The Daily Dispatch: April 15, 1864., [Electronic resource], Earnings of Seamstresses.

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Earnings of Seamstresses.

--Army drawers are given out by contractors to be made in Portland, Maine at five cents a pair. A woman sewing all day could not make more than two pairs a day. If the thread given out with the drawers fall short, as it is apt to do, the poor seamstress is told that she must supply the deficiency.

The Daily Dispatch: April 15, 1864. Richmond Dispatch. 2 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. April 15, 1864. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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Earnings of Seamstresses.