John T. Ward. The Factory System.

CONTENTS

VOLUME I

BIRTH AND GROWTH

INTRODUCTION

PART ONE

BEFORE THE FACTORY SYSTEM

The Norwich Worsted Industry

1 – Arthur Young. The Farmer’s Tour through the East of England, 1771

2 – Sir F. M, Eden. The State of the Poor, 1797

The Yorkshire Woollen Industry

3 – Daniel Defoe. A Tour through the Whole Island of Great Britain, 1726

4 – John Aikin. A Description of the Country from thirty to forty Mules round Manchester, 1795

5 – Edward Baines. ‘The Woollen Manufacture of England’, 1858

6 – John James. History of the Worsted Manufacture in England, 1857

The Southern Woollen Industries

7 – Arthur Young. A Six Weeks Tour through the Southern Counties, 1768

A Mercantile Community

8 – H. R. Fox Bourne. English Merchants, 1866

The Lancashire Cotton Industry

9 – Edward Baines. History of the Cotton Manufacture in Great Britain, 1835

10 – William Radcliffe. Origin of the New System of Manufacture, 1828

The Hosiery Industry

11 – Andrew Ure. The Cotton Manufacture of Great Britain, 1836

12 – William Felkin. A History of the Machine-Wrought Hosiery and Lace Manufactures, 1867

The Silk Industry

13 – Dionysius Lardner (ed). A Treatise on… the Silk Manufacture, 1831

The Linen Industry

14 – A. J. Warden. The Linen Trade, Ancient and Modern, 1864

The Weaver

15 – ‘J.C.’. The Weaver’s Pocket-Book, 1766

16 – Frederick Engels. The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844, 1892

17 – Samuel Bamford. Early Days, 1849

PART TWO

THE ENTREPRENEURS AND INVENTORS

The Climate of Opinion

18 – Adam Smith. The Wealth of Nations, 1776

19 – Patrick Colquhoun. A Treatise on the Wealth, Power and Resources of the British Empire, 1815

20 – Report from the Committee on the State of the Woollen Manufacture, 1806

21 – Samuel Smiles. Self-Help, 1859

The Spinning Inventions

22 – Edward Baines. History of the Cotton Manufacture in Great Britain, 1835

23 – Andrew Ure. The Cotton Manufacture of Great Britain, 1836

The Power-Loom

24 – Richard Guest. A Compendious History of the Cotton Manufacture, 1823

Steam-Power

25 – Edward Baines. History of the Cotton Manufacture in Great Britain, 1835

26 – Andrew Ure. The Cotton Manufacture of Great Britain, 1836

27 – Messrs Boulton & Watt correspondence

The Organisers

28 – Edward Baines. History of the Cotton Manufacture in Great Britain, 1835

29 – William Radcliffe. Origin of the New System of Manufacture, 1828

30 – Sir John Sinclair (ed). The Statistical Account of Scotland, 1798

31 – Robert Owen. The Life of Robert Owen, 1857

32 – Edward Baines. History of the Cotton Manufacture in Great Britain, 1835

33 – Benjamin Gott’s partnership agreements, 1785, 1817

34 – William Grant letter, 1839

The Employers

35 – Robert Owen. A New View of Society, 1813

36 – John Clark. ‘History & Annals of Bradford’, 1840

PART THREE

THE FACTORY SYSTEM ESTABLISHED

The Factory System

37 – Andrew Ure. The Philosophy of Manufactures, 1835

The Lancashire Cotton Industry

38 – John Aikin. A Description of the Country from thirty to forty Miles round Manchester, 1795

39 – Richard Guest. A Compendious History of the Cotton Manufacture, 1823

40 – Samuel Bamford. Passages in the Life of a Radical, 1844

41 – Andrew Ure. The Cotton Manufacture of Great Britain, 1836

42 – Edward Baines. History of the Cotton Manufacture in Great Britain, 1835

The Woollen and Worsted Industries

43 – Report from the Committee on the State of the Woollen Manufacture, 1806

44 – Sir George Head. A Home Tour through the Manufacturing Districts, 1836

45 – Angus Reach. ‘The Cloth Districts of Yorkshire’, 1850

Change in the West

46 – William Cobbett. Rural Rides, 1830

47 – James Bischoff. A Comprehensive History of the Woollen and Worsted Manufactures, 1842

The New Factories

48 – Andrew Ure. The Philosophy of Manufactures, 1835

49 – Edwin Chadwick. Report on the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Population, 1842

50 – David Bremner. The Industries of Scotland, 1869

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VOLUME II

THE FACTORY SYSTEM AND SOCIETY

INTRODUCTION

PART ONE

THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE FACTORY SYSTEM

Artisans and Machinery

1 – Peter Gaskell. Artisans and Machinery (1836)

2 – Richard Guest. A Compendious History of the Cotton Manufacture (1823)

3 – Charles Babbage. On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures (1832)

Industrial Health

4 – Charles Turner Thackrah. The Effects of Arts, Trades and Professions … on Health and Longevity (1832)

5 – Robert Baker. The Present Condition of the Working Classes (Bradford, 1851)

The Factory Town

6 – Ernest Jones. ‘The Factory Town’ (1847)

7 – John James. The History of Bradford (1866)

8 – William Cooke Taylor. Notes of a Tour in the Manufacturing Districts of Lancashire (1842)

