[Silk Production]. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury Transmitting the Information Required by a Resolution of The House of Representatives, of May 11, 1826, in Relation to the Growth and Manufacture of Silk…

Pamphlet, 8vo,marbled paper covers with taped spine, folding table, five plates (one folding), 224 pp. Spine cracked and about have is gone, heavily foxed, one plate bound upside down. This report was done under the supervision of the Secretary of The Treasury, Richard Rush (1780-1859). Rush would also serve as the ambassador to France and England, and as Attorney General. This report covers a wide range of issues related to the production of silk in the United States. It includes information on U.S. imports and exports of silk between 1821 and 1825, the varieties of silk worms, and the rearing and diseases of silkworms. ANB. OCLC.