An essay on the wages paid to females for their labour
Subtitle: in the form of a letter, from a gentleman in Boston to his friend in Philadelphia. ...
Publisher: For sale by Carey & Hart; John Grigg, and; Towar & Hogan; in; Carter & Hendee, and; Cummings & Hillyard [i.e. Hilliard]; in; Collins & Hanay [i.e. Hannay]; and, in; E.J. Coale; [Griggs & Dickinson, printers.]
Published: 1830
Place of publication: Philadelphia; Boston, by; New York, by; Baltimore, by
Language: eng
Number of pages: 58
Subjects: Women; Employment; Social conditions; Social and moral questions; Wages; Poor
Notes: At head of title: Prize essay.

A premium was awarded to the author by the editor of the Gazette of the United States, Philadelphia, in February, 1830, for the best essay on the inadequacy of the wages paid to female laborers and on the effects of that inadequacy upon the happiness and morals of those females, and their families.

Printers from verso of title page.