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authority above related, are still in excellent preservation, 

 having for the most part preserved their colors unimpaired. 

 They have escaped injury from moths to a remarkable 

 degree, and present a most instructive and valuable monu- 

 ment of the condition of our household manufactures as 

 they existed half a century ago. 



In one of these volumes are several specimens of a fabric 

 named Taurino, made of wool and hair from the tanneries, 

 in variable proportions, the greater part being hair. The 

 texture is coarse and thick, but uniform, and although not 

 adapted to garments, would admit of a wide range of use in 

 the modern arts, especially as a material for covering steam 

 pipes, boilers, and for similar purposes. 



The specimens preserved in the Institute library fill 

 five volumes, each containing the returns of one year. 

 They are numbered in each volume from one to the highest, 

 and arranged without regard to alphabetical or other 

 method. In the following table reference is given to 

 volume and number where the samples are preserved : 



List of Persons who received Premiums upon Woolen Cloths of Do- 

 mestic Manufacture by award of Committees of the Society for the 

 Promotion of Useful Arts, under the acts of April 8, 1808, April 

 5, 1810, and June 19, 1812. 



Bacon, Samuel, 



Bacon Samuel, 



Bacon, Samuel, 



Benedict, Elias, 



Booth George, 



Booth, George, 



Churchill, Roswell,. . 



Coe, Joel, 



Phillips, Gabriel N. . 



Smith, N 



Snyder, Christopher, 

 Ten Eyck, Philip, . . , 

 Thompson, James, . . , 

 Uhl, Frederick, ... . . , 

 Uhl, Frederick, 



Counties. 



«1 

 §1 



Year. 



iime of 

 icimens. 









o ft 

 {►« 





$150 



1809 



1 









100 



1810 



2 





70 



1813 



4 





70 



1814 



5 





50 



1809 



1 





150 



1810 



2 





70 



1811 



3 





80 



1811 



3 





80 



1814 



5 





80 



1813 



4 





100 



1809 



1 



90 



1813 



4 





50 



1810 



2 





90 



1811 



3 





90 



1814 



5 



