Virginia cloth was a coarse cloth made by natives of Virginia. The fabric has a record of existence in 1721 and was used for servants' wear. The material was a mix of cotton and wool.[1]
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Virginia cloth was made with homespun yarns of cotton and wool and by using handweaving by the local people for their use.[2] American revolution pushed the progression of many homemade cloths.[3][4][5][6][7]
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Andrew Burnaby an English clergyman mentions ''Virginia cloth'' in his travelogue Travels Through the Middle Settlements in North America, In the Years 1759 and 1760.[2]
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- ^ Bishop, John Leander (1868). A History of American Manufactures from 1608 to 1860...: Comprising Annals of the Industry of the United States in Machinery, Manufactures and Useful Arts, with a Notice of the Important Inventions, Tariffs, and the Results of Each Decennial Census. E. Young & Company. p. 343.
- ^ a b c Montgomery, Florence M. (1984). Textiles in America 1650-1870 : a dictionary based on original documents, prints and paintings, commercial records, American merchants' papers, shopkeepers' advertisements, and pattern books with original swatches of cloth. Internet Archive. New York ; London : Norton. p. 372. ISBN 978-0-393-01703-8.
- ^ ''From the early eighteenth century , references to " Virginia cloth " begin to appear with more frequency in records of the colony , indicating the extent to which linen and wool , as well as cotton , were being grown and manufactured , Inventories '' Page 127https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Imported_and_Domestic_Textiles_in_18th_c/8vdCAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=virginia+cloth&dq=virginia+cloth&printsec=frontcover
- ^ Institute, Virginia Polytechnic (1933). Virginia: Economic and Civic. Whittet & Shepperson. p. 10.
- ^ The world of the American Revolution : a daily life encyclopedia. Merril D. Smith. Santa Barbara, California. 2015. ISBN 978-1-4408-3027-3. OCLC 881400789.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ The American Revolution : a heritage of change. John Parker, Carol Louise Urness, James Ford Bell Library. Minneapolis: Associates of the James Ford Bell Library. 1975. ISBN 978-1-85109-739-5. OCLC 2296773.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Royster, Charles; Abbot, W. W. (1996). "The Papers of George Washington. Colonial Series. [Volume] 7: January 1761-June 1767; [Volume] 8: June 1767-December 1771; [Volume] 9: January 1772-March 1774; [Volume] 10: March 1774-June 1775". The Journal of Southern History. 62 (4): 795. doi:10.2307/2211148. ISSN 0022-4642. JSTOR 2211148.
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