SINCLAIR (Sir John). Address to the Society for the Improvement of British Wool; constituted at Edinburgh, on Monday, January 31, 1791.1791

Printed for T. Cadell, Second Edition, with the final advert. leaf G4, [4], 46, [2] pp., disbound. Sir John Sinclair inaugurated the British Wool Society at a large sheep-shearing festival held in 1791 at Newhalls Inn, Queensferry. He is credited with initiating these sheep-shearings which were later developed by Francis Russell, the fifth Duke of Bedford. Kress, B2206; Goldsmith, 14668.