 ... Instead of bolting cloths, sifters were in general use. These were made of deer skins in the state of parchment, stretched over a hoop and perforated with a hot wire. Our clothing was all of domestic manufacture. We had no other resource for clothing,...  A History of the Valley of Virginia - Page 236by Samuel Kercheval - 1850 - 347 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Freeman Clarke, William Henry Channing, James Handasyd Perkins - Unitarianism - 1836 - 740 pages
...manufacture. We had no other resources for clothing, and this indeed was a poor one. The crops of flax often failed, and the sheep were destroyed by the...chain, and the latter the filling, was the warmest and the most substantial cloth we could make. Almost evenhouse contained a loom, and almost every woman... | |
 | 1836 - 708 pages
...is made of flax and wool, the former the chain, and the latter the filling, was the warmest and the most substantial cloth we could make. Almost every...almost every woman was a weaver. Every family tanned its own leather. The tan-vat was a large trough, sunk to the upper edge in the ground; a quantity of... | |
 | Sherman Day - Pennsylvania - 1843 - 754 pages
...was a poor one. The crops of flax often failed, and the sheep were destroyed by the wolves. Linscy, which is made of flax and wool — the former the chain, and the latter the filling — was the wannest and most substantial cloth we could make. Almost every house contained a loom, and almost every... | |
 | Henry Howe - Virginia - 1845 - 596 pages
...manufacture. We had no other resource for clothing, and this indeed was a poor one. The crops of flax often failed, and the sheep were destroyed by the...weaver. Every family tanned their own leather. The tan-vat was a large trough sunk to the upper edge in the ground. A quantity of bark was easily obtained... | |
 | Henry Howe - Virginia - 1845 - 616 pages
...and the sheep wer destroyed by the wolves. Linsey, which is made of Sax and wool — the former tli chain, and the latter the filling — was the warmest and most substantial cloth we couli make. Almost every house contained a loom, and almost every woman was a weaver Every family tanned... | |
 | Missouri - 1855 - 94 pages
...manufacture. We had no other resource for clothing, and this indeed was a poor one. The crops of flax often failed, and the sheep were destroyed by the...almost every woman was a weaver. Every family tanned its own leather. The tan vat was a large trough sunk to its upper edge in the ground ; a quantity of... | |
 | Henry Howe - District of Columbis - 1852 - 614 pages
...manufacture. We had no other resource for clothing, and this indeed was a poor one. The crops of flax often failed, and the sheep were destroyed by the...make. Almost every house contained a loom, and almost r>vcry woman was a weaver. Every family tanned their own leather. The tan-vat was a large trough sunk... | |
 | Biographies of American leaders - 1855 - 624 pages
...was a poor one. The crops of flax often failed, and the sheep were destroyed by the wolves. Lineey, which is made of flax and wool, the former the chain,...leather. The tan vat was a large trough sunk to the upper edge in the ground. A quantity of bark was easily obtained every spring, in clearing and fencing land.... | |
 | Henry Howe - Mississippi River Valley - 1855 - 908 pages
...manufacture. We had no other resource for clothing, and this, indeed, was a poor one. The crops of flax often failed, and the sheep were destroyed by the...the chain, and the latter the filling — was the wannest and most substantial cloth we could make. Almost every house contained a loom, and almost every... | |
 | Henry Howe - California - 1857 - 504 pages
...manufacture. We had no other resource for clothing, and this, indeed, was a poor one. The crops of flax often failed, and the sheep were destroyed by the wolves. Linsey, which is made of flax and wool — me former the chain, and the latter the filling — was the warmest and most substantial cloth... | |
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