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The South and cotton manufacture in the Pickens Courier letter
A lengthy Charleston era letter from Mobile to New York urges South development in cotton manufacturing. It describes mills near Greenville and Pendleton, cites water power, and praises Southern enterprise while urging energy, capital, and regional cooperation to surpass Northern production. It discusses工 industrial sites, labor, wages, and the potential for a regional factory village amid Appalachian scenery.
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Charleston Courier
Charles IL Vane
Mobile
Iane Miller
New York
South
State
Colton
Colm
Anl
Pickens
Tanodiske
Wiran Miller
Greenville
Suipterstil Vy Terprise
Mi Leste
Llie
Cigael
Einh Wolawes
Erphar
Diessinag
Satore
Lam
Suid
Ealand
Alvanitises
Lame
New Orley
Leas
New
Kowland
Wieibiry
Solyoke
Natura
Blue Ridge Mountains
Fawr
Tow
Ivas
S.C
Tate
Henk
Abeertead
Banka
Trier
Thas Express
Walballi
Cos
Perepoppi