406 Ofi Taurino Cloth. 



" obliged to mix half cotton in their clothing, this has 

 ** by no means the substance you give with hair. 



** I rejoice in this progress towards a real indepen- 

 ** dence, and while I hope a permanent support to those 

 " generally, to whose spirited enterprize we are likely 

 ** to be indebted for it, I add sincere wishes for suc- 

 *' cess to your particular exertions, and with a repeti- 

 ^' tion of my thanks, I tender the assurances of my re- 

 " spect." 



(Signed.) Th. Jefferson. 



Our manufacture is still in its infancy, having esta- 

 blished it more as an experiment, than with a view to 

 profit ; we have however made from seven to eight 

 thousand yards of the cloth, and propose increasing it, 

 having obtained a charter of incorporation, with a ca- 

 pital of 400,000 dollars ; we are of opinion, and that 

 confirmed by persons well qualified to judge, that there 

 is enough of hair wasted in the United States, to make 

 more than one thousand [yards] of cloth a day ; if we 

 were to estimate two thousand, we should not proba- 

 bly far exceed the mark. Should your society con- 

 ceive any part of the foregoing worthy an insertion in 

 your valuable work, you have the approbation of 



thy friends, 



Shotwell 2v Kinder. 

 Dr. James Mease. 



