howells. he had a grandson who became a fairly good novelist in america later. this man was a quaker and he owned a state-of-the-art mill in wales, 80 employees in those days, and he said to the president, mr. president, i like the idea of the freedom and the expansiveness of the republic. i'd like to bring my mill to virginia and start and help you become self-sufficient. he said, but i know that you probably are not going to get many farm boys to come and work in the factories. i'll tell you what we can do. you have very talented young men and young women and we will bring them into the factory in a kind of internship. after they learn the skills necessary to make good cloth, they will be given their freedom. it will will be a transitional experiment. now when i read this letter i thought i bet washington just through this out the coach indo. that's not what he did. he took the letter, endorsed the plan, sent it sent it to the governor of virginia, a man by the name of beverly and said we ought to think about this. everyone in the virginia government in 1790 n