...prohibiting by law "the erection, or continuance, of any mill or other engine for slitting or rolling iron, or any plating forge to work with a tilt hammer, or any furnace for making steel, in the Colonies" under the penalty of £200. Every such mill, engine,...

...further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that from and after the twenty-fourth day of June, 1750, no 0 any furnace for making steel, shall be erected; or, after such erection, continued in any of his Majesty's...

...places (and forging of a stamp was a capital crime, to be punished by hanging in those days). " No Mill or other Engine for Slitting or Rolling of Iron...or any Plating Forge to work with a Tilt Hammer or any Furnace for making Steel shall be erected, or after such Erection continue, or cause to be continued,...

...Majefty's colonies in America; and to prevent the erection of any mill or other engine for flitting or rolling of iron ; or any plating forge to work with a tilt hammer; or any furnace for making fteel in any of the faid colonies, // is enafled, Tkat from and after the twenty...

...Majefty's colonies in America; and to prevent the erection of any mill, or cither engine, for Hitting or rolling of iron, or any plating forge to work with a tilt-hammer, or any furnace for making (led, in any oí the laid colonies. —Tie pig iron to te free...

...cheaper than the English, it forbade the smiths of America to erect any mill for slitting or rolling iron, or any plating forge to work with a tilt hammer, or any furnace for making steel. There can he no doubt or question as to the object of this legislation,...