OF THE

UNITED STATES,

From the Earliest Settlements to the Present Time:

BEING

A COMPLETE SURVEY OF AMERICAN INDUSTRIES,

EMBRACING

AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE; INCLUDING THE CULTIVATION
OF COTTON, TOBACCO, WHEAT; THE RAISING OF HORSES, NEAT-
CATTLE, ETC.; ALL THE IMPORTANT MANUFACTURES,
SHIPPING AND FISHERIES, RAILROADS, MINES AND
MINING, AND OIL; ALSO A HISTORY OF THE
COAL-MINERS AND THE MOLLY MAGUIRES;
BANKS, INSURANCE, AND COMMERCE;
TRADE-UNIONS, STRIKES, AND
EIGHT-HOUR MOVEMENT;

TOGETHER WITH A DESCRIPTION OF

CANADIAN INDUSTRIES.

En Seven Books.

COPIOUSLY ILLUSTRATED WITH ABOUT THREE HUNDRED ENGRAVINGS BY
THE MOST EMINENT ARTISTS.

BY

ALBERT S. BOLLES,

LECTURER IN POLITICAL ECONOMY IN BOSTON UNIVERSITY, AND AUTHOR
OF "THE CONFLICT BETWEEN LABOR AND CAPITAL," AND
"CHAPTERS IN POLITICAL ECONOMY."

NORWICH, CONN.:

THE HENRY BILL PUBLISHING COMPANY.

1879.