The Winterthur Library

 The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, DE  19735

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OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

 

Creator:          Kress Library of Business and Economics.                               

Title:               Papers about the woolen and silk trades [microform]

Dates:             ca.1602-ca.1773.

Call No.:         Mic. 255-257, 260-261

Acc. No.:         [none]

Quantity:        5 microfilm reels

Location:        microfilm cabinet

 

 

 

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT

 

A collection of documents, both printed and manuscript, pertaining to the woolen and silk trades of Great Britain in the 17th and 18th centuries, found in the Kress collection in the Baker Library at Harvard University.  Some of the documents pertain to France or Italy. Most of the documents on these microfilm reels are listed in the catalog to the Kress collection.  Included are broadsides, petitions to the government, comments on proposed bills and sumptuary laws, etc.  Some of the documents also refer to the linen trade.  The documents discuss trade with Ireland, Europe (especially France, the Netherlands, and Germany), Africa, and India.

           

 

ORGANIZATION

 

Most of the documents were filmed in the numerical order assigned by the Kress Library of Business and Economics.  A few materials are out of order.  The items on Mic. 257 are not from the Kress Library.  The catalog of the Kress Library is found in the reference section of the library, call number Z7166 H39a.

 

 

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

 

The materials are in English, French, and German.

 

 

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

 

Collection is open to the public.  Copyright restrictions may apply.

           

 

PROVENANCE

           

Microfilm acquired from Baker Library, Harvard University.

 

 

ACCESS POINTS

 

Topics:

            Wool industry - Great Britain.

            Silk industry - Great Britain.

            Wool - Marketing - Great Britain.

            Linen industry - Great Britain.

Textile industry - France.

Textile industry - Great Britain.

           

 

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

 

Location: microfilm cabinet              

 

Mic. 255:

 

Note: numbers beginning with the letter S are from Catalogue Supplement of the Kress Library of Business and Economics (Boston: Baker Library, 1956; in printed books: Ref. Z7166 H39a, v. 1, suppl.)

 

S.103   Barthélemy Laffemas, sieur de Bauthor.  Le tesmoignage certain du profiict & reuenu des soyes de France, par preuues certifiees du pais de Languedoc...

Paris, P. Pautonnier, 1602. 

8p.

 

S.185   Great Britain.  By the king.  A proclamation for the preuenting of the exportation of woolles, woollesels, yarne, fullers earth, and woad-ashes, and for the better vent of cloth, and stuffe made of wooll, within this kingdome...

London, B. Norton and I. Bill, 1622.

broadside on 3 separate sheets.  Dated:  July 28 [1622]

 

S.235   Great Britain.  By the king.  A proclamation for the preuenting of the expor­tation of woolles, vvool-fels, yarne, fullers earth, and vvoad-ashes and of hydes, both tand and raw, out of this kingdome. 

London, R. Barker and I. Bill, 1630. 

3 1eaves.  Dated at end 17 April. 

 

S.245   Great Britain.  By the king.  A proclamation for the well ordering of the silke trade, throughout England, &c....

London, R. Barker, [etc.] 1632 [1633]. 

broadside on 4 separate sheets.  Dated: March 16 [1633]

 

S. 249  Great Britain. Sovereigns, etc., 1625-1649 (Charles I) By the king.  A proclamation for the better ordering the transportation of clothes, and other woollen manufactures into Germany, and the Low-countryes...

London, R. Barker [etc.] 1634.

broadside on 2 separate sheets.  Dated: December 7 [1634]

 

S.344   To the generall clothiers of England of the old and new drapery.

[n.p., 1647?] 

(7) p.  Caption title.

An answer to Nathaniel Bedle, "Remonstrance and vindication". 

 

S. 345 To the honourable House of novv commons assembled in Parliament. The humble petition of many thousands of clothiers, weavers, baymakers, serge-makers, say-makers, clothworkers, and worsted-combers within the realme of England, whose names are hereunder written, aswell for and on the behalfe of themselves as of all other persons that trade and deale in wooll, and the using and imploying thereof, in the making of cloth, stuffes and other manufactures of vvooll within the said kingdome and the dominion of Wales, subscribed unto also by divers merchants and woollen-drapers of London for themselves and on the behalfe of the rest who are concerned therein, being dealers and adventurers of the commodities made of wooll. 

London, S.I., 1647. 

broadside.

 

S. 359  Great Britain.  Parliament.  House of Commons, 1649.  [An act] prohib­iting the importing of any wines, wooll or silk from the kingdom of France, into the Commonwealth of England or Ireland, or any the dominions thereunto belonging. 

London, E. Husband, 1649. 

Broadside

 

S. 376  Merchant Adventurers of England.  The advantages of the kingdome of England, both abroad and at home, by manageing and issuing the drapery, and woollen manufactures of this kingdom, under the ancient government of the fellowship of merchant1s-adventurers of England. 

[n.p., 165-?]

Broadside

 

S. 488  Omnia comesta a Belo.  Or, An answer out of the West to a question out of the North...

[London] 1667. 

16 (i.e. 15) p. 

 

S. 495  Englands glory.  By the benefit of wool manufactured therein, from the farmer to the merchant; and the evil consequences of its exportation unmanufactured...

[London, T. M., 1669]            

10 p., 1 1eaf. 

 

S. 582  The Good-Wives lamentation, or The womens complaint on the account of their being to be buried in woollen.  [With allowance.]

