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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... , and gather it into manageable streams . With what patient devotion these streams have given themselves to the prosperity of Lancashire ! Merrily they rippled over their pebbly beds , when the mill - wheel was HISTORY OF THE.
... , and gather it into manageable streams . With what patient devotion these streams have given themselves to the prosperity of Lancashire ! Merrily they rippled over their pebbly beds , when the mill - wheel was HISTORY OF THE.
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... given why the cotton manufacture has not largely succeeded in Roman Catholic countries is , because of its disturbance by the continual recurrence of feast and fast days . To return to the English manufacture of cotton , which we left ...
... given why the cotton manufacture has not largely succeeded in Roman Catholic countries is , because of its disturbance by the continual recurrence of feast and fast days . To return to the English manufacture of cotton , which we left ...
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... given in recognition of his services to the cotton manu- facture . The House of Commons has held many a beating heart and throbbing brain , many a statesman fearing no one but himself , and many a timid aspirant fearing all else ; but ...
... given in recognition of his services to the cotton manu- facture . The House of Commons has held many a beating heart and throbbing brain , many a statesman fearing no one but himself , and many a timid aspirant fearing all else ; but ...
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... given no heed was upon them , the scene shifted the war in America assumed an aspect of determined continuance , and the blockade of the Southern ports was declared effective . The price of cotton rose rapidly , and immediately a golden ...
... given no heed was upon them , the scene shifted the war in America assumed an aspect of determined continuance , and the blockade of the Southern ports was declared effective . The price of cotton rose rapidly , and immediately a golden ...
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... given their time freely to the organisation of committees , and to the dispensation of relief , -if they have never screwed their cottage rents from relief allow- ances , nor taken advantage of the prevailing distress to press down ...
... given their time freely to the organisation of committees , and to the dispensation of relief , -if they have never screwed their cottage rents from relief allow- ances , nor taken advantage of the prevailing distress to press down ...
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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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