{"product_id":"operatives-friend-christian-help-for-young-ladies-working-in-factories