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Temperance and Factory Life in 1844 Washingtonian
The Washingtonian issue from Augusta discusses postmasters forwarding subscriptions, the Forsyth Temperance Convention, and the Lowell factory girls offering critical praise for The Lowell Offering. It urges reform, extols female authorship, and emphasizes temperance, virtue, and reject of taverns as temptations.
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Washingtonian
Forsyth
Lowel
Lowel Factory
Roma
Susan
Calcutta
Lowell
Mary
Europe
Augusta
Hell
Paul
Woodman
Ramseller
Temperance
Joan Augustus