^g^ HEMP FROM BEAN ITALKS. 



the discovery I^e has made, as well as of his high public spi- 

 rit and liberality in coiiiinuuicatinu; the dibcovery to th< 

 public without reserve. 



WILLIAM ADAMS, Mount Nod. 

 EDWARD BULLOCK, Curate. 

 Streatham, Surry, \VM. GARDNER, Surgeon. 

 Jan. 9* 180^. 



it answer 

 tremoly Wi 

 foT sewing 

 $boes. 



II 



These are to certify to the Secretary of the Society for the 

 Encouragement of Arts &c., London, and all whom it may 

 concern, that havino^ seen (at first to our astonishment) the 

 Rev. James Hall, who has resided here for some time past, 

 procuring hemp fiona common bean straw, steeped yome days 

 in water, we steeped some also, and easily got hemp from it; 

 there being no mystery in the matter more than merely 

 steeping the straw, peeling off the hemp, and then washing 

 and cleaning it, by pulling it through a hackle or comb. 



These are also to certify, that having tried bean hemp,> 

 and found it to take both wax and resin, we have sewed with 

 it, and find the fibres of which it consists in general so 

 strong, that the leather never failed to give way sooner than 

 the seam. We have only to add, that as hemp has of late 

 become uncbmmonly dear, while much of it is bad, weanxi- 

 oufily wish the prosecution of the discovery, and the appear* 

 ance of bean hemp in the market; and shall, so soon as we 

 hear of its being spun and on sale, be among the first to 

 purchase and use it, 



JOHN HOUNE, Shoemaker. 



THOMAS ALFORD, Shoemaker. 



It bears 

 bleaching cx- 

 ticroely well. 



Letter from Mr. Hume, of Long Acre, to the Reverend 

 James HalL 

 SIR, 

 I enclose a specimen of the bean filaments, or thread, 

 vvhich have been submitted to the bleaching process. The 

 texture and strength seem not in the least to have been im- 

 paired, but retain the primitive tenacity; and I am per- 

 suaded this subbtance will prove an Excellent substitute for 

 iiemp and fiax» for the ms^nufacture of various kinds of pa« 



per. 



