Citation - Connecticut Gazette-New Haven: 1766.03.15

CG-NH.766.012
15 Mar 1766:22 (507)
Newport, March 10.  We hear that 20 young ladies of the best
families in Providence, had a spinning match at a
gentleman's house last Tuesday, where the performance was
surprising and made a brilliant appearance, and had a dance
in the evening:  There is several more of the same kind to
be performed there.--A laudable example for all ladies in
Newport and elsewhere, who purpose to promote industry, and
retrieve from ruin a sinking country.