The Golden Threads: New England's Mill Girls and Magnates, Volume 2Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1949 - 325 pages |
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... Anglo - American Literature and Manners , New York , 1852 Chevalier , Michel , Society , Manners and Politics in the United States , Boston , 1839 Clark , Victor S. , History of Manufactures in the United States , New York , 1929. 3 ...
... Anglo - American Literature and Manners , New York , 1852 Chevalier , Michel , Society , Manners and Politics in the United States , Boston , 1839 Clark , Victor S. , History of Manufactures in the United States , New York , 1929. 3 ...
Contents
A Portent and a Symbol II Antecedents | 3 |
Lowell Beginnings II | 33 |
Work and Play | 58 |
Copyright | |
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