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The case of the seamstresses, spoolers, &c. &c. once more
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Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839
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[Philadelphia : s.n., 1833]
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"To be victims of pain and misery, unhappily, is the lot of a large portion of every community, to alleviate whose sufferings is the unquestionable duty of the remainder ..."--Foreign quarterly review, Feb. 1830, page 40. ..
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Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839
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[Philadelphia : s.n., 1832]
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Sir, "We ought never to forget that in alleviating the immediate sufferings of the poor (women), we are only palliating, not eradicating the evils of poverty. We must never forget that the low rate of wages is the root of the mischief. ..." : When, in the month of November, 1828, I commenced to advocate the cause of a numerous and interesting class of females ... who depend chiefly on their needles for support ... I flattered myself into the expectation, so severe were their sufferings and hardships, that they only required to be fairly placed before the public eye, duly authenticated, to excite ... an active, zealous, ardent effort ... to alleviate sufferings ..
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Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839
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[Philadelphia : s.n., 1830]
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Sir, You are requested to attentively peruse the annexed interesting document. ... To the public. Philadelphia, May 31st, 1830. The subscribers having perused ... the following statement signed by twenty-nine ladies of respectability, intelligence, and competence ... respectfully submit it to the consideration of their fellow citizens: "The undersigned having seriously considered the case of those seamstresses ... are convinced that the prices they receive for their work are inadequate for their support ..
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[Philadelphia : s.n., 1830]
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"To be victims of pain and misery unhappily is the lot of a large portion of every community, to alleviate whose sufferings is the unquestionable duty of the remainder ..."--Foreign quarterly review, Feb. 1830, page 40. : Sir, Apprehensive that, in my past communications on the subject of the inadequacy of the wages of various species of female labour ... I have confined myself too much to the physical sufferings it produces, and thus not laid sufficient emphasis on the degradation, the corruption, and the wickedness that result from it; I am therefore induced to resume the subject ..
Author
Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839
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[Philadelphia : s.n., 1830]
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To the public. Baltimore, May 10, 1830. The undersigned, having received from a number of ladies of respectability and intelligence ... the following interesting statement, deem it right to present it to their fellow citizens. "The subscribers having carefully considered the case of females employed as seamstresses ... are convinced that the wages they receive for their labour are entirely inadequate for their support ..
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[Baltimore : s.n., 1830]
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"We ought never to forget that in alleviating the immediate sufferings of the poor (women), we are only palliating, not eradicating the evils of poverty. We must never forget that the low rate of wages is the root of the mischief. ..." : I deeply regret to state, that after all the pains I have taken, and the heavy expense I have incurred, in the effort to effect some mitigation of the penury and oppression of the seamstresses, spoolers, &c. whose cause I have been pleading since Nov. 1828, I am, with inexpressible reluctance, forced to the conclusion, that all has been nearly in vain. ..
Author
Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839
Published
[Philadelphia : s.n., 1830]
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