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Kentucky Gazette
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
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On January 31, 1814, the Kentucky Legislature's joint committee examined Stephen Andres' spinning machine for wool and cotton, found it simplified and advantageous over existing models, and recommended it for public patronage to save labor and expedite domestic goods manufacture.
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January 31, 1814.
The joint committee appointed to examine
Mr. Stephen Andres' Spinning Machine, in
conformity to his memorial, proceeded to ex-
amine the same, and find it constructed for
spinning wool and cotton, and more simplified
than any machine heretofore offered for public
use: possessing the advantage of the Spinning
Billy and Jenny now in use-it may be used
as a Billy for roving and spinning warp or fill-
ing, or as a Jenny for spinning warp from wool
or cotton, which change can be made in a few
minutes; the machine contains twelve spin-
dles, and may be worked as a Billy by a com-
mon spinner with the aid of a boy or girl from
eight to ten years old, and as a Jenny without
any aid whatever. It possesses such advanta-
ges for saving labor and expediting the manu-
ufacture of domestic goods, that your commit-
tee recommends the same to the patronage of
the good citizens of this commonwealth.
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Kentucky
Event Date
January 31, 1814
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committee recommends the machine for public patronage to save labor and expedite manufacture of domestic goods.
Event Details
Joint committee examined Mr. Stephen Andres' spinning machine constructed for wool and cotton, more simplified than prior machines, versatile as Billy or Jenny, with twelve spindles, operable by one spinner with child aid or alone, changeable in minutes.