.DCC.LXXXVIII. [1788]