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Letter to Editor
February 11, 1797
The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
A correspondent welcomes the potential incorporation of local mechanics for charitable and promotional purposes, highlighting the value of societies that provide relief and advance national arts and handicrafts. Cites a Baltimore Mechanical Association's advertisement for winter aid to members and their families.
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A correspondent was pleased at seeing a prospect of an incorporation of the Mechanics of this town. for benevolent and other purposes. Every institution which has charity & friendly relief for its object, ought to be encouraged; but more especially those which unite with that object the promotion of the arts and handicrafts of our country. Our correspondent was led to this remark, by observing in a Baltimore paper of Jan. 14, an advertisement, in which the Managers of the Mechanical Association of that city, inform that they had appointed three members of their body, to give their temporary relief during the recess of the board, in that inclement season, to members, or to widows & orphans of deceased members, where circumstances may require it; and requesting information of distresses, in order that the funds of the society may be appropriated to the object of the constitution.
What sub-type of article is it?
Persuasive
Informative
What themes does it cover?
Social Issues
Commerce Trade
What keywords are associated?
Mechanics Incorporation
Charity Relief
Mechanical Association
Baltimore
Winter Relief
Arts Handicrafts
What entities or persons were involved?
A Correspondent
Letter to Editor Details
Author
A Correspondent
Main Argument
institutions providing charity and relief, especially those promoting national arts and handicrafts, should be encouraged, as exemplified by the baltimore mechanical association's winter relief efforts.
Notable Details
Baltimore Paper Of Jan. 14 Advertisement
Mechanical Association Appoints Three Members For Temporary Relief To Members, Widows, And Orphans During Winter Recess