The History of the Cotton Famine: From the Fall of Sumter to the Passing of the Public Works ActSaunders, Otley, and Company, 1865 - Всего страниц: 350 |
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... expenditure for their relief was 8 per cent . of the amount paid by England and Wales . We have now glanced at the physical features and the social and commercial condition of the cotton districts at the commencement of the Famine . We ...
... expenditure for their relief was 8 per cent . of the amount paid by England and Wales . We have now glanced at the physical features and the social and commercial condition of the cotton districts at the commencement of the Famine . We ...
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... expenditure on account of the fabric and machinery of his mill . It means very short profits , long credit , and perhaps many bad debts to the little , working - class shopkeeper . At this time , comparatively few mills had stopped ...
... expenditure on account of the fabric and machinery of his mill . It means very short profits , long credit , and perhaps many bad debts to the little , working - class shopkeeper . At this time , comparatively few mills had stopped ...
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... expenditure it is curious to observe how different were the tastes of the relieved . In some , in fact in most cases , one halfpenny went for soap , but few indulged in candles ; some invested largely in bread , while others thought ...
... expenditure it is curious to observe how different were the tastes of the relieved . In some , in fact in most cases , one halfpenny went for soap , but few indulged in candles ; some invested largely in bread , while others thought ...
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... expenditure of the guardians , in and about relief , ' had been , in 1861 , 8,500l .; but at Lady - day , 1862 , this had risen to 15,1831 . It was concluded that a rate of 38. in the pound , with the aid of the relief fund , would ...
... expenditure of the guardians , in and about relief , ' had been , in 1861 , 8,500l .; but at Lady - day , 1862 , this had risen to 15,1831 . It was concluded that a rate of 38. in the pound , with the aid of the relief fund , would ...
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... expenditure had amounted to 4,900l . The rate of relief given by the Blackburn guardians was in excess of the average through- out the district . To single able - bodied men they gave 38. per week , requiring three days ' work ; to ...
... expenditure had amounted to 4,900l . The rate of relief given by the Blackburn guardians was in excess of the average through- out the district . To single able - bodied men they gave 38. per week , requiring three days ' work ; to ...
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American amount Ashton Ashton-under-Lyne assistance authority bales Blackburn boards of guardians capital cent Central Executive Committee Central Relief Committee charitable clothing condition considerable cotton districts Cotton Famine cotton manufacture cotton supply cotton trade demand difficulty distress duty emigration employment England English equal estimated expenditure extent fact factory facturers Farnall Glossop Government hands Haslingden honour improvement increase India interest labour Lancashire land large number less Liverpool loans Lord Lord Derby machinery Manchester Mansion House Committee manufac manufacturing districts ment mills months Oldham operatives outdoor outdoor relief parish persons Poor Law Board poor-rates population possessed post 8vo pound Preston production profits rate of relief rate-in-aid rateable value ratepayers raw material Ready received relief funds Rochdale shillings spindles Staleybridge Stockport subscriptions suffering sufficient Surat tion towns township unemployed Union Relief Aid Villiers wages week Wigan yarn
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