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The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Report from Newbury-Port on encouraged manufactures across US locations including Philadelphia's stockings and society, Albany's glass-ware, Hartford's broadcloths, and others like cotton goods in Beverly, with subscriptions and employment for the poor.
Merged-components note: Continuation of the article on manufactures and encouragement of American industries across pages.
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In many parts of the United States manufactures of various kinds meet with the greatest encouragement-among which the following are worthy of notice. -In Philadelphia and its neighbourhood (besides great quantities of jeans, fustians, many articles of hard-ware, &c. &c.) are annually woven, stockings, to the amount of £200,000 per annum : They have also a Society for the encouragement of manufactures and useful arts, instituted in 1787, open for the reception of every citizen of the United States, who will fulfil the engagements of a member of the same. The society is under the direction of a President, four Vice-Presidents, and twelve Managers, besides subordinate officers. Each member, on his admission, pays ten shillings, at least, into the general fund ; and the same sum annually, till he shall cease to be a member. Besides this, they have a manufacturing-fund, made up of subscriptions of not less than ten pounds each, for the purpose of establishing factories in suitable places, for the employment of the industrious poor. The subscribers have all the profits arising from the business. The meetings of this society are held quarterly.
In Albany, glass-ware is manufactured to great advantage--In Hartford, glass is made, and large quantities of excellent broad cloths-- In Worcester is a manufactory, in a flourishing state, for corduroys, jeans, thick-sets, &c.---In Boston a Glass-House is built: and a Sail-Cloth Manufactory employs a great number of the industrious poor--In Salem a subscription was lately opened for setting up a Duck-manufactory, and £1500 immediately subscribed--In Beverly is a manufactory for most kinds of cotton goods, which is rapidly improving, affords employ for many valuable citizens, and is likely to enrich the gentlemen who have established it--In Exeter and Haverhill are Duck-Manufactories, recently established, which bid fair to be of general utility.--In Newbury-Port such an enterprizing spirit prevails, for the encouragement of American manufactures, and to raise our own fortunes, that we are
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Primary Location
Newbury Port
Event Date
Feb. 3.
Outcome
encouragement of manufactures leading to employment of industrious poor, subscriptions like £1500 in salem, profits for subscribers, and flourishing factories in various locations.
Event Details
Description of various US manufactures including Philadelphia's stockings worth £200,000 annually and a society for encouragement instituted in 1787; glass-ware in Albany and Hartford; broadcloths in Hartford; corduroys and jeans in Worcester; glass-house and sail-cloth in Boston; duck-manufactory subscription in Salem; cotton goods in Beverly; duck-manufactories in Exeter and Haverhill; enterprising spirit in Newbury-Port for American manufactures.