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Upon the settlement of GEORGIA in 1732, lands were granted, on condi- 

 tion of the culture of this tree. In 1735, eight pounds of raw silk, sent to 

 England from Savannah, were made into a piece and presented to the Queen. 

 The exports, from 1750 to 1754 inclusive, were $8.880; in 1759 they amount- 

 ed to 10,001bs. of raw silk, which sold at two or three shillings higher than 

 that of any other country ; and in 1766, there were exported more than 

 twenty thousand pounds weight of cocoons ! 



Mrs. Pinckney of SOUTH CAROLINA, in the year 1755, raised and spun, 

 in the vicinity of Charleston, as much silk as was required for three dresses ; 

 one of which was presented to the Princess Dowager of Wales ; another to 

 Lord Chesterfield ; and the third, in 1809, was at Charleston, in the posses- 

 sion of Mrs. Horry. 



At the recommendation of Dr. Franklin, considerable attention was 

 directed to the culture of silk in PENNSYLVANIA, soon after the year 1770. 



At Cayuga in NEW- YORK, during the late war with England. Mr. Chid- 

 sey sold sewing silk, of domestick manufacture, to the annual amount of 

 $600. 



In Windham County, CONNECTICUT, the culture of the white mulberry 

 was introduced in 1760; and it was greatly encouraged at New-Haven, by 

 Dr. Ezra Styles. In 1789, two hundred pounds of raw silk were made at 

 Mansfield, where, at the present time, three-fourths of all its families are 

 occupied in raising silk. Fear after year they are producing, severally, 5, 

 10, 20, or 501bs. ; the success attending some is, occasionally, 100 Ibs. ; and 

 during the last season (1827), it was estimated, that the aggregate amount 

 in this town only, was 2,430 Ibs ! 



The " Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, &c. in relation to the 

 growth and manufacture of silk," from which these facts have been derived, 

 abounds with the most animating encouragements to domestick industry. 

 A great influence must be exerted on our trade in silk, during the lapse of 

 the next five and twenty years ; and with confidence it may be anticipated, 

 that before they have revolved, the value of imported silks will not, as in the 

 year 1825, exceed ten millions ! [See Report of Committee on Agricult. in 

 H9use of Repres. May 2, 1826.] Attention has been awakened; enterprise 

 is active ; and while 1 write, the precious insect is at its toil. 



Vellera mine foliis depectunt tenuia Seres. 



