 ... a horse hair, a hog's bristle, or a grain of mustard seed, if tendered, shall not escape my reward, being greatly desirous to encourage industry, as it is one of the most principal expedients under the favor of Heaven, that can revive our drooping...  Geology of the County of Cape May, State of New Jersey - Page 184by Geological Survey of New Jersey - 1857 - 211 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Maurice Beesley - Cape May County (N.J.) - 1867 - 68 pages
...most wampum ; and advertised, " I design to give all due encouragement to the people's industry, not only by accepting cattle, sheep, and staple commodities...this time of uncommon, but great and general burden." In another place he advertises for a thousand pairs of woolen stockings, to supply the army then in... | |
 | Edward Smith Wheeler - Cape May County (N.J.) - 1876 - 150 pages
...yarn-thrum, a goose-quill, a horsehair, a hog's-bristle, or a grain of mustard-seed, being/' said he, " greatly desirous to encourage industry, as it is one...this time of uncommon, but great and general burden." This was in 1756, during the French and Indian War, — the conflict wherein the colonists learned... | |
 | Susan Spicer Meech - England - 1923 - 338 pages
...quantity of mittens will be taken, and indeed a clam shell formed in wampun, a yarn thrum, a goose quill, a horse hair, a hog's bristle, or a grain of mustard...this time of uncommon but great and general burden." He offered £5 reward to the person who would manufacture the most wampum. Under the superintendence... | |
 | Lewis Townsend Stevens - Biography & Autobiography - 2022 - 488 pages
...in wampum, a yarn thrum, a goose quill, a horse hair, a hog's bristle, or a grain of mustn't! :;ut', if tendered, shall not escape my reward, being greatly...industry, as it is one of the most principal expedients tin tier the favor of Heaven, that can revive our drooping circumstances at this time of uncommon but... | |
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