Mowry, William Augustus, 1829-1917, Mowry, Arthur May, 1862- joint author · New York, Boston [etc.] Silver, Burdett and company · leaf 148
the people to engage to anygreat extent in manufactures. The country was new andthe principal business must be agriculture. After comfort-able shelter for the families had been provided, every exer- CLOTHING—COLONIAL CONDITIONS. 145 tion must be put forth to secure food. Cloth could only beobtained… … TAILOR AND COBBLER. the shoes needed for the In the early times thetailor, with his goose andhis shears, plied his tradefrom house to house, stay-ing with each family longenough to make up theclothes necessary for theseason. In like manner -the shoemaker traveledabout the country, with hiskit upon…
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