Resistance through Textiles: Harvesting Flax and Processing Linen During the Revolutionary Era
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Beginning in earnest in 1764, the importance of growing flax and processing linen
in New Hampshire and New England was one important element of revolutionary
resistance to imported English textiles. Dr. Alexander will focus on newspapers,
spinning matches and extant garments, as well as the day and account books of
New Hampshirites Samuel Lane, Josiah Brown, Matthew Patten and an
anonymous woman's weaving accounts from Dover.
in New Hampshire and New England was one important element of revolutionary
resistance to imported English textiles. Dr. Alexander will focus on newspapers,
spinning matches and extant garments, as well as the day and account books of
New Hampshirites Samuel Lane, Josiah Brown, Matthew Patten and an
anonymous woman's weaving accounts from Dover.
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