Report upon the petitions relating to the manufacture of hats

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Title
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons.
Report relating the manufacture of hats.
Report upon the petitions relating to the manufacture of hats
Published
[London : publisher not identified, 1752]
Identifier
oocihm.9_09177
9_09177
Subject
Hudson's Bay Company -- History -- 18th century.
Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson -- Histoire -- 18e siècle.
Hat trade -- Great Britain.
Fur trade -- Great Britain.
Hatters -- Great Britain.
Chapeaux -- Industrie -- Grande-Bretagne.
Fourrures -- Commerce -- Grande-Bretagne.
Chapeliers (Personnes) -- Grande-Bretagne.
Document source
Scanned from the original publication held by Library and Archives Canada.
Notes
Contains reports from English manufacturers principally of beaver hats (but also of rabbit and goats' hair hats) whose successful export trade to Europe has been hit by cheaper French manufactuers; chiefly concerns beaver hats and the fur trade with the Hudson's Bay Company.At head of title: 1752.Running title: Report relating the manufacture of hats.Title from title screen.At foot of pages 373 and 377: "Vol. II".A later, 1803 edition, states that this item was reported by Alexander Hume (c.1693-1765). Cf. http://www.maggs.com/departments/early_british/authors/hume/report- upon-the-petitions-relating-to-the-manufacture-of-hats-reported-by- alexander-hume-esq-11th-february-1752/ea15461/.
1 online resource
pages [371]-377 ; 42 cm (folio)
Collection
Monographs
Language
English
URL
https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_09177