01292cam a2200265 a 4500 ca 10003266 DLC 20260227111053.0 810203s1754 mau 000 0 eng ca 10003266 DLC DLC DLC dcrb n-us-ma HD9930.U7 B76 Society for Encouraging Industry and Employing the Poor. [Articles of the Society for Encouraging Industry and Employing the Poor]. Text begins: Whereas it is found by experience that this province is not adapted for raising sheep [Boston : Society for Encouraging Industry and Employing the Poor, 1754] 12 p. ; 21 cm. (4to) Letter to subscribers on p. 12, dated 1754, reads: "You have herewith a printed copy of the Articles of the Society for Encouraging Industry and Employing the Poor, and a list of the names of the gentlemen who continue to promote the same by their subscriptions." Signatures: A-C². Society for Encouraging Industry and Employing the Poor. Poor Massachusetts Early works to 1800. Linen industry Massachusetts Early works to 1800. American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) DLC 14298 14298