Glassware Factory Near Jamestown
Curiously enough, the first industrial enterprise undertaken in America was a factory for the manufacture of glass bottles. It was built very early in the history of the Virginia colony, and stood about a mile from Jamestown in the midst of a woodland tract. Later on, other factories were erected, many of them being prompted to manufacture the important glass beads to be used in trading with the Indians. . . . more . . .Index to Virginia Wills and Estates
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