Apr 14, 2015 - Sale 2380

Sale 2380 - Lot 223

Unsold
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(RHODE ISLAND.) An Act for Promoting ye Raising Flax & Wool, & Manufacturing the Same into Cloth, and Carrying On ye Whale & Cod Fishery. 4 manuscript pages, 12 3/4 x 8 inches, on one folding sheet; moderate wear with slight loss on bottom edge, partial separation at center fold. (MRS) Providence, RI, [16] March 1750
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An early precursor to Rhode Island's famed textile industry. The colony's treasury had been emptied by "putting themselves in a posture of defence in ye late war," so General Assembly's methodology for encouraging these industries was to issue a flood of paper currency. Provenance: Sotheby's Parke Bernet sale, 25 November 1975, part of lot 270A.