. The romance of lower Carolina; historic, romantic and traditional incidents of the Colonial and revolutionary eras. he production of olive oil and silk. Officially,this was promulgated in these words, And pro-vided, alsoe, that the said Families bee such asshall come from beyond the seas (French Hugue-nots) and bee many of them skilful and practicedin the manufacture of Wines, Silks and is no account of any success with the winesand oils. As to silks, it appears that the eggs of thesilk worms brought by the settlers were hatched atsea, and from want of sustenance, the worms died,
. The romance of lower Carolina; historic, romantic and traditional incidents of the Colonial and revolutionary eras. he production of olive oil and silk. Officially,this was promulgated in these words, And pro-vided, alsoe, that the said Families bee such asshall come from beyond the seas (French Hugue-nots) and bee many of them skilful and practicedin the manufacture of Wines, Silks and is no account of any success with the winesand oils. As to silks, it appears that the eggs of thesilk worms brought by the settlers were hatched atsea, and from want of sustenance, the worms died,and thus was frustrated the first effort at introduc-ing into the colony a manufacture of silks. Even-tually, it reached an approximate success, as theCustom House records show some silk was exportedto Great Britain by the Colony. It is said that thedress which Queen Anne wore when she wascrowned in 1702 was made entirely of silk pro-duced in her Colony of Carolina. Mrs. Thomas Pinckney, about 1745, paid someattention to this industry, and with such successfulresults that she had three beautiful dresses woven 16. o s go5 of her silk. One of these she presented to thePrincess Dowager of Wales (the mother ofGeorge III), one to Lord Chesterfield, who hadbefriended the colony, and the third, a lustrousgold colored brocade, owned (in 1896) by hergrand daughter of the fourth degree, is still greatlyadmired when produced for exhibition. WHEN THE A B CS WERE FIRST TAUGHTIN CAROLINA Education received, very early, the attentionof the people in the Carolina Colony. No childrenhaving come over with the first immigrants, therewas no necessity for schools immediately afterthe settlement. Prior to 1710, which was withinthirty years of the founding of Charlestown, thepeople had conceived and attempted the establish-ment of a free school, and several legacies hadbeen left therefor. In 1711 there was establishedin Charlestown a free school, under the care ofthe Rev. William Guy. In 1712 the Ass
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