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Certificates of the Truth oftheforegohig Statement. 



Streatham, Surry, Jan. 9, 1809. 



Wk, the undersigned, do liereby certify, that the speci- 

 ments of hemp inclosed and sealed np by us, addressed to 

 Dr. Taylor, secretary to the Soeiety for the Encourage- 

 ment of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, Adelphi, 

 Strand, are the produce of conmion bean straw : — That \vc 

 never saw nor Jieard of bean hemp till lately ; when the 

 Rev. James Hall, wlio resides here at present, was trying 

 experiments respecting it at Mr. Adams's farm, Mount Nod, 

 and other. pans of this parish : — That, in the present ob- 

 structed state of commerce with the continent, it appears 

 to us the discovery of bean hemp may be extremely useful 

 to the manufacture of canvass, ropes, paper, &c. ;--and that, 

 as it affords a new and important prospect of employment 

 for the poor, we think Mr. Hall, the discoverer, is deserv- 

 ing of the approbation of the public. We shall only add, 

 that as the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Ma- 

 nufactures, and Commerce, have contributed so often in a 

 high degree to the exertion of genius, the improvement of 

 the arts, and the public good, we have no doubt but they 

 will not only take the proper steps to prosecute the discovery 

 and encourage the manufacture of bean hemp, but also, by 

 some mark of their favour, show their approbation of Mr. 

 HalTs merit in the discovery he has made, as well as of his 

 high public spirit and liberality in communicating the dis- 

 coveryM:o the public without reserve. 



William Adams, Mount Nod. 



Edward Bullock, Curate. 



Wm. Gardner, Surgeon. 



Streatham, Surry, Jan. 9, 1S09. 



These are to certify to the Secretary of the Society for 

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

 may concern, that having seen (at first to our astonishment) 

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

 past, procuring hemp from common bean straw, steeped 

 some 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 