9 – John Jones. The Cotton Mill (Manchester, 1821)

10 – Benjamin Disraeli. Sybil, or the Two Nations (1845)

Factory Life

11 – Michael Thomas Sadler. ‘The Factory Girl’s Last Day’ (1832)

12 – Alexander Thomson. Random Notes and Rambling Recollections of … Maryhill (Glasgow, 1895)

13 – [James Myles]. Chapters in the Life of a Dundee Factory Boy (Dundee, 1850)

Visits to the Factories

14 – [Louis Simond]. Journal of a Tour and Residence in Great Britain (Edinburgh, 1815)

15 – Frances Trollope. The Life and Adventures of Michael Armstrong (1840)

16 – William Cooke Taylor. Notes of a Tour in the Manufacturing Districts of Lancashire (1842)

PART TWO

FACTORY REFORM

Child Labour

17 – Gilbert J. French. The Life and Times of Samuel Crompton (Manchester, 1859)

18 – Report of Minutes of Evidence respecting the state of health and morals of Children employed in Manufactories (1816)

19 – Report from the Select Committee on … the Labour of Children in the Mills and Factories (1832)

The Leadership of Richard Oastler

20 – Leeds Mercury (1830)

21 – Leeds Intelligencer and Leeds Patriot (1831)

22 – The Home (1852)

23 – The Fleet Papers (1841)

The Factory Reformers

24 – William Busfeild Ferrand. ‘Letters to the Duke of Newcastle’ (1852)

25 – Ashton and Stalybridge Reporter (1858)

26 – Manchester and Salford Advertiser (1835)

27 – Protest of the Rev. G. S. Bull (Bradford, 1833)

The Ten Hours Bill

28 – [Samuel Kydd]. The History of the Factory Movement (1857)

29 – Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Michael Thomas Sadler (1842)

30 – Geoffrey Crabtree. Factory Commission (1833)

31 – Great Meeting in Leeds (Leeds, 1833)

32 – [Samuel Kydd]. The History of the Factory Movement (1857)

33 – First Report from the Commissioners appointed to collect information in the Manufacturing Districts (1833)

The Factory Reform Agitation

34 – Richard Oastler. Facts and Plain Words (Leeds, 1833)

35 – Richard Oastler. Speech delivered in … Bradfurd (Leeds, 1833)

36 – Resolutions of the Society for Promoting National Regeneration (Manchester, 1833)

37 – Richard Oastler. A Letter to … The Bradford Observer (Bradford, 1834)

38 – Richard Oastler. The Unjust Judge (Leeds, 1836)

39 – Joseph Rayner Stephens. A Sermon preached … at Charlestown (1839)

The Propaganda Battle

40 – John Fielden. The Curse ofthe Factory System (1836)

41 – Charles Wing. Evils of the Factory System demonstrated (1837)

42 – Leonard Horner. On the Employment of Children (1840)

43 – The Factory Bill (Pudsey, 1836)

The Later Movement

44 – Lord Ashley to the Short Time Committees (1842)

45 – Joseph Vickers. ‘Ten Hours’ Factory Labour’ (Keighley, 1844)

46 – Henry Green, Matthew Balme. ‘The Ten Hours’ Bill’ (Manchester, 1845)

47 – Lord Ashley to the Short Time Committees (1846)

48 – The Champion ‘Ryder v Mills’ (1850)

PART THREE

THE FACTORY SYSTEM AND SOCIETY

The Masters’ Case

49 – Joseph Birley. Sadler’s Bill. Cotton Branch (Manchester, 1832)

50 – A Letter to Sir John Cam Hobhouse (1832)

51 – Vernon Royle. The Factory System defended (Manchester, 1833)

52 – Robert Hyde Greg. The Factory Question (1837)

The ‘Intellectual’ Attitude

53 – Nassau W. Senior. Letters on the Factory Act (1837)

54 – Andrew Ure. The Philosophy of Manufactures (1835)

55 – Francis Place. ‘Handloom Weavers and Factory Workers’ (1835)

56 – Edward Baines. The Manufacturing Districts Vindicated (Leeds, 1843)

The Operation of Factory Legislation

57 – Leeds Intelligencer (1838)

58 – Leeds Mercury (1848)

59 – Reports on the Effects ofthe Educational Provisions of the Factories Act (1839)

60 – Report of Factory Inspector Thomas Jones Howell (1841)

61 – ‘An Act to Amend the Laws Relating to Labour in Factories’ (1844)

Working-Class Organisations

62 – Frank Peel. The Risings of the Luddites, Chartists and Plug-drawers (Heckmondwike, 1888)

63 – First Report of the Select Committee on Combinations of Workmen (1838)

64 – Thomas Cooper. The Life of Thomas Cooper (1872)

65 – The Lancaster Trials (1843)

Changing Views on the Factory System

66 – Speeches of the Right Honorable T. B. Macaulay (1854)

67 – The Manchester Guardian (1847, 1850)

68 – Robert Baker. The Factory Acts Made Easy (Leeds, 1854)

69 – Robert Baker. ‘On the Physical Effects of Diminished Labour’ (1859)

70 – Sir Edwin Hodder. The Life and Work ofthe Seventh Earl of Shaftesbury, K.G. (1886)

Industry’s Triumph

71 – The Times (1851)