Andy Oxfeld
Keith Bare
Peter Snyder
Jacob Mudrick
Karl Hillenbrand
Industrial Revolution Primary Source Materials

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Alexander Hamilton's Report on Manufactures
This is a letter from Alexander Hamilton near the very beginning of the American Industrial Revolution. In it, he stresses the importance of manufacturing and industry, as opposed to a completely agrarian society.

"I Must Of Course Have Something Of My Own Before Many More Years Have Passed Over My Head"
This is a collection of two primary source letters from a woman working in a factory during the Industrial Revolution to her parents.