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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... material . If the primeval restlessness of this portion of the earth's crust had not upheaved some of the older and harder strata to the surface - if the chalk of Kent or the sand of Norfolk had here superimposed , the streams which fed ...
... material . If the primeval restlessness of this portion of the earth's crust had not upheaved some of the older and harder strata to the surface - if the chalk of Kent or the sand of Norfolk had here superimposed , the streams which fed ...
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... material , and turning her lithe fingers from the wheel and the web to the cultivation of the cotton plant , should provide Lancashire with the raw material and receive clothing in repayment . No Europeans have ever yet been able to vie ...
... material , and turning her lithe fingers from the wheel and the web to the cultivation of the cotton plant , should provide Lancashire with the raw material and receive clothing in repayment . No Europeans have ever yet been able to vie ...
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... material galvanised the trade in manufactures into life ; and the prices of yarns and cloth having slowly declined since the commencement of the year , now rose languidly , and liberated some of the capital of the cotton trade - set it ...
... material galvanised the trade in manufactures into life ; and the prices of yarns and cloth having slowly declined since the commencement of the year , now rose languidly , and liberated some of the capital of the cotton trade - set it ...
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... material bribe of high wages , -by the constant company of light dragoons , and by the continual indulgence of their self - will and self- interest in the legislation of the country ? Happily for D 2 COTTON FAMINE . 35 higher class of ...
... material bribe of high wages , -by the constant company of light dragoons , and by the continual indulgence of their self - will and self- interest in the legislation of the country ? Happily for D 2 COTTON FAMINE . 35 higher class of ...
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... material , would be equal to 842,000 bales of 400 lb. each . With this surplus stock in the hands of the trade , it cannot be a matter of surprise that manufacturers should have become anxious to work their mills ' short time . ' Had it ...
... material , would be equal to 842,000 bales of 400 lb. each . With this surplus stock in the hands of the trade , it cannot be a matter of surprise that manufacturers should have become anxious to work their mills ' short time . ' Had it ...
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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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