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Information as to cost of living and prices of commodities should also be considered , since it is not the amount of money wages that most nearly concerns the workman , but the amount of subsistence obtainable at a given period for a ...
Information as to cost of living and prices of commodities should also be considered , since it is not the amount of money wages that most nearly concerns the workman , but the amount of subsistence obtainable at a given period for a ...
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Printers were receiving , at the beginning of the century , about $ 1.00 a day , and their wages had increased to $ 1.75 by 1860. Shoemakers were paid 7373 cents a day , on the average , during the decennial period 1790 to 1800 , while ...
Printers were receiving , at the beginning of the century , about $ 1.00 a day , and their wages had increased to $ 1.75 by 1860. Shoemakers were paid 7373 cents a day , on the average , during the decennial period 1790 to 1800 , while ...
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The wages in all of these occupations , with the exception of woolen - mill operatives , show an advance over 1830. The percentage of increase ranges from 16.3 for cotton - mill operatives to 161.9 for glassmakers .
The wages in all of these occupations , with the exception of woolen - mill operatives , show an advance over 1830. The percentage of increase ranges from 16.3 for cotton - mill operatives to 161.9 for glassmakers .
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Contents
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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