reported a constitution for the government of the 'American Society of Lancaster County for the Promotion of Domestic Manufactures and National Industry', which was read, approved and unanimously adopted. Every inhabitant of the county of Lancaster who feels an individual interest in the encouragement of

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gimlet manufacturer who produced the implement for sale. 11 �An agricultural environment such as Lancaster County provided naturally stimulated the production of edge tools needed by the farmer. Sickle manufactures developed in Drumore Township where the "sickle smith" was known in the latter part of the

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terprises tended to be small. 1 Votes of the Assembly, V, 255. 2 Coxe, View, p. 313. 3 Lancaster County Assessment Lists, 1773, Public Records, Harrisburg Pa. 4 Cazenova Journal,p. 75. 5 Minutes of the Select Council of the City of Lancaster, Feb. 22, 1836. 6 Pennsylvania Gazette, Sept. 11. 1760; American