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Aaron Minton, Mystic Valley Regional Charter School
== Aaron's Lesson Page Sketch of Factory life: Harriet Farley Harriet Farley editorial

What is Ms. Farley’s attitude towards the working conditions in the mills?

Why do you think she started the Lowell Offering?

What kind of woman or man does Farley say she respects? Why?



Harriet Farley to James Monroe Harriet Farley to James Munroe

Oct 21 1847

Gentlemen I enlcose with this a letter which (you?) had perhaps better answer by sending some specimen? numbers of the New England offering it is simliar to many recieved last year by us and (laid?) aside. There seemed to me to be a curiosity in many remote places with regard to factory literature which we could not expect nearer home. Dr. Scoresby?? -of Bradford England- who took quite an interest in the Lowell Offering is announced by the papers? as a passenger in the ??/carnkin? I hope you see him if I do not enjoy that pleasure- I have written to a friend in Cincinnati who got an agent for the the West? some one who would be willing to take a large number of allowed a liberal discount and the imprint. B???/ and B????? dyft?? -of Portland- do not consider their agency confirmed until they have heard from you. Is there a ?ward_? agent in New York? If not would it not be well to find one and let them canvass the city- there has been little done in Lowell because we know? not who was to be the ?ward_? agent here

PG 2 and whether they were to have all the city? subscribers or not. There any ??? to be one? I am ???? entirely out of numbers and so are Merrill and Heywood. There are none to be had here. Please send one some? by Express any three chosen for I wish to send out to some more papers ??.There have been about 25 dollars collected here but few have been called home?? They are getting an impression which is being injurious to the work "that it will slump?show?through." and this impression may cause it to do so. Every body is waiting to see whether it will go on and some say they will subscribe when the second number appears who will not do so before. one of our writers is getting a few names among the mill girls at ????chsett NH. I have written to ethkinson??? to learn of Mr. Fudd....

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Harriet Farley Letter about mill

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