London, L. C., 1678. 

8 p.  

 

S. 583  The Good-Wives vindication, or An answer to a late saucy pamphlet intituled The womens complaint on the account of their being to be buried in woollen.  By a person of quality. 

[With allowance, August 26.  Roger L'Estrange.]  Lond, L. C., 1678. 

8 p.  

 

S. 591  Company of merchants of England trading to the Levant.  Some considerations humbly offered to the Honourable the House of Commons, by the Governour and Company of merchants of England, trading into the Levant seas, touching the bill, intitled, A bill for the further incouragement of the woollen manufactures of this kingdom. 

[London, 1679?] 

broadside. 

 

S.596   Some considerations offered to the Honourable House of Commons against a bill depending about transportation of uuooll.           

[London, 1679?] 

broadside. 

 

S. 621 Haines, Richard.  England's weal & prosperity proposed: or, Reasons for erecting publick work-houses in every county, for the speedy promo­ting of industry and the woollen manufactory shewing how the wealth of the nation may be encreased, many hundred thousand pounds per annum... To which is added a model of government for such works houses prepared by the same author, and printed in the year (79)... Pursuant to A breviate of proposals for the promoting of industry... by him formerly published.

London, L. Curtis, 1681.  16 p.

Note: The "Method of government" does not appear in this copy. 

 

S. 626  The trade of England revived: and the abuses thereof rectified, in relation to wooll and woollen-cloth, silk and silk-weavers, hawkers, bankrupts, stage-coaches, shop-keepers, companies, markets, linnen-cloath. Also what statutes in force may be injurious to trade and tradesmen, with several proposals.  Humbly offered to this present Parliament. 

London, D. Newman, 1681. 

1 p.l., 62 p. 

 

S. 656  Scotland.  Privy Council.  Act, in favours [sic] of the undertakers of the cloath-manufactory at New-MiIns...

Edinburgh, Printed by the heir of A. Anderson, 1685. 

broadside.  Dated:  August 14, 1685.

 

S 678   Carter, William, clothier. An abstract of the proceedings to prevent exportation of wooll un-manufactured.  From the year 1667, to this present year 1688.  In which all persons concerned may be satisfyed, of the constant diligence, and labour has been taken to hinder the same...

Lond, J. Streater, 1688. 

1 p.l., 21 p.

 

S. 683  Great Britain.  Sovereigns, etc., 1685-1688 (James II).  A proclamation anent burying in Scots linen...

Edinburgh, Printed by the heir of A. Anderson, 1688. 

broadside.  Dated: August 15, 1688. 

 

S. 684  Great Britain.  Sovereigns, etc., 1685-1688 (James II).  A proclamation, anent linen-cloth...

Edinburgh, Printed by the heir of A. Anderson, 1688. 

broadside.  Dated: August 15, 1688.

 

S. 702  The clothiers reasons for establishing the Company of merchant adventurers of England...

[London, 169-?] 

broadside.

 

S. 708  [Malkin, Gilbert.]  A proposal humbly presented to the right honour­able the House of commons, by which it is reasonable to suppose a million may be raised (and as it is hoped much more) without oppressing any person, every one being at their liberty to pay, or not to pay...

[London, 169-?]

broadside. 

Note: Proposes a tax on wearing foreign clothing.

 

S. 751 The linnen and woollen manufactory discoursed: with the nature of companies and trade in general: and particularly, that of the company's for the linnen manufactory of England and Ireland.  With some reflections how the trade of Ireland hath formerly, and may now affect England...

London, T. Mercer, 1691. 

15 p. 

 

S. 758  The case of the clothiers, weavers, drapers, mercers, and other dealers in the woollen manufactures, with relation to the aulnage...

[n.p., 1692]

broadside.

 

S. 779  The case of the late African company, and the trade to Guiny, and other parts within the said Company's patents...

[n.p., 1694?] 

4 p.

Note: Refers to the Company of Royal Adventurers in England trading to Africa; opposes the exclusive trading privileges of its successor, the Royal African Company of England.

 

 

 

Mic. 256:

 

Note: numbers beginning with the letter S are from Catalogue Supplement of the Kress Library of Business and Economics (Boston: Baker Library, 1956; in printed books: Ref. Z7166 H39a, v. 1, suppl.)

 

S.785   The interest of England considered: in an essay upon wooll, our woollen-manufactures, and the improvement of trade.  With some remarks upon the conceptions of Sir Josiah Child. 

London, W. Kettilby, 1694. First edition.

5 p.l., 100 p.   

 

S.822   London.  Weavers’ Ccompany.  The Weavers answer, to the objections made by the Lustrings company...

[London, 1695] 

broadside.

 

S.865   The Blackwell-hall factors case.  Against a proviso to prohibit them from selling wooll to clothiers, offer'd to be added to the bill, for the better improving the woollen-manufacture...

[London, 1696?]

broadside.

 

S.871   The case of several merchants, clothiers, factors for the woollen-manufacture, and others...

[London, 1696] 

broadside. 

Note: Petition to allow factors to pay commissioners of excise in hammered money rather than the new milled money.

 

S.874   Considerations about the transportation of wool...

[n.p., 1696?]

broadside.

 

S.910   Reasons for restraining the factors of Black-Well-hall, from dealing in Spanish and English wooll...

[London? 1696] 

broadside.

 

S.918   To the honourable members of the House of commons &c. a short abstract for the more effectual hindring intelligence with France, by the full preventing the exportation of wool, &c...

