Download or read book The Lace Samples from Ipswich, Massachusetts, 1789-1790 written by Karen H. Thompson and published by . This book was released on 2017-05-25 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Samples of lace made in Ipswich, Massachusetts, were obtained in the course of the first U.S. Census, in 1789, and stored among the papers of Alexander Hamilton, who had been charged with taking the census as Secretary of the Treasury. The book details the history of lace making in Ipswich and shows pictures of the samples along with color coded guides and patterns for making them.