The Clothiers Proposal To Satisfy The Woollen Drapers In The Water Measure Of Cloth With Some

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A scarce British leaflet petitioning Parliament for stricter measuring standards of cloth. The authors, writing on behalf of British woolen-drapers, ask that the French method of water measure replace the less accurate method of measuring cloth by the yard. Additional regulations relating to the industry are also requested, including the reinstatement of a requirement that all Servant Maids, &c. be injoyned to wear the Woollen Manufactures of this Kingdom. The document, printed in the

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