Primary Sources
Debow's review, Agricultural, commercial, industrial progress and resources. / Volume 15, Issue 1 The Making of America journals provide documents that have helped make America what it is today. This particular document, written by J. D. B. DeBow, entails statistics of Savannah and Tennessee. The statistics range from exports and imports, to steamboat and railroad construction. The date of the article is June 1853, right in the middle if the reform period. The information in this article accentuate the overall improvement of cities in America
Debow's review, Agricultural, commercial, industrial progress and resources. / Volume 3, Issue 4 Also from the Making of America website, this document covers a broader base of cities. The document contains an in-depth report on St. Louis, and later on covers a wider base of cities in a section called American Cities. The American Cities portion describes the state of cities in America, and goes on to describe import and export statistics and major cities of the time. This source also provides information that will emphasize the improvement of cities in this era.
Debow's review, Agricultural, commercial, industrial progress and resources. / Volume 3, Issue 4 Also from the Making of America website, this document covers a broader base of cities. The document contains an in-depth report on St. Louis, and later on covers a wider base of cities in a section called American Cities. The American Cities portion describes the state of cities in America, and goes on to describe import and export statistics and major cities of the time. This source also provides information that will emphasize the improvement of cities in this era.
Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin and The Cotton Gin Patent Eli Whitney’s cotton gin revolutionized the southern workforce. All of the sudden, cotton became a cash crop and thousands of slaves were put to the grueling task of cultivating it. This ingenious but accursed machine changed the country in many ways, and reformed the workforce in maybe one of the most dramatic ways of the time. These documents include an original picture of the cotton gin and a letter to congress requesting a patent.
This picture of downtown Boston in 1852 shows conditions of major cities in this time. Though it does not give much detail into everyday life, the picture nonetheless provides an image in the mind about how cities may have looked in this period.
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