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Episodes tagged "mid-nineteenth century": 1 through 3 of 3

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  1. The Role of Poetry and Prose in the Lowell Mills: An Examination of Mourning in the Factory-workers' Literary Magazine
    date January 1, 1840 to December 31, 1845map MIDDLESEX, Massachusettstags Labor, Art/Leisure, mid-nineteenth century, female factory workers, women's writings

    Published in the January 1843 edition of "The Lowell Offering and Magazine" is a poem entitled "On A Young Man Lost At Sea" by an author credited as "M.G.B." The mournful poem reads like a funeral dirge and expresses the sorrow of a sister who has lost her dear brother. The author writes of how this young man's voice will never again be heard nor will his presence be seen around the family hearth....

  2. Agricultural Change in the Mid-Nineteenth Century
    date July 21, 1841 to October 15, 1841map BRISTOL, Massachusettstags Wheaton, accounting records, mid-nineteenth century, Agriculture

    Laban Morey Wheaton kept records of all his economic transactions while he lived in Norton, Massachusetts, in the mid-nineteenth century, and the year 1841 was no exception. Between July and October of this year, Wheaton made a number of transactions with a man, Sumner Blandin. Looking at the records reveals that Blandin came to Wheaton about once a week, usually to get cash instead of food or goods....

  3. Potato Agriculture in the Mid-Nineteenth Century
    date May 20, 1840 to November 3, 1840map BRISTOL, Massachusettstags mid-nineteenth century, Wheaton, Agriculture, Potatoes, Textile Mills

    As the New England foliage began to turn in October of 1840, Laban Morey Wheaton sold Linus Howard an astonishing twenty-five bushels of potatoes, and only a couple of short days later Linus returned for another five bushels of potatoes. What could possibly explain this surge in the demand for potatoes in Norton Massachusetts? Laban dealt with many transactions concerning potatoes as indicated within...