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August 1765

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for the Manufacturers, and would also be a good
Means of Keeping ye Prisoners at their Labour,
the Hemp could be beat Cheaper and with a
Good Superintendant or Manager be exseeding
well Dane, this would be very use full to the Sail
Cloth Manufacturys, and Those yt Make fine
Twines for ye fishery, also is would Make the
last of Shoe Thocud for enduring, yt would be very
advantagious for ye wearrer, but here is the case
if ye Hemp Marchants, nor Manufacturers,
Dos not Chuse to come into a way of Thinking
of Taking this affair into their own hands his
ye afore sd. Perren Dos advise ye Honble: Bench
to form Some other Method of proseedure Should
they Think proper so far to condcsind, that is for
Them to put in a Honest Man yt understands [..]
well ye Kemp Manufactures with a Cappital
about one Hundred pounds, and for him to Beat
ye Kemp and Sell in ye Buff, and Dnfs Some and
Sell in ye fine way Etc: Such a Method would be
a Means of Makeing Those poor unhapey
people usefull in yt Exil yt they Should be employ'd
in hard Labour; and forward ye Kemp Mann
factary, so usefull both to ye Merchants, and ye
Manufacturys; he further Says any thing to forward
Such undertakings he is ready to and a hand to and
hope ye Bench will parden his freedom at this Some [..]




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