 ... a home for her fatherless children. 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...  Journal of social science - Page 128by American social science assoc - 1882Full view - About this book
 | Phebe Ann Hanaford - 1876 - 686 pages
...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 deliver them at...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... | |
 | 1882 - 1096 pages
...home for her fatherless children. Troops of young girls came from different parts of New England, aud from Canada, and men were employed to collect them...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 - 1882 - 746 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Harriet Jane Hanson Robinson - 1889 - 98 pages
...slow old days. The stagecoach and the canal-boat came every day, always filled with new recruits for the army of useful people. The mechanic and machinist...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,... | |
 | 1891 - 874 pages
...the canal boat came every day, always filled with new recruits for the army of useful people. . . . Troops of young girls came from different parts of...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... | |
 | 1891 - 870 pages
...army of useful people. . . . 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 widows, were struggling... | |
 | Harriet Jane Hanson Robinson - 1898 - 280 pages
...girls 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...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... | |
 | Massachusetts. Department of Labor and Industries. Division of Statistics - 1906 - 654 pages
...came from all parts of New England, and so great was the demand for "help" that the mills employed men to collect them at so much a head, and deliver them at the factories. Some were daughters of professional men or teachers, whose mothers, left widows, were struggling to... | |
 | United States. Immigration Commission (1907-1910) - 1911 - 484 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) - 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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