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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... Greater still is the rainfall upon the hills around Glossop , and still greater is the moisture in the mountainous region upon the Cum- berland border . In the neighbourhood of Windermere , the rainfall in 1860 equalled 102.58 inches ...
... Greater still is the rainfall upon the hills around Glossop , and still greater is the moisture in the mountainous region upon the Cum- berland border . In the neighbourhood of Windermere , the rainfall in 1860 equalled 102.58 inches ...
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... greater force , speed , and regularity of movement , —in the security which it affords against the accidents of floods . and droughts . Had it not been for the extensive coal- field which underlies the larger part of Lancashire at no ...
... greater force , speed , and regularity of movement , —in the security which it affords against the accidents of floods . and droughts . Had it not been for the extensive coal- field which underlies the larger part of Lancashire at no ...
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... greater part is made up of alluvial deposit , where rich pastures , fat oxen , and good corn - fields abound . The north of the county about Lancaster is composed of mill- stone grit , which passes into upper limestone shale about ...
... greater part is made up of alluvial deposit , where rich pastures , fat oxen , and good corn - fields abound . The north of the county about Lancaster is composed of mill- stone grit , which passes into upper limestone shale about ...
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... greater prosperity than they had experienced in agriculture . It is often remarked that many of the features of Ame- rican society are reproduced in Lancashire . And why is this ? These features , which some think very ugly and others ...
... greater prosperity than they had experienced in agriculture . It is often remarked that many of the features of Ame- rican society are reproduced in Lancashire . And why is this ? These features , which some think very ugly and others ...
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... the mechanical part of it ; for to his genius we are indebted for the greater part of the modus operandi . Like Hargreaves , he was a prophet without honour in his own country . Born at Preston , in 1732 14 HISTORY OF THE.
... the mechanical part of it ; for to his genius we are indebted for the greater part of the modus operandi . Like Hargreaves , he was a prophet without honour in his own country . Born at Preston , in 1732 14 HISTORY OF THE.
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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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