[London, 1696]

broadside.

 

S.930   An extract from the Dutch printed cargoes of the several sorts of goods following, by them imported from the East-Indies between the years 1686. and 1696. inclusive, viz. silks, or goods mixed therewith, callicoes and other goods painted, stained, printed or coloured there...

[n.p., 1697?] 

broadside.

 

S.946   Reasons humbly offered for passing the bill, prohibiting the exportation of woollen manufactures from Ireland to forreign parts, other than England...

[n.p., 1697] 

broadside.

 

S.960   Exeter, England.  Gild of Incorporated Weavers, Fullers, and Shearmen. The names of several persons trading in, and depending upon the manu­facturing of serges, within the city of Exon, and parts adjacent, lately removed from thence into the kingdom of Ireland.

 [Exeter? 1698?] 

broadside. 

Note: "Certified...this 12th of March, 1697/8." Indorsed: Exeter and Tiverton list, &c.

 

S.1017 Reasons humbly offered for restraining the wearing of wrought silks, Bengals, and dyed, printed and stained callicoes, of the product and manufacture of Persia and the East-Indies, in England and our plan­tations ...

[London? 1699?]

3, [1]p. 

 

S.1024 The case of the city of Exon. 

[n.p., 17—?] 

broadside. 

Note: A petition to have the restrictions on the importation of wool at Exeter lifted.

 

S.1028 The deplorable case of the chief and other agents or officers that have been deputed and concerned in the preventing the carrying away and the exportation of the wool of this kingdom, &c.

[n.p., 17—?]  broadside. 

Indorsed:  The case of the wool-agents or officers, &c. 

 

S.1036 [Plank, Stephen.]  Proposals for the more effectual preventing the exportation of wooll, &c.      

[n.p., 17—?] 

[2] p.

 

S.1037 Purchase's proposals, to shew the nature of the general register, and the advantage to the kingdom by it,

[n.p., 17--?] 

broadside.
note: Indorsed: The case to prevent the transportation of wooll. 

 

S.1043 Way, William. Proposals humbly offered to the honourable the Com­mons of England assembled in Parliament, prepared the three sessions last past, and now again presented by William Way, with five others, well experienced in the trade hereafter mentioned, who were the first proposers of this matter; for the raising of neer two millions, per ann. on the woollen manufacture us'd in this kingdom, and in the dom­inion of Wales, and about one million on the stock in hand, as a present supply to carry on the war against France, which will not pre­judice, but rather advance our trade both foreign and domestick.

[n.p., 17--?].

[2] p.  Dated in ms.: ye 20. of Decr. 99.

 

S.1046 An account of the late sale of India silks, &c. with the French king's decree concerning those manufactures.

[n.p., 1700?] 

broadside.

Caption title: A particular of the silks, and a specimen of the toyes and handicraft-wares, which came from the East-India, on the ships Martha, Sarah and Dorothy; with the rates at which they were sold at the late sale at East India House. 

 

S.1053 Considerations relating to the bill for restraining the wearing India wrought silks, &c. in England...

[London? 1700?] 

broadside.

Note: Quotes extensively from Child's A new discourse of trade.

 

S.1056 Eleven queries humbly tender'd, relating to the bill for prohib­iting the wearing of East-India silks, and printed and dyed calicoes...

[London? 1700?] 

broadside.

 

S.1057 Five queries humbly tender'd, relating to the       bill for prohib­iting the consumption of East-India silks, Bengals and printed callicoes ...

[London? 1700?] 

broadside.

Note: Indorsed: Queries to the bill for pro­hibiting the consumption of East-India silks, &c. 

 

S.1060 A list of several sorts of silks and callicoes usually imported from the East-Indies, Persia and China, prohibited to be used in England, by the bill entituled, An act for restraining the earing of all wrought silks, bengals dyed, printed or stained callicoes...

[London, 1700?] 

broadside. 

Indorsed:  List of goods prohibited by the bill for restraining the wearing East-India silks and callicoes.

 

S.1067 Reasons against the prohibiting the wearing of East-India and Persia wrought silks, bengals, dyed and printed callicoes, &c. in England, humbly offered to the consideration of the honourable House of commons ...

[London? 1700?] 

broadside.

 

S.1068 Reasons humbly offered why wrought silks, bengalls, and painted callicoes from India, ought not to be prohibited to be worn in England ...

[n.p., 1700?]

broadside.

 

S.1069 A reply to a paper, intituled, Reasons against the prohibiting the wearing East-India and Persian wrought silks, &c. humbly offer'd to the honourable House of commons...

[London, 1700?] 

4 p.

 

S.1079 The case of several thousand retailers of East-India silks, stuffs, and bengalls, with relation to what will necessarily remain on their hands, when the act for prohibiting the wearing thereof takes place, viz. the 29th of September, 1701….

[n.p., 1701] 

broadside. 

Indorsed: The case of the retailers of East-India goods.

 

S.1088 The case of silkmen, throwsters, dyers, twisters, relating to the obstructing of the consumption of silk and mohair-yard....

[n.p., 1702?]

broadside.

 

S.1175 Reasons humbly offered against the passing of a clause for import­ing cocheneal from any place, but such as are allowed by the act of navigation....

[n.p., 1707?]

broadside.

 

S.1177 Reasons humbly offer'd to the honourable House of commons, for passing the bill for a free importation of cochineal for a limited time...

