Potter, J. Sturgis, fl. 1861 to Governor Francis W. Pickens
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09199 Author/Creator: Potter, J. Sturgis, fl. 1861 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 30 March 1861 Pagination: 4 p. Order a Copy
A Boston entrepreneur suggests that machinery for knitting hosiery be adapted to cotton thread. "All of the labor except a man to manage the carding machines, could be better done by female slaves than any other. There is a cotton factory in your state that can at once be turned a very profitable account by introducing this machinery."
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