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The Augusta (Georgia) Manufacturing Company in Peace, War, and Reconstruction, 1847–1877

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2012

Richard W. Griffin
Richard W. Griffin
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Assistant Professor of History at Alabama Polytechnic Institute
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Abstract

The potential advantages of the South over New England as a textile manufacturing region were recognized early in the nineteenth century, but it remained to be proved whether the disadvantages were insuperable. The success of a few mills like the Augusta Manufacturing Company provided the necessary precedent and inspiration, and precipitated the migration of an entire industry. The process of recording this episode is in itself of interest, for the pertinent company records have long since disappeared.

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Business History Review , Volume 32 , Issue 1 , Spring 1958 , pp. 60 - 73
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Copyright © The President and Fellows of Harvard College 1958

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1 Georgia Courier (Augusta), June 23, 1828.

2 Georgia Journal (Milledgeville, Ga.), cited in the Hillsborough (N.C.) Recorder, May 1, 1845.

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