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Looking to cotton - mill operatives , whose wages are not quoted much prior to 1820 , we find that they were paid 44 cents a day , on the average , between 1820 and 1830 , nearly 90 cents a day from 1830 to 1840 .
Looking to cotton - mill operatives , whose wages are not quoted much prior to 1820 , we find that they were paid 44 cents a day , on the average , between 1820 and 1830 , nearly 90 cents a day from 1830 to 1840 .
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mill operatives received $ 1.17 , printers $ 1.75 , shoemakers $ 1.70 , cotton - mill operatives $ 1.03 , woolen - mill operatives 87.3 cents , glassmakers $ 2.96 , and millwrights $ 1.66 . The wages in all of these occupations ...
mill operatives received $ 1.17 , printers $ 1.75 , shoemakers $ 1.70 , cotton - mill operatives $ 1.03 , woolen - mill operatives 87.3 cents , glassmakers $ 2.96 , and millwrights $ 1.66 . The wages in all of these occupations ...
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In another line labor has been displaced to such an extent that only one third the number of operatives formerly required is now in employment . In the days of the singlespindle hand - wheel , one spinner , working fifty - six hours ...
In another line labor has been displaced to such an extent that only one third the number of operatives formerly required is now in employment . In the days of the singlespindle hand - wheel , one spinner , working fifty - six hours ...
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Economic Provisions of the Constitution of the United States | 7 |
The Land Ordinance of May 20 1785 | 13 |
The Tariff and Tonnage Acts of July 4 and July 20 1789 | 15 |
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| Title | Major Documents in American Economic History: From an agrarian to an industrial economy (1785-1900) An Anvil original, 55-56 Volume 55 of Anvil books Volumes 55-56 of Anvil original Volume 1 of Major Documents in American Economic History, Louis Morton Hacker |
| Editor | Louis Morton Hacker |
| Publisher | Van Nostrand, 1961 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 20 Jul 2007 |
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