[n.p., 1707?]

broadside.

 

S.1224 A copy of a clause, relating to the exportation of all goods entitl'd to a drawback; being part of a bill now depending in the honourable House of commons...

[n.p., 1709?] 

broadside.

 

S.1231 Queries relating to a clause in the annuity bill, obliging the exporters of all goods entituled to draw-backs, to give bond at the custom-house to the full value of such goods, with double security; which bonds are to remain in force until certificates are produced that such goods are landed in foreign parts, &c.

[n.p., 1709?]

broadside.

 

S.1242 Further considerations for encouraging the woollen manufactures of this kingdom, humbly offer'd to the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled.      

[n.p., 171-?]    

broadside.

 

S.1245 Proposals humbly offered to the honourable House of commons, for raising of one hundred sixty six thousand six hundred sixty six pounds thirteen shillings and four pence per annum, by a tax or duty to be laid upon printers and glazers of calicoes and linen cloth, &c. And for raising about one hundred thousand pounds per annum, by a tax or duty to be laid on the printers of paper used for lining of rooms, trunks, and boxes, and on the printers of mapps.

[n.p., 171-?]

broadside. 

Indorsed:  Easie methods for raising of moneys for Her Majesty, by a duty to be laid upon calicoes & linen cloth, &c. to be glazed and printed.  And upon soap.

 

S.1246 Reasons humbly offered against the passing a bill for the encour­agement of an invention of damasking, striking and fixing colours into all sorts of stuffs, cloth, and raising and embossing flowers of various colours on the same.

[n.p., 171-?] 

broadside.

 

S.1248 Reasons humbly offered to the consideration of the honourable members of the House of commons, against making any ports in the South Channel in England, free, for the importation of wooll and yarn from Ireland. 

[n.p., 171-?] 

3, [1] p.

 

S.1249 A scheme to encourage the printing, painting and staining of English cottons, Irish and Scotch linnens; and at the same time to preserve the woollen and silk manufactures in this kingdom.

[n.p., 171-?] 

[2] p. 

Concludes:  All which is humbly submitted to the great wisdom of the Parliament of Great Britain by the poor journeymen weavers of Spitalfields.

 

S.1250 Some considerations relating to the importation of snap and bay yarn from Ireland to Bristoll, &c.  Humbly offer'd to the honble the House of commons.  By a person wholly indifferent, and no way concern1d either on one side or other.

[n.p., 171-?]

2 p. tab.

 

S.1251 The stuff weaver's case against printing callicoes examined.

[n.p., 171-?] 

broadside. 

Indorsed: An examination of the weavers case.

 

S.1261 [Fox, George.]  An epistle by way of caution, to shopkeepers, merchants, and factors.  [London]

Printed in 1674, and reprinted for a more general service in 1710. 

3 p. 

Extracted from his "The line of righteousness and justice stretched forth over all merchants..." published in 1661.

 

S.1327 The case of the manufacturers of, and dealers in silk goods, under the new projected duty...

[n.p., 1712?] 

broadside.

 

S.1356 The case of the woollen manufacturers of Great Britain, and of the poor they imploy, in relation to a trade with France...

[London, 1713?]

2 p.

 

S.1357 The case of the woollen manufacturers of the western counties, particularly Cornwall and Devon: as it relates to the trade to Africa ...

[London? 1713]

2 p. 

Note: Against exclusive trade privileges for the Royal African Company of England.

 

S.1366 A list of the names of all the commodities of English product and manufacture, that was exported to France from England during what may be call'd the interval of peace from Christmas 1698, to Christmas 1702.

[London, B. Tooke, etc., 1713] 

6 p.

 

S.1397 Parker, Ephraim.  Proposals for laying on a very easy tax, to begin to pay the publick debts; humbly presented to the consideration of the honourable House of commons...

[n.p., 1714?] 

2 p. 

Proposes a tax on all cbth, made in Great Britain.

 

S.1426 The reasons offer'd by the weavers, setting forth the necessity of a free trade in the making of Colchester bays...

[n.p., 1715]

3, [1] p.

Indorsed: The case of the bay-makers of Colchester.

 

S.1430  [Blanch, John.]  Speculum commercii: or, The history of our golden fleece...

London, R. and J. Bonwick, 1716. 

109 p.

 

S.1437 London.  Dyers Company.  ...A short state of the case of the livery-men of the Dyers company...

[London, 1716] 

broadside. 

At head of title:  Dyers, London.

 

S.1445 An answer to Reasons (so call'd) against the bill for exporting Irish linen to the British plantations duty-free...

[n.p., 1717] 

broad­side.

 

S.1479 Reasons humbly offer'd against making Exeter, or any other port in the British chanel, a staple port for importation of wooll from Ireland...

[London?  1718?] 

broadside.

 

S.1508 Royal Lustring Company, London.  The case of great numbers of weavers, freemen, and lawful workmen, now working to the Royal lute-string [sic] company. 

 [London? 172-?] 

broadside.

 

S.1513 The answer of the Scots linnen manufacturers to the Report of the Lords commissioners of trade and plantations; and to a paper falsly call'd, The case of the printing of linnen in Great-Britain, &c., humbly submitted to the consideration of the honorable House of commons...

[London? 1720]

[2] p. 

Indorsed title: The Scots linnen manufacturers Answer to the Report of the Lords commissioners of trade...

 

S.1518 The case of the printing of linnen in Great Britain, as it part­icnlarly [sic] relates to the printing of linnens made in Scotland and Ireland...

