The History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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In 1791, Moses Brown, of Providence, made a summary of the state of manufactures in and around Providence: Spermaceti factories about extinct; distilleries ancient, mostly for gin; three sugar houses in operation; twelve or thirteen forges making bar iron out of pigs; anchor smiths are ancient an-d'exports good steel is perfected screws for paper mills in Connecticut and New York; cold nails from card tacks to shingle nails; cotton and woolen card making is perfected, engines being used for cutting the wire and bending the teeth, bending 800 or upwards in a minute, by a lad turning a crank by hand two paper mills that do much business - writing paper, press paper, bonnet paper, etc.; hand and water mills for ginning cotton; upwards of a dozen fulling mills in Providence county; Almy Brown's factory turns out about 780 yards a month of velvets, thicksets, corduroys, fancy goods, royal ribs, denims, jeans, fus tians, etc.; many chocolate and snuff mills, hats, girt webs and saddle fringes we are talking of a duck and twine manufactory in addition to our rope walks, of which we have three; our poor of both sexes are or may be employed in various industries, thus avoiding daily charities. Salt works were established at Pawtuxet and at Barrington by the evaporation of the waters of the Bay.

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