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Aspects of Labor Administration in the Early Nineteenth Century

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The striking problem faced by the labor administrator in the early Connecticut button industry was the shortage of native skilled artisans. While unskilled laborers, bookkeepers, and even managers could be drawn from sources in this country, highly skilled artisans were usually available only in England. The shortage of skilled labor thus truly constituted the bottleneck to quality production. In the correspondence of Alexander Hamilton, for the year 1791, there is a letter from one John Mix, pewter buttonmaker of New Haven, reporting that he was going to produce diverse kinds of buttons. This was possible “because we have a person lately from Europe who has the skill perfectly who is a gentleman who is able and has engaged to instruct and teach us everything necessary in the making of them.â€

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  • Marburg, Theodore F., 1941. "Aspects of Labor Administration in the Early Nineteenth Century," Business History Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 15(1), pages 1-10, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:buhirw:v:15:y:1941:i:01:p:1-10_02
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