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Domestic News
February 21, 1829
The Delaware Register, Or, Farmers', Manufacturers' & Mechanics' Advocate
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
What is this article about?
Mr. James F. Murray of Chillisquaque, Pennsylvania, displayed drab cloth made from his farm's wool, spun at home and dressed at local mills, costing $1 per yard and praised as superior American manufacture.
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American System.—Mr James F. Murray, of Chillisquaque, Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, showed us a piece of drab cloth, dressed at the Chilisquaque Fulling Mills, by Henry Ribson, which is pronounced by judges to be superior to any they have ever seen manufactured in the small way, in this country. The wool was the product of Mr Murray's sheep, raised on his farm, half merino and spun in his house— to value the wool at fifty cents per pound, the cloth cost him one dollar per yard, three quarters wide—which no American ought to be ashamed to wear.
Miltonian.
Miltonian.
What sub-type of article is it?
Economic
Agriculture
What keywords are associated?
American System
Cloth Manufacturing
Chillisquaque
Wool Production
Pennsylvania
Fulling Mills
What entities or persons were involved?
James F. Murray
Henry Ribson
Where did it happen?
Chillisquaque, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Chillisquaque, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
Key Persons
James F. Murray
Henry Ribson
Outcome
cloth cost one dollar per yard, three quarters wide; pronounced superior by judges.
Event Details
Mr James F. Murray showed a piece of drab cloth dressed at Chilisquaque Fulling Mills by Henry Ribson. Wool from his half-merino sheep raised on his farm, spun in his house. Valued at fifty cents per pound for wool.