Statistics for occurrence #1 of “state of Massachusetts” in chapter 5 of Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 10.:

...alth by putting a stop to the importation of wool and cotton cards from Europe. It was probably at about this time while experimenting with wire for cards that Cox was the first to produce in the state of Massachusetts wire for fish hooks, and instructed others in the first drawing of steel wire from half an inch down to the size of a hair. As the fisheries were one of the staple industries of Massachusetts, th...
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