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"because he could not. incur the expense. It was then worth 

 more than its weight in gold. Even Jarn33 I., before his 

 ac3?s.ii'.>n I > t!i? E \ *!hh throne in 1603, was compelled to 

 borrow n pair of silk stockings, of the Earl of Mar, when he 

 appeared bjlo/e t!u E )_r!ishAm!vis:s:idor. This circumstance 

 is supp:n;\l to Inve ilra;vri his attention -to the culture of silk 

 and to h.ivj b_>e:i the CHH:? ofhis introducing the Worm into 

 the c:>h>rw of Virgin! i, w'.i.v?, as also in Georgia, he granted 

 lands on condition of planting one hundred White Mulberry 

 trees on every ten acres of cleared land. 



The culture of silk received early attention in South 

 Carolina. It was introduced into New England about the 

 year 1760. by a Mr. Aspinwall, who is said to have had large 

 nurseries ol the M ilb?rry, at New Haven and at Long Island. 

 This gentleman caused some of his trees to be transplanted 

 in Mansfield, Connecticut, and furnished some of the inhab- 

 itants of that town with the eggs of the Silk Worm. He 

 was aided in his patriotic endeavors to introduce the culture 

 of silk in Connecticut, by Rev. Dr. Styles, President of Yale 

 College. These efforts produced considerable effect; but the 

 progress of the work was arrested -by the war of the revo- 

 lution. 



In the year 1771, the culture of silk was commenced in 

 Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and was engaged in with 

 considerable spirit. It was, however, soon interrupted by 

 the war. Alter the treaty of peace, the business partiallj 

 revived; but was not considered worthy of much attention, 

 entil within a few years past. 



During the present year, the business has attracted tle 

 attention of gentlemen ol aH professions, and in all parts of 

 the country. In the spring of 1834, application was made to 

 the Legislature of Connecticut for a Charier of a Silk Manu- 