[n.p., 1720]

[2] p.

 

S.1527 The farther case of the woollen and silk manufacturers….

[London? 1720?]

[2] p.

 

S.1547 Merchant Adventurers of England.  The Hambrough merchants case relating to the bill now depending in the honourable House of commons, which prohibits as well the exportation of all German linnens printed and dyed here, as their use in this kingdom...

[London? 1720?] 

[2] p.

 

S.1553 Reasons humbly offer'd by the woollen-drapers, taylors, &c. for the repealing an act made in the eighth year of the reign of Her late Majesty Queen Anne, entitled, An act for employing the manufacturers, by encour­aging the consumption of raw silk and mohair-yarn...

[London, 1720?] 

2 p.

S.1554 Reasons humbly offered by the taylors, button sellers, button-makers, throwsters, twisters, dyers, spinners and winders, &c. for explaining and amending an act made the eighth of Her late Majesty, entituled, An act for employing the manufacturers, by encouraging the consumption of raw-silk and mohair-yarn...

[London, 1720?] 

2 p.

 

S.1644 A copy of the remonstrance of the merchants and traders, buyers of piece goods, to the Court of directors of the United East-India company and also of the two representations delivered by the committee of merchants, &c. to the committee appointed by the Court of directors to enquire into the hardships and complaints of the buyers at the Company's sales.  Recommended to the serious consideration of the proprietors of East-India stock. 

London, 1726. 

8 p.

 

S.1657 London.  Silkthrowers' Company.  Reasons humbly offered by the Company of Silk-throwers of the city of London, in behalf of themselves and others, carrying on the said trade...

[London, 1726?] 

3, [1] p.

Indorsed: Reasons humbly offered for encouraging, in this kingdom, the throwing of all raw silks, used in our own manufactures.

 

S.1658 London. Weavers' Company.  Reasons humbly offered by the weavers of London, against a bill now depending in Parliament, entitled, A bill for the more effectual preventing the importation of foreign thrown-silk, &c...

[London, 1726]

broadside.

 

S.1682 The devil drove out of the warping-bar; or, The snap-reel snap'd. Shewing the madness of the weavers, and the folly and barbarity of the clothiers in the West. In a letter to a gentleman of Chippenham. And serves as a full answer to a pamphlet, lately published; entitled, The devil to do in the West, &c.

London, 1727.

29 p.

 

S.1048 An Answer to the reasons against the wearing of East-India and Persia wrought silks, bengalls, dyed and printed callicoes in England...

[London? 1700?] 

3, [1] p.

 

 

 

Mic. 257

 

Note: the items on this real are from the Woollen collection in Baker Library, Harvard University, and are not part of the Kress Catalogue.

 

.1         Carter, William.  The Usurpations of France upon the trade of the Woollen manufacture of England briefly hinted at...

London, for Richard Baldwin and Joseph Fox, 1695. 

30+ pp.

 

.2         11 October 1690. Ordered that a committee be appointed to consider of the abuses in collecting the duty of Aulnage...  [manuscript] 

2 pp.

 

.3         The Case of the Clothiers, Weavers, Drapers, Mercers, and other Dealers in the Woollen Manufactures, With Relation to the Aulnage.

[n.p., n.d.]

Broadside.

 

.4         Some Considerations Relating to the Duties of Subsidy and Aulnage...

[n.p., n.d.] 

Broadside.

 

.5         Reasons Humbly Offered to the Parliament for the Taking away the Office and Seal of the Aulnagers...

[n.p. ca. 1690?] 

Broadside.

 

.6         Reasons Humbly to be Offered by the Weavers and Makers of Stuffs, called, Worsteds and other Stuffs, made in the County of Norfolk...

[n.p., n.d.] 

Broadside

 

.7         The Case of the Clothiers of Gloucester-shire against the Aulnagers, humbly Offered to the Honourable House of Commons...

[n.p., n.d.]

3 pp.

 

.8         Reasons Humbly Offered to the Parliament, for taking away the Office and Duty of Aulnage...

[n.p., n.d.] 

3 pp.

 

.9         The Case of the Farmer and Collector of the Duty of Subsidy upon Stuffs made in Norwich...

[n.p., n.d.] 

Broadside

 

.10       The Aulnage Case, or Reasons Offer'd for taking away the Office of Aulnage, and changing the Subsidy of Aulnage into a Custom. 

[n.p., n.d.]

Broadside

 

.11       Reasons Humbly offered for Preventing the Exportation of Wool, and for Encouraging a Free Trade...

[n.p., n.d.] 

Broadside.

 

.12       Reasons Humbly Offered, for Excepting the Rivers of Elbe, Weser, and Eyder, out of the Bill for a General Liberty of Exporting the Woollen Manufactures...

[n.p., n.d.] 

Broadside.

 

.13       Dum Spiro Spero.  An Humble Representation of the State of our Woollen Manufactures. London, 1700. 

16+ pp.

 

.14       The Linnen and Woollen Manufactory Discoursed:...    

London: for Geo. Huddleston, 1698. 

55+ pp.

 

.15       The Oath of every Freeman of the Hamborough Company. 

[n.p., n.d.]

Broadside

 

.16       The Freeman's Oath of the Hamborough Company. 

[n.p., n.d.]

Broadside

 

.17       Reasons Humbly offered to this Honourable House, against the Bill for supporting the Merchant Adventurers of England, in their Trade to Germany, commonly called the Hamborough Company. 

