Benevolence of Wages Elevates the Desolate Poor
A late 19th century essay extols fair wages for women, recounting two stark examples. A dressmaker sustains her ailing mother at great cost to health, while a sailor’s widow supports her children through home work aided by a benevolence society. The piece urges women to foster industry, education, and self help, praising charity that empowers through employment.
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From Saintly Doves to Farmer Education in An Era
A long extract from a periodical echoes moral sermons and light humor. It recalls a dove entering Christ's Church during a Psalm reading, jokes about politics and prints verses, and moves to moral reflections on industry and frugality. It then presents a lengthy proposal by Mr Harris on educating farmers, arguing most citizens are farmers and urging practical schooling, state offices held by practitioners, and farmer-led reform to balance republic life. The note closes with J Holbrook’s signing.
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Boston Transcript
United States
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Self-Made Leaders and Notable Oddities in 1838 Letters
A collection of excerpted remarks on self-made fortunes, a debate on parental property, and a noted elderly woman’s charitable labor. Clement Falconer defends merit over inheritance while Elizabeth Meigs of New Britain is praised for knitting dozens of garments and other handiwork in 1838._MISCELLANY_
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