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Gazette Of The United States
New York, New York County, New York
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A gentleman's family in Ann-Arundel county produced 1529 yards of various textiles, stockings, and other items, plus 20 hogsheads of tobacco and 1000 bushels of wheat from April 1, 1790, to March 1, 1791, with only 3 white women, one child, and 12 working Negroes.
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From the 1st of April, 1790, to the 1st of March, 1791, there were manufactured in this family, 126 yards of sheeting, 292 of other linen, 767 of brown rolls, 50 of bagging, 30 of Cotton, 18 of Jeanet, 136 of Liney, 110 of Kersey, in the whole 1529 yards; 61 pair of fine, and 87 pair of coarse stockings—besides a number of leading-lines, bed-cords, clothes-lines, and other articles for the use of the plantation.—Though there are on this plantation only 3 white Women, one small child, and about 12 working Negroes, they have made and raised for sale, in addition to the articles above mentioned, 20 hogsheads of Tobacco, and 1000 bushels of Wheat, yearly.
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Ann Arundel County
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From The 1st Of April, 1790, To The 1st Of March, 1791
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20 hogsheads of tobacco, and 1000 bushels of wheat, yearly
Event Details
A gentleman's family on a plantation manufactured 126 yards of sheeting, 292 of other linen, 767 of brown rolls, 50 of bagging, 30 of Cotton, 18 of Jeanet, 136 of Liney, 110 of Kersey, totaling 1529 yards; 61 pair of fine and 87 pair of coarse stockings; besides leading-lines, bed-cords, clothes-lines, and other articles. With 3 white Women, one small child, and about 12 working Negroes.