Farmer’s decline linked to railroads and market shifts
Reader letters from North Carolina discuss how a farmer’s prosperity faltered after rail access drew markets away from home. Letters blame reliance on outside goods, mortgages, and risky speculation, noting the shift from self sufficiency to external trade as key to his downfall. Several towns include Jan dates and names in commentary.
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Rives
Jno
B. Powert, Jr
Scotlanp Neck
N. C
Ba Rour Dunn
Esure
N.C
W.B. Wittrasms
Dunxn
J. al. Austin
Chronicle
Aeai
Paris
A. F. Jonyson
D. C
Tailroad
Railaorth
Tom Arinaton
Neigher
J. R. Guess
Cary
P. L. Herman
Roxzorp
A. R. Fousarr
Wake County
W. H. CuamBrer
Snow Hint
Gilead
Simmons
Mofit, Hodgkins & Clark
Watertown
N. Y
Goldsboro
Seymour
Ada E. Hurd
Groton
S. D
John Y. MacRae
H. H. Jones
Macon
New York Weekly Herald
United States
Globe
Weekly Herald
James Gordon Bennett
New York City
Allien
Maggie Reess
Fayetteville St
Pe Eanes — Ames
Hegnes's of
James W Avents
Holly Springs ‘Township
J H Burts
Gaston Rollins
Greensboro
Jas. I. Johnson
Raleigh
Geo. Fitzsimmons
Beaufort
Bro
Newport
N. M. Jurney
Prior
JAS
Johnson
Messrs
Pemberton & Prior
A. Truelove
J. J. Tuomas
A. A Thompson
B. S. Jerwan
I. W. Jackson
TRE Commercial and Farmers’ Bark
Raleigh, N.C
PATID
Jonson
Harper's Magazine
America
Great West
Alfred Parsons
T. DE Thulstrup
W. D. Howelis
T. B. Aldrich
R. H. Davis
Conat Doyle
Margaret Deland
Miss Woolson
Atlanta, GA
South
Tfarge
A. C. Briscoe
L. W. Arnold
Avice Tuner
F. A. Waller
Prine
F. E. Murray
L. F. Haypen
Oxford Female Seminary
Oxford, N. C
F. P. Hobgood
Fres’t
Flor Sale
Cole
Dr. Talmage
Raime
MLS
Pinary
Owe Alfred Coles
Grand and Myrtle Avenues
Rooklyn
H. H. Herring
Arthu L. Horton
B. F. Monte
Harper's
Harper’s Magazine
Harper’s Weekly
Harper’s Bazar
Harper's Young People
Canada
Mexico
Harper & Brothers
New York
Patapsco Flouring Mills
Perigolion In
Fioup
ePurgy
Agargee
Maryland
Virginia
Fatapsco
Patapsco
Rolando
Patapsco Family
Orange Grove Extra
Mapleton Family
Camden Super
Bedsford
Baldwin
Severn Mills Extra
Co. A. Gambrill Man
E’g Co., Proprietors
Commerce Street
Baltimore
Alf. A. Thompson
Raleigh, N. C