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Excerpt from An Essay, on the Manufacture of Straw Bonnets: Containing an Historical Account of the Introduction of the Manufacture, Its Effects Upon the Employments, Dress, Food, Health, Morals, Social Intercourse, &C. Of the Inhabitants of the Several Towns in Which It Has Been Carried On Historical account of the origin, progress, and tie cline of the Manufacture of Straw Bonnets in the United States. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.