178 SHEEP INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES 



his own household at Monticello, in 1815, and the condition of house- 

 hold manufacture in the State, he says: 



I make in my family 2,000 yards of cloth a year, which I formerly brought from 

 England. The State generally does the same, and allowing 10 yards to a person, 

 this amounts to 10,000,000 yards. * * * Carding machines in every neighborhood, 

 spinning machines in large families and wheels in the small, are too radically estab- 

 lished ever to be relinquished. Tlie finer fabrics, perhaps, and even probably, will 

 be sought again in Europe, except bri)adcloth, which with the \ast multiplication 

 of Merinos among us will enable us to make much cheaper than can be done in 

 Europe. 



To return to the sheep imported on the Diana, which Mr. Jarvis 

 directed to be sold. They were advertised widely in Virginia, Mary- 

 land, and Pennsylvania paiiers as being selected with great care, and 

 believed to be of the first class of Merinos, and the Eichmond Enquirer 

 of May 15 advised the farmers of Virginia to procure some of this 

 excellent breed of sheep in order to put down the monopoly rising in 

 the eastern States. Mr. Hooe reserved 1 ram for himself, and 6 others 

 were sold at auction June &. Chief Justice (Jranch and Dr. Thorn- 

 ton, of Washington, boaght 3 rams; 1 was sold to John Threlkeld, for 

 Gen. John Mason, of Analostan Island, and himself; 1 to Gen. Thomp- 

 son Mason, of Virginia, and 1 to Mr. Philips, of Delaware. 



The descendants of the rams sold to Judge Oranch, Gen. John Mason, 

 and John Threlkeld were numerous next year, and sold freely to the 

 farmers of Virginia and Maryland, Judge Oranch advertising " a num- 

 ber of ram lambs half-blood descended from Mr. Whitney's flock in 

 Virginia. The lambs are from the rams first imported into Alexandria, 

 May, 1810, with those presented to President Madison and Thomas 

 Jefferson." 



Succeeding the arrival of the Diana at Alexandria was that of the 

 Maria Theresa at JSTew York, on May 28, with 7 Escurials consigned to 

 Hicks, Jenkins & Co. Six of them were sold for $7,500, or an aver- 

 age of $1,250 each; the seventh one was affected with the scab and not 

 sold at that time. On June 8 there was an arrival of 3 at Balti- 

 more, consigned to Appleton & Co., and their arrival on the Augusta 

 is coupled with the information that the vessel was to have taken 28 

 sheep, but they were interrupted by the Spaniards on the borders of 

 Portugal. The Marie and Abigail arrived at Newburyport with 9 on 

 June 10, t]:xe Samlet at Boston with 6 on the 15th; the Three Brothers 

 with 9 on the 18th, and the Patriot with 12 on the 20th. The Three 

 Brothers and the Patriot landed at Boston, and the cargoes of the four 

 last-named vessels •wax^ consigned to Coolidge & Co. On June 17 the 

 Traveller landed 24 sheep at New York from W. Jarvis at Lisbon, con- 

 signed to E. Crowningshield. On the 28th Mr. Crowningshield offers for 

 sale 5 Merino ewes and 1 buck whose fleeces were of superior quality. 

 It is reasonable to infer from the date that these were Escurials shipped 

 by Jarvis and lauded on the 17th. 



