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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... period to which I have carried the history in this volume , may be considered the termination of the Famine . ' The succeeding winter and spring were marked by severe distress , which indeed still prevails in certain localities , —but ...
... period to which I have carried the history in this volume , may be considered the termination of the Famine . ' The succeeding winter and spring were marked by severe distress , which indeed still prevails in certain localities , —but ...
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... period the population of Manchester rose from 94,876 to 460,018 . The population of Burnley had grown from 4,000 to nearly 30,000 in the same interval ; and all the cotton towns would show a somewhat similar rate of extension . Taking ...
... period the population of Manchester rose from 94,876 to 460,018 . The population of Burnley had grown from 4,000 to nearly 30,000 in the same interval ; and all the cotton towns would show a somewhat similar rate of extension . Taking ...
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... period . Of all those who are published as spinsters in the modern temples of Hymen , how few are there who have a right to the desig- nation ! These Such was the condition of the cotton manfacture when James Hargreaves , a poor ...
... period . Of all those who are published as spinsters in the modern temples of Hymen , how few are there who have a right to the desig- nation ! These Such was the condition of the cotton manfacture when James Hargreaves , a poor ...
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... - tion . Its production for this single year equalled in value 76,012,380 . , or nearly six millious more than the gross revenue of the kingdom for the same period . L Of this stupendous trade , the share of Lancashire , COTTON FAMINE . 25.
... - tion . Its production for this single year equalled in value 76,012,380 . , or nearly six millious more than the gross revenue of the kingdom for the same period . L Of this stupendous trade , the share of Lancashire , COTTON FAMINE . 25.
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... period , it pro- motes the lasting establishment of a kindlier feeling be- tween class and class , if it encourages a more practical fulfilment of that most high and sacred command , that men should do to others as they would others ...
... period , it pro- motes the lasting establishment of a kindlier feeling be- tween class and class , if it encourages a more practical fulfilment of that most high and sacred command , that men should do to others as they would others ...
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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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