[n.p., n.d.]

Broadside

 

.18       The Case of the Wooll-Combers and Traders in the Woollen Manufacture...

[n.p., n.d.] 

Broadside

 

.19       Reasons for Preserving the Publick Market of Blackwelhall, and restraining the Factors from Dealing in Wool. 

[n.p., n.d.]

Broadside

 

.20       The Clothiers Reply to the Dutch Interloper, and Reasons for a Hamburgh Company.  [n.p., n.d.]

Broadside

 

.21       T. T. Merchant, Some General Considerations Offered, Relating to our present Trade.  London:  for J. Harris, 1698.

26+ pp.

 

.22       Weymouth, Dartmouth, Rob. Cecile, et. al., To the Queens Most Excellent Majesty... In Obedience to Your Maes. Order in Council of the 27th of the last Month... [manuscript]

[London] 1702.

10 pp.

 

.23       A Memoriall touching a Placert Issued by the Emperour of Germany to the prejudice of some English Woollen Manufactures. [manuscript]

[n.p., n.d.] 

1 p.

 

.24       A Proposal for Putting some Stop to the Extravagant Humour of Stock­jobbing.

[n.p., n.d.]

Broadside

 

.25       A Proposal for Preserving and Encouraging the Woollen Manufactures in divers Parts of this Kingdom. 

[n.p., n.d.]

Broadside

 

.26       A Proposal for Regulating and Advancing the Woollen Manufacture, and to make it more Profitable to the Merchant and Maker, than formerly.

[London?] 1698.

15+ pp.

 

.27       The Cloathiers Answers to, and Reasons against the Hamburgh-Company.

[n.p., n.d.] 

2 pp.

 

.28       The Substance of the Bill against Clandestine Trade which concerns Merchants.  [n.p., n.d.] 

Broadside? 

Possibly a part of .29? 

 

.29       Reasons Humbly Offer'd against several Clauses in the Bill. 

[n.p., n.d.]

Broadside? 

Possibly a part of .28?

 

.30       Reasons Humbly Offered for Encouraging his Majesties Natural Born Subjects, to Export the Woollen Manufactures of this Realm to Germany.

[n.p., n.d.] 

Broadside.

 

.31       Fair Trade, besides the Heavy Duties it lies under, suffers yet more from the Frauds of Smuglers...        

[n.p., n.d.] 

3 pp.

Docketed (in print): For the Bill Against Clandesting Trade.

 

Note: the rest of the items on this microfilm are manuscripts; they deal chiefly with trade.

 

.32       “A short scheme for the establishmt. of a guard of rideing officers for the coasts of Kent and Sussex.”

            n.d.

            5 pp.

            Endorsed: A scheme for a guard on the coasts of Kent and Sussex.

 

.33       “That as the King and Parliamt. have given all encouragement to the Lustring Company…”

            n.d.

3 pp.

 

.34       a manuscript relating to the Lustring Company and a settlement between England and Piedmont

            2 pp.

            Endorsed: Copy of the report of the Lord of the Treasy. to the Lord [illegible] abt. the Lustring Co., 2 Aug. 1695

 

.35       letter, E. Reneu, to Charles Montague, Chancellor of the Exchequer, London, June 8, 1695

 

.36       “To the Lords of the Treasury,” from Lewis Gervaize, secretary, Royal Lustring Co., n.d.

 

.37       “An Answer to a Paper concerning some proposals made by his grace the Duke of Shrewsbury to the Lustring Comp.”  Signed by Lewis Gervaise.

            4 pp.

            June 11, 1695

 

.38       letter, E. Reneu, to Charles Montague, Chancellor of the Exchequer, London, June 5, 1695

 

.39       “To be told to the Deputy Governor of the Lustring Company”

            1 p.

 

.40       letter, E. Reneu, to Charles Montague, Chancellor of the Exchequer, London, May 31, 1695

 

.41       letter, E. Reneu, to Charles Montague, Chancellor of the Exchequer, London, June 4, 1695

 

.42       letter, in French, from Gallway, Turin, 18/28 December 1694

 

.43       letter, in French, from Gallway, Turin, 15/25 December 1694

 

.44       letter, in French, from Gallway, Turin, 29 January1694/5

 

.45       letter, in French, to John Trenchard, from Gallway, Turin, 15/25 April 1695

 

.46       “Le commerce n’estant autre chose…”

            3 pp.

 

.47       “Memoir pour l’establissement du Negoce entre l’Angleterre et le Piemont”

 

.48       letter, in French, from Gallway, camp before Casal, 11/21 July 1695

 

.49       letter, in French, from Gallway, camp before Casal, 8/18 July 1695

 

.50       letter, in English, from Gallway, camp before Casal, June 30, 1695

 

.51       letter, in French, from Gallway, Turin, 3/13 January1696/7

 

.52       “Demy ras du bras rouge pout l’abillement des troupes…”

            2 pp.

 

.53       Account of the correspondence and trade with France, 1697

            16 pp.

            Begins: “In obedience to your Excellency’s commands”

 

.54       document in French, with English translation, headed “de par le Roy

            3 pp.

            1695/6

 

.55       “To the Rt. Honoble. the Lord Commissioners, appointed for the Treaty of Commerce with France

            3 pp.

