Rural Economy in New England at the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, Volume 20The Academy, 1916 - 399 páginas |
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... of the Nineteenth Century BY PERCY WELLS BIDWELL , PH.D. Instructor in Economics in Yale University NEW HAVEN , CONN . 1916 HARVARD COLLEGE Feb26.1934 LIBRARY Transferred from Kotonicals Nettdums THIS ESSAY TRANSACTIONS OF THE.
... of the Nineteenth Century BY PERCY WELLS BIDWELL , PH.D. Instructor in Economics in Yale University NEW HAVEN , CONN . 1916 HARVARD COLLEGE Feb26.1934 LIBRARY Transferred from Kotonicals Nettdums THIS ESSAY TRANSACTIONS OF THE.
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... advice , his illuminating criticism and his stimulating com- panionship this book could not have been written . New Haven , January 1 , 1916 . PERCY WELLS BIDWELL . INTRODUCTION . It is the purpose of this essay to 246 Preface.
... advice , his illuminating criticism and his stimulating com- panionship this book could not have been written . New Haven , January 1 , 1916 . PERCY WELLS BIDWELL . INTRODUCTION . It is the purpose of this essay to 246 Preface.
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... Haven . 1820. p . 39 . 3 See Field , D. D. A Statistical Account of the County of Middlesex in Con- necticut . Published by the Connecticut Academy of the Arts and Sciences . Middletown . 1819. pp . 108-109 . 4 Taking 12 towns from ...
... Haven . 1820. p . 39 . 3 See Field , D. D. A Statistical Account of the County of Middlesex in Con- necticut . Published by the Connecticut Academy of the Arts and Sciences . Middletown . 1819. pp . 108-109 . 4 Taking 12 towns from ...
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... Haven . 1811 . An interesting table of the same sort appears in the description of Middle- bury , Vt . , in the Massachusetts Historical Society's collections , Series II . Vol . 9 . p . 131. It had in 1820 in a population of about 2300 ...
... Haven . 1811 . An interesting table of the same sort appears in the description of Middle- bury , Vt . , in the Massachusetts Historical Society's collections , Series II . Vol . 9 . p . 131. It had in 1820 in a population of about 2300 ...
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... Haven Historical Society . They cover the years 1725- 1764 , during which he carried on his business in West Haven , Cheshire and Far- mington , Conn . They also illustrate the fact that the payment for the services of the artisans was ...
... Haven Historical Society . They cover the years 1725- 1764 , during which he carried on his business in West Haven , Cheshire and Far- mington , Conn . They also illustrate the fact that the payment for the services of the artisans was ...
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Página 267 - AS it is the power of exchanging that gives occasion to ¿\ the division of labour, so the extent of this division •*~ -*- must always be limited by the extent of that power, or, in other words, by the extent of the market...
Página 267 - When the market is very small, no person can have any encouragement to dedicate himself entirely to one employment, for want of the power to exchange all that surplus part of the produce of his own labour, which is over and above his own consumption, for such parts of the produce of other men's labour as he has occasion for.
Página 357 - Great quantities of coarse cloths, coatings, serges, and flannels, linsey woolseys, hosiery of wool, cotton and thread, coarse fustians, jeans and muslins, checked and striped cotton and linen goods...
Página 358 - ... in many instances, to an extent not only sufficient for the supply of the families in which they are made, but for sale, and, even, in some cases, for exportation. It is computed in a number of districts that two-thirds, threefourths, and even four-fifths, of all the clothing of the inhabitants, are made by themselves.
Página 358 - ... and table linen, and various mixtures of wool and cotton, and of cotton and flax, are made in the household way, and, in many instances, to an extent not only sufficient for the supply of the families in...
Página 388 - ... high are the so-called horse latitudes, or calms of Cancer and of Capricorn. Unlike the doldrums, however, the weather here is clear and fresh, and the periods of stagnation are intermittent rather than continuous, showing none of the persistency which is so characteristic of the equatorial regions. The explanation of this difference is to be found in the fact that over the equatorial belt of calms the humid surface air becomes heated which causes it to expand and rise. Cooling accompanies this...
Página 371 - The house was a factory on the farm, the farm a grower and producer for the house.
Página 391 - In the formation of Colonies, those, who are first inclined to emigrate, are usually such, as have met with difficulties at home. These are commonly joined by persons, who, having large families, and small farms, are induced, for the sake of settling their children comfortably, to seek for new and cheaper lands.
Página 385 - The current of emigration from this state has swelled to a torrent," wrote Pease and Niles in their Connecticut Gazetteer of 1819.
Página 314 - The road was so stony and rough that I could not ride out of a slow walk but very little of the way. I was near two days in going, such was the general state of our roads at that time.