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Lowell History: Visitor Observations 1827-1913

Observations of Lowell by William Scoresby, 1845

AMERICAN FACTORIES AND THEIR FEMALE OPERATIVES 
BY REV. WILLIAM SCORESBY 
PUBLISHED 1845 
  
LOWELL

  
Note: 
Visit Working Women 1800-1930, Harvard University to view American Factories and Their Female Operatives:  With an Appeal on Behalf of the British Factory Population and Suggestions for the Improvement of their Condition by William Scoresby.

EXCERPT

CHAPTER I                                                                                  PAGE 
Progress of American Manufactures                                                 1

CHAPETR II 
Of the City of Lowell with its Manufactories, etc.                              8-49

CHAPTER III 
The Female Operatives or Factory Girls of Lowell                            50-88

CHAPTER IV 
Enguiry into the Causes of the Superior Morals and  
     Intellectual Condition of the Lowell Girls Factory                         89-96

CHAPTER V 
Suggestions for the Improvement of the Condition of  
     Our Factory Operative—Especially that of Females                     97-130 
  
APPENDIX                                                                                   131