Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · New York : Scribner · leaf 168
nd, about acentury ago, would have found there a frugal andindustrious people, dwelling generally in or nearvillages, and employed mainly in trade and tillage.He might have seen, in the older towns, factories In many houses, the floor had no carpet, and thewalls of that day had no paper nor paint.…
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