            28 November 1674

 

.56       “To the Rt. Honoble. the Lord Commissioners, appointed for the Treaty of Commerce with France

            7 pp., plus endorsement

            28 November 1674

 

.57       letter, in French, from Gallway, Turin, 2/12 February1694/5

 

.58       letter, in English, from Gallway, Frassinet, May 11, 1695

 

.59       “A Scheme of the trade as it is at present carried on between England and France

            November 28, 1674

 

 

 

 

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Note: numbers beginning with the letter S are from Catalogue Supplement of the Kress Library of Business and Economics (Boston: Baker Library, 1956; in printed books: Ref. Z7166 H39a, v. 1, suppl.)

 

S.1694 Great Britain.  Laws, statutes, etc., 1714-1727  (George I). Anno septimo Georgii Regis I. An act to preserve and encourage the woollen and silk manufactures of this kingdom; and for more effectual employing the poor by prohibiting the use and wear of all printed, painted, stained, or dyed callicoes, in apparel, houshold-stuff, furniture, or otherwise, after the twenty fifth day of December, one thousand seven hundred and twenty two (except as therein excepted).

Edinburgh, J. Mosman and W. Brown, 1728. 

broadside.

 

S.1726 Remarks on the English woollen manufactury for exportation and necessity of preventing the Irish wool being run.  Humbly offered to the consideration of both Houses of Parliament. 

London, 1730. 

12 p.

 

S.1743 Proposals for preventing the running of wool, and encouraging the woollen manufacture.  London, J. Peele, 1731. 

31 p.

 

S.1760 [Gray, Jeffery.]  A proposal fully to prevent the smugling of wool, which by methods entirely new, shows how, and wholly takes of the former charge in the old methods of endeavoring to do it.  Also, adds more than ten millions yearly to the trade of the British nation.  And is hinted, that the great national debt may be paid in seven years and half...

London, Printed for the author, and sold by W. Meadows, 1732. 

32 p. 

Signed: Philo-Britannicus.

 

S.1802 Lloyd, Edward, silk-thrower.  Thoughts on trade: intended to have been first publish’d in Ireland, with an account of the present state of the silken manufacturers, and the calamituous circumstances of a numerous poor in that kingdom.  A pamphlet proper to be read and con-sider'd by such as are for farther restraining trade in Ireland...To which thoughts are prefixd, an humble application in favour of the British distillery...

London, 1736. 

16 p.

 

S.1815 The golden fleece: or The trade, interest, and well-being of Great Britain considered. With remarks on the present decay of our woollen manufactures...Submitted to the consideration of Parliament, as also the landlords, tenants, manufacturers, and fair traders...

London, H. Kent [etc.] 1737.  Third ed., with additions. 

viii, 55 p. 

 

S.1837 Great Britain.  Laws, statutes, etc., 1727-1760  (George II) An abstract of several clauses in an act of Parliament passed in the twelfth year of King George the second, intituled, An act for taking off the duties upon woollen and bay yarn imported from Ireland to England, and for the more effectual preventing the exportation of wooll from Great Britain, and of wooll, and wooll manufactured, from Ireland to foreign parts...

[n.p., 1739?] 

broadside.

 

S.1845 Reasons humbly offered, to shew the true cause of the decay of the Worcester trade.  [n.p., 174-?] 

3, [1] p. 

Indorsed: Reasons humbly offered, by the Gloucestershire clothiers, touching the making of cloth.

 

S.1864 Webber, Samuel.  An account of a scheme for preventing the exporta­tion of our wool...To which is added, An examination of a scheme offered by another hand...as also, several material extracts from Sir Walter Ralegh and Sir Francis Brewster concerning the consequences of the woollen trade, and the fatal effects arising to this nation from the exportation of our wool...

London, T. Cooper, 1740. 

2 p.l., [3]-37 p., fold. tab.

 

S.1874 London, John. An answer to the pretended remarks on Mr. Webber's scheme, and the Draper's pamphlet...

London, F. Robinson [etc.] 1741.

3 p.l., 25 p.

 

S.1879 [Webber, Samuel.]  A short account of the state of our woollen manufacturies, from the Peace of Ryswick to this time.  Shewing their former flourishing, and their present ruinous condition; and that they always flourished when France could not get our wool, but declined in proportion to the quantities of wool exported to them.  To which is added an effectual scheme to prevent the exportation of our wool, by an universal registry...

London, T. Cooper, 1741.  Second edition.

vii, [I], [3]-26 p.

 

S.1903 Bridges, George, fl. 1740.  Plain dealing, or The whole method of wool-smuggling clearly discover'd, and the weakness of the laws in force, put in a clear light, etc. 

London, R. Viney, 1744. 

(4), 18 + p.

 

S.1914 Memorial for the linen-manufacturers of Scotland...

[n.p., 1744/5]

15 p.

 

S.1924 The schemers scrutiny.  Containing I. Serious considerations on the several high duties, &c. seriously considered.  II.  The merchant of London's scheme to prevent the running of Irish wools to France, examined.  III. An undermine to Mr. Thomas Lowndes's intended counter­mine.  IV. A short state of the case of the smuggling of our wool to France.  To which are added, reasons why the publick should not believe the terms of the present loan to be the scheme of Sir John Barnard, knt.

London, J. Roberts, 1746. 

2 p.l., [3]-48 p.

 

S.2106 [Holt, Dorothy.]  An address humbly offered to the ladies of Great Britain, relating to the most valuable part of ornamental manufacture in their dress.

