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species of the same family then existed in this 

 country — the real green seed, and a low cotton, 

 resembling it in blossom, both being of a pale 

 yellow, approaching to white; one with the 

 seed covered with fuzz; the other with fuzz 

 only upon the end of the seed. To explore the 

 first introduction of the short staple cotton into 

 this countiy, would now in all probability, be 

 impossible ; but we may very well suppose, it 

 was by one of the southern proprietary govern- 

 ments, and possibly from Turkey; the trade 

 of which country with England was then of 

 much higher consideration, than it has subse- 

 quently become. Nor would it have escaped 

 those proprietors, many of whom were enlight- 

 ened men, that the climate of Asia Minor where 

 cotton grew abundantly, was analogous to the 

 climates of the provinces south of Virginia. 

 Just about the commencement of the revolu- 

 tionary war. Sir R. Arkwright had invented the 

 spinning jenny, and Cotton spinning became 

 a matter of deep interest; — in England cotton 

 rose much in price; — its various qualities at- 

 tracted notice, and the world was searched for 

 the finer kinds. 



The Island of Bourbon was alone found to 

 produce them, and yet the Bourbon cotton 

 greatly resembled in its growth our green seed 

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