Major Documents in American Economic History: From an agrarian to an industrial economy (1785-1900)Louis Morton Hacker Van Nostrand, 1961 V. 1. From an agrarian to an industrial economy (1785-1900)--v. 2. The problems of a world power (the 20th century). |
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... paid on the importation of the articles hereinafter men- tioned the following duties , that is to say : First : On ... paid an additional duty of one - half of one cent per square yard ; and if printed , painted , colored , or stained ...
... paid on the importation of the articles hereinafter men- tioned the following duties , that is to say : First : On ... paid an additional duty of one - half of one cent per square yard ; and if printed , painted , colored , or stained ...
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... paid in differ- ent trades , but between 1790 and 1830 , when the factory system was in fair and general operation and labor of every character commanded higher wages , it being in greater demand , there was a fair advance , carpenters ...
... paid in differ- ent trades , but between 1790 and 1830 , when the factory system was in fair and general operation and labor of every character commanded higher wages , it being in greater demand , there was a fair advance , carpenters ...
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... paid 73 cents a day , on the average , during the decennial period 1790 to 1800 , while they averaged from 1820 to 1830 , $ 1.06 a day , reach- ing $ 1.70 in 1860. Looking to cotton - mill operatives , whose wages are not quoted much ...
... paid 73 cents a day , on the average , during the decennial period 1790 to 1800 , while they averaged from 1820 to 1830 , $ 1.06 a day , reach- ing $ 1.70 in 1860. Looking to cotton - mill operatives , whose wages are not quoted much ...
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Economic Provisions of the Constitution of the United States 71 | 7 |
The Land Ordinance of May 20 1785 | 11 |
The Tariff and Tonnage Acts of July 4 and July 20 1789 | 15 |
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37th Congress acres aforesaid Alexander Hamilton American amount authorized bank benefit bill bonds bullion canals carpets census Central Pacific Railroad cents per pound cents per square centum ad valorem citizen or citizens Congress conspiracy Constitution contract corporation cotton criminal debt demand deposit directors duty employed established exceeding Federal fifty cents foreign furnish further enacted gold and silver Government hereby hundred immigration important improvements increase industry interest iron issue labor legal tender less manufacture ment millions of dollars National Banking Act national currency operation paid paper money payment person production public lands purchase purposes race roads Secretary sections SHERMAN ANTITRUST ACT ships or vessels silver coin square yard stockholders taxes thereof thirty per centum three-dollar piece tion township Treasury twenty twenty-five per centum U. S. Statutes United States notes vote wages wire gauge