London, A. Miller [etc.] 1757.

19 p.

 

S.2110 Reflexions sur l’état actuel du commerce de soirie.

[n.p., 1757?]

6 p.

 

S.2118 Au roi, Sire, les marchands merciers croyoient...

[n.p., 1758?] 

7 p.

Petition that imports of textiles from abroad, especially from India, be prohibited.

 

S.2121 Considerations importantes pour les manufactures & le commerce d'etoffes de soye, laine, & coton, concilie"s avec 1'usage mode're' des etoffes peintes en France.

 [n.p., 1758?] 

2        p.

 

S.2123 Les gardes de la communaute des merciers de la ville de Rouen, remontrent tres-humblement a Votre Majesty, qu'au mois de juin 1756, ils saisirent plusieurs pieces de toiles peintes ou imprimées, sur les sieurs Hermel, pere & fils. 

[Rouen? Impr. de Viret, 1758?] 

11 p.

Title taken from opening lines of text.  Observations au sujet des toiles peintes, teintes & imprimées, &c. & des inconveniens qui naitroient de la permission de cette sorte de commerce, p. 7-11.

 

S.2124 Les gardes de la communauté des toiliers de la ville de Rouen, représentent tres-humblement a Votre Grandeur, que depuis la tolerance des Indiennes, l’etat de leur communauté empire de jour en jour, & que la chute de leurs fabriques est inevitable & prochaine. 

[Rouen? J. J. Le Boullenger, 1758] 

Three pages. 

Title taken from opening lines of text.

 

S.2128 Memoire de la communauté des marchands-merciers-drapiers-unis de la ville de Rouen, contre 1'impression, 1'usage & le port en France des toiles peintes, teintes ou imprimées. 

[Rouen? 1758?] 

Three pages.

 

S.2129 Memoire pour la fabrique de Lyon, sur le projet d’établir en France des manufactures pour gauffrer, peindre & imprimer les Stoffes de soye & les toiles. 

[Lyons? 1758?]

Three pages. 

 

S.2130 Memoire pour la manufacture dAmiens, contre le projet de laisser imprimer, peindre ou teindre en France des toiles facon des Indes.

[n.p., 1758?] 

7 p.

 

S.2131 Memoire, pour les marchands & maitres fabriquans, en draps d'or, d'argent & de soye, d’etablissement royal, de la ville & fauxbourgs de Paris. 

[Paris? V. Delormel, 1758] 

12 p.

 

S.2132 Memoire qu'ont 1'honneur de presenter & monseigneur le controleur general les fabriquans d'Yvetot & du pays de Caux, sur la tolerance du port & usage dans le royaume des toiles peintes, teintes & imprimées.

[Rouen? Impr. de Viret, 1758?] 

3 p.

 

S.2133 Memoire sommaire de la communauté des marchands-merciers-drapiers-unis de la ville de Rouen, sur la tolerance du port & usage des toiles peintes, teintes & imprimées. 

[Rouen? 1758?] 

4 p.

 

S.2136 Normandy.  Chambre du Commerce. Memoire des syndics de la Chambre de commerce de Normandie, contre les toiles imprimées, toiles teintes a la reserve. & autres contrefactions de toiles peintes, sous quelque denomination que ce soit, & sur l'urgente nécessite de renouveller les loix prohibitives desdites toiles, toiles peintes & autres etoffes dont le port & usage est défendu. 

[n.p., 1758?] 

11 p.

S.2140 Pour les six corps des marchands de la ville de Paris.  Contre 1'usage des toiles peintes, teintes a la reserve, imprimées en facon des Indes, & autres etoffes prohibées. 

[Paris? J. Chardon, 1758]  

11    p.

 

S.2141 Reflexions des marchands, merciers, drapiers, & corps unis de la ville de Rouen, sur 1'impossibilité de fabriquer en France des toiles propres pour l’impression, en concurrence avec celles des Indes. 

[Rouen? Impr. de Viret, 1758?] 

7 p.

 

S.2346 Carles, drapier. Manufacture du sieur Carles, et compagnie, foulon, drapier-drapan, &c. de la ville de Paris, pour l’epurement des laines au plus haut point de perfection...

[Paris, C. Herrisant, 1767]

22p.

 

S.2497 Fawcett, Benjamin.  The religious weaver: or, Pious meditations on the trade of weaving.  Viz.  Its honourable antiquity.  Its distinguish­ing advantages.  The raw or rough materials; preparing them; putting them into the loom; The weaver at work in his loom; finishing his piece; receiving his wages; The peculiar success of some weavers.  A wish for the trade's general prosperity...

Shrewsbury, J. Eddowes, 1773.  2d ed. 

vi, 9-134 p.

 

 

 

 

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.1266   Marperger, Paul Jakob.  Ausfuhrliche beschreibung des hanffs und flachs und der daraus verfertigten manufacturen sonderlich des zwirns der leinwand und spitzen was in solchen vor ein grosser handel durch alle welt-theile getrieben und wie viel tausend personen dadurch ernehret werden. Wobey dann insonderheit von denen seilern und leinen-webern, ihren handwercks-terminis, privilegiis, gewohn-heiten und arbeiten gehandelt denen hauss-muttern kauffleuten und leinwandshandlern aber ein statt-licher unterricht wie sie sich in ihrem leinwand-handel verhalten...

Leipsig, J. F. Gleditsch und sohn, 1710. 

8 p.l., 368, [22] p., 1 l.