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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... supplies to the geological features , and the geographical position of the district . The elevation of most of the ... supply of water - power was among the first causes of the pre - eminence of this district in the cotton manufacture ...
... supplies to the geological features , and the geographical position of the district . The elevation of most of the ... supply of water - power was among the first causes of the pre - eminence of this district in the cotton manufacture ...
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... supply the district with pure water , so soft , that as compared with that of London , it is estimated to require one - half less soap , and one - third less tea , to produce equal results in the washing - tub , or in the more social ...
... supply the district with pure water , so soft , that as compared with that of London , it is estimated to require one - half less soap , and one - third less tea , to produce equal results in the washing - tub , or in the more social ...
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... supply . In a poor and unimprovable country , an increase of population diminishes the wealth of the community , while under contrary conditions such an increase tends directly to augment the common resources . This is merely an ...
... supply . In a poor and unimprovable country , an increase of population diminishes the wealth of the community , while under contrary conditions such an increase tends directly to augment the common resources . This is merely an ...
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... supply of fuel . Lancashire in the time of Elizabeth was one wide expanse of desolate moor and unwholesome bog - land . Cultivation was only attempted here and there ; land drainage , even in its rudest form , did not venture to operate ...
... supply of fuel . Lancashire in the time of Elizabeth was one wide expanse of desolate moor and unwholesome bog - land . Cultivation was only attempted here and there ; land drainage , even in its rudest form , did not venture to operate ...
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... supply of the raw 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 ...
... supply of the raw 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 ...
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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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