John Langdon’s Unusual Census of ‘Mechanical Labor”: The 1820 Artisans of Wiscasset, Jefferson, Alna, Edgecomb, and Whitefield, Maine

Authors

  • Richard Candee Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/NaN

Keywords:

Fifth District, John Quincy Adams, Asa Wilkins, John Safford, Andrew Shortel, Silas Chick

Abstract

The article discusses the unusual information provided by John Langdon in completing the 1820 United States Census of Manufacturers which provide fact about common artisans in five Lincoln County towns.

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Published

1987-07-01

Issue

Vol. 27 No. 1 (1987): Maine History Journal

Section

researchnote