Our country, the marvel of nations; its past, present, and future, and what the Scriptures say of it . and crude. In 1797, Asa Whittemore, of Massachusettsinvented a carding-machine, and this led to the establishment of woolen manu-factones outside of families. In his famous report on manufactures, in 1701Alexander Hamilton said that of woolen goods, hats only had reached maturityThe business had been carried on with success in colonial times. The wool wase ted by hand, and furs were added by the same slow process. This manuallabor until a little .note than thirty-six years ago, when
Our country, the marvel of nations; its past, present, and future, and what the Scriptures say of it . and crude. In 1797, Asa Whittemore, of Massachusettsinvented a carding-machine, and this led to the establishment of woolen manu-factones outside of families. In his famous report on manufactures, in 1701Alexander Hamilton said that of woolen goods, hats only had reached maturityThe business had been carried on with success in colonial times. The wool wase ted by hand, and furs were added by the same slow process. This manuallabor until a little .note than thirty-six years ago, when it was sup- planted by machinery. Immensenumbers of hats of every kind arenow made in our country. At the time of Hamiltonsreport, there was only one woolen-mill in the United States. Thiswas at Hartford, Conn. In it weremade cloths and cassimeres. Now, wool M,L Providence. R. I 7°^° i^^iox\e^ may be found in almost every State in the Unionturning out annually the finest cloths, cassimeres, flannels, carpets, and everyvariety of goods made of wool. In this business, as in cotton, Massachusetts.
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