 | Phebe Ann Hanaford - United States - 1876 - 686 pages
...paragraphs : — THE FIRST FACTORY GIRLS. " Troops of young girls came by stages and baggagewagons ; and men were employed to go into other States and...more modern style of things. When the large covered baggage-wagon arrived in front of a block on the corporation, they would descend from it, dressed in... | |
 | Social sciences - 1882 - 1102 pages
...of young girls came from different parts of New England, aud from Canada, and men were employed to collect them at so much a head, and deliver them at...eyes accustomed to a more modern style of things. AVhen the large covered baggage wagon arrived iu front of a " block on the corporation" they would... | |
 | Phebe Ann Hanaford - United States - 1882 - 748 pages
...paragraphs : — THE FIRST FACTORY GIRLS. " Troops of young girls came by stages and baggagewagons; and men were employed to go into other States and Canada, and collect them at so much a head, and deli ver them at the factories. " A very curious sight these country girls presented to young eyes... | |
 | Harriet Jane Hanson Robinson - Factory system - 1889 - 114 pages
...of young girls came from different parts of New England, and from Canada, and men were employed to collect them at so much a head, and deliver them at the factories. Some of these were daughters of sea captains (like Lucy Larcorn), of professional men or teachers,... | |
 | Economics - 1891 - 874 pages
...of young girls came from different parts of New England, and from Canada, and men were employed to collect them at so much a head, and deliver them at the factories. Some of these were daughters of professional men or teachers, whose mothers, left widows, were struggling... | |
 | Economics - 1891 - 870 pages
...of young girls came from different parts of New England, and'from Canada, and men were employed to collect them at so much a head, and deliver them at the factories. Some of these were daughters of professional men or teachers, whose mothers, left widows, were struggling... | |
 | Harriet Jane Hanson Robinson - History - 1898 - 280 pages
...came by stages and baggage-wagons, men often being employed to go to other States and to Canada, to collect them at so much a head, and deliver them at...more modern style of things. When the large covered baggage-wagon arrive'd in front of a block on the corporation, they would descend from it, dressed... | |
 | United States. Immigration Commission (1907-1910) - Aliens - 1911 - 482 pages
...employed to go to other States and to Canada to collect them at so much per head and deliver them to the factories. "A very curious sight these country...covered baggage wagon arrived in front of a block of the corporation they would descend from it, dressed in various and outlandish fashions, and with... | |
 | United States. Immigration Commission (1907-1910) - Aliens - 1911 - 924 pages
...employed to go to other States and to Canada to collect them at so much per head and deliver them to the factories. "A very curious sight these country...covered baggage wagon arrived in front of a block of the corporation they would descend from it, dressed in various and outlandish fashions, and with... | |
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Troops of young girls came from different parts of New England, and from Canada, and men were employed to collect them at so much a head, and deliver them at the factories. Some of these were daughters of professional men or teachers, whose mothers, left... 
