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The trustees were excited to this project by Oglethorpe, who had been deeply engaged in ascertaining the value of wrought silk as an article of commerce, and also of the raw silk for domestic manufacture, at the time when Mr. John Lombe's invention for winding and reeling had been brought before Parliament.
II. Discussion respecting the birth-day of the subject of these memorials, III. Notices of the Earl of Peterborough, and of Dean Berkeley, IV. Reference to the debates in Parliament in which Oglethorpe took a part, V. Prison-visiting Committee, VI. Release of insolvent debtors, VII. Sir Thomas Lombe's mill for winding silk, VIII. Case of Captain Porteous, IX. Trustees for settling Georgia,
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