List of Illustrations
List of Abbreviations
Preface
Introduction
PART ONE Citizenship
The Legacy of '76
1 Fourth of July Celebration, 1810
2 Fourth of July Oration, 1797
3 Fourth of July Oration, 1809
4 Anniversary Meeting of the Cordwainers Society, 1809
5 Cordwainers Display: Parade in Celebration of the Completion of the Erie Canal
6 Celebration of Lawrence's Victory: War of 1812
7 Artisan Celebrations of Peace Concluding the War of 1812
8 Preamble of Constitution of the Democratic Society of the City of New-York
9 Democratic Society of the City of New-York: Address to the Republican Citizens of the United States, May 28, 1794
Fraternity
10 Initiation Rites of the Mechanics Society
11 Mechanics Society: Report of School Committee, 1824
12 Mechanics Society: Report of School Committee, 1827
13 Mechanics Society: Motion Regarding Teaching at Mechanics School
14 Mechanics Society: Report of Apprentices' Library Committee
15 Fire Company Number 11: Journal (Minutes and By-Laws)
Keeping Up the Neighborhood
16 Petition of Inhabitants of the Seventh Ward for a New Market
17 Dangerous Street Conditions
18 Protest Against Slaughter House on Elizabeth Street (Sixth Ward)
19 Protest Against the Conduct of Nightmen
20 Protest Against Erection of School on Augustus Street (Sixth Ward)
21 Petition for Allowance of Swine in the Streets
22 The Evening Post on Swine in the Streets
Values
23 Drinking Habits of the Laboring Class
24 Blood Sports
25 The Perils of Drink
26 The Empty Lives of the Idle Rich
27 Satire on a Ruthless Landlord
28 On Vagrants
29 Artisan Ideals
30 On Marrying a Cooper's Son
A Woman's World
31 A Profligate Wife
32 On Taking Infants to Church
33 On Women's Right to Snuff
PART TWO Politics
The 1790s
34 Federalist Defense of Suffrage Restrictions
35 The Consequences of Suffrage Reform
36 The Keteltas Affair: On Federalist Arrogance
37 Federalist Persecution of the Tallow Chandlers
38 Stephen Allen: On Choosing a Political Party
Republican Ascendancy
39 Democratic-Republicans on Suffrage Reform
40 On Artisans and the Gentry
41 Federalist Aldermen and the Concerns of Artisans
42 On Federalist Coercion of Cartmen
43 Federalist Intimidation Tactics in a Mechanic Ward
44 Democratic-Republicans on Federalist Carpenter Stephen Rudd
45 Federalist Satire on Artisans and Republican Ideology
46 Defense of Stephen Rudd, Federalist Carpenter
The Embargo and the War of 1812
47 Democratic-Republicans on Patriotism and the Embargo
48 Stephen Allen on the War of 1812
49 Democratic-Republicans on Taxes, Sacrifice, and Patriotism
50 The Independent Mechanic on the War of 1812
51 Federalist Appeal to Artisans: Commerce Binds All
52 Federalists on Artisans and Democratic-Republican Taxes
53 The Examiner on the Folly of Democratic-Republican Loyalty
Factionalism and Independent Political Action
54 Factional Appeals to Artisans
55 For the Withdrawal of Artisans from Politics
56 For the Formation of a Mechanic Slate
PART THREE The Marketplace
The Workplace
57 Typical Baker's Expenses
58 Day Book of James Ruthven, Turner and Carver
59 Sadler's Home and Workshop: A Description
60 Baker's Oven for Shipbread
Means of Enterprise
61 Stephen Allen: His Business Career
62 New York Slate Company
63 Cooperative Venture: Blacksmiths' Purchase of Coal
64 Trade-Wide Price Structure: The Shoe Smiths
65 Violation of Trade-Wide Price Structure: Bookbinders
66 Advertisement: Mockasin Maker and Medicine
Banking and Credit
67 In Support of the Mechanics Bank
68 On Artisans' Need for the Mechanics Bank
69 Artisans' Support of Private (Exchange) Bank
70 The Difficulties of Collecting Debts: A Dialogue
Tariff Protection
71 New York Journeymen Hatters: For Protection
72 New York Brewers: For the Promotion of American Beer
73 Report of the House of Representatives Committee on Commerce and Manufactures on Memorials and Petitions
Monopoly and the Fear of Factories
74 Committee of the Common Council on the Regulation of Bakers
75 In Defense of the Bakers
76 On the Necessity of Regulating the Bakers
77 New York City Artisans: Organize against Monopoly
78 On Monopoly and the Destruction of Artisan Enterprise and Independence
79 In Defense of the New York Bread Company
80 Mechanics Society Declines to Support Mayor Livingston's Public Workshop Proposal
Licensed Tradesmen
81 On the Forestalling of Wood
82 Mayor Colden to Cartmen on the Licensing of Aliens
83 Response of Cartmen on the Licensing of Aliens
84 Petition of John Lyons for Butcher's Stall
85 Petition of Butchers Against Forestalling of Livestock
86 Prosecution of New York Carpentry Shop as a Nuisance
87 Petition for Remission of Fine for Illegal Discharge of Gun
88 Petition for Employment as Inspector of Bread
PART FOUR Masters and Journeymen
The New Marketplace
89 Boot and Shoemaking Enterprises, 1820
90 Shoemaker Trade and Supply
91 Windsor Chairs: Domestic and Export Sale
92 Ready-Made Clothing: Every Description and Quality
Journeymen and Apprentices: The Traditional Role
93 Day Book of Elisha Blossom
94 An Apprentice's First Tools
95 A Song for the Tenth of March: The Night on Which Journeymen Mechanics Cease Working by Candlelight
96 Runaway Apprentices
97 Assault and Battery Trial: Apprentice vs. Master
98 On the Decline of Apprenticeship
Journeymen Societies and Constitutions
99 Constitution of the New York Cordwainers Society
100 New York Typographical Society: Constitution and By-Laws
101 Minutes of the Union Society of Shipwrights and Caulkers
102 New York Typographical Society: Resolution of Expulsion
103 New York Typographical Society: Help for the Unemployed
104 New York Typographical Society: Counter Proposal of the New York Master Printers to the Society
105 Journeymen Cabinet and Chairmakers Book of Prices: Introduction
Collective Action
Printers
106 New York Typographical Society: Appeal to Masters vs. Half-way Journeymen
107 Journeymen Printers on Strike
108 Letter from the New York Society to the Philadelphia Society during the New York Strike of 1809
Tailors
109 Organized Journeymen Tailors Appeals for Public Support
110 Communication
111 Journeymen Tailors: Appeal for Support Against the Use of Women
Cabinetmakers
112 Journeymen Cabinet Makers: Strike Appeal
113 Journeymen Cabinet Makers: Justification of Walk-Out
114 Journeymen Cabinet Makers: Walk-Out Against Duncan Phyfe
Carpenters and Masons
115 Carpenters Establish Employment Agency
116 Carpenters' Strike Manifesto
117 Journeymen House Carpenters: On the Conduct of the Masters
118 Journeymen House Carpenters: On the Use of Strikebreakers
119 Journeymen Masons: On Unity in Action
120 Journeymen Masons: Economic Justification for Walk-Out
Shoemakers
121 Cause and Consequences of Expulsion from the Cordwainers Society
122 Experience of a Scab: The Power of the Cordwainers Society
123 Journeymen Boot and Shoe Makers: Opening of a Journeymen's Store
The Masters' Response
124 Master Carpenters and Masons Assert Wage Scales
125 Journeymen's Complaint of Masters' Tactics
126 In Defense of the Master Builders
127 Indictment of Journeymen Shoemakers for Conspiracy
128 Prosecution: Strike vs. the Good of the Community
129 Prosecution: The Aristocratic and Tyrannical Power of the Journeymen's Society
130 Journeymen's Defense: Plight of the Shoemakers
131 Journeymen's Defense: The Right to Countervailing Force
132 John McComb, On Holding Wages Down (New City Hall)
Notes
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