Learning a trade in industrializing New England :the expedition of Hannah and Mary Adams to Nashua, New Hampshire, 1833-1834: Historical New Hampshire / Jo Anne Preston.
- Title:
- Learning a trade in industrializing New England :the expedition of Hannah and Mary Adams to Nashua, New Hampshire, 1833-1834: Historical New Hampshire / Jo Anne Preston.
- Author:
- Preston, Jo Anne.
- Call Number:
- 977.8 N5321h
- Publication Information:
- Concord, NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1984.
- Physical Description:
- p. 24 - 44.
- Source:
- Vol. 39, Nos. 1-2 (Spring-Summer 1984) Historical New Hampshire.
- Description:
- Hannah and Mary Adams left their parents' Derry, New Hampshire, farm in 1833 to seek an independent livelihood in Nashua. Eleven of their letters, reproduced here, illustrate the adjustments members of New Hampshire farm families faced when they moved to urban centers and learned trades. Hannah and Mary complained frequently of long hours and of being hurried, but they also found Nashua interesting and enjoyable.
- Language:
- English.
- Subjects:
- Industrialization. , Women Employment 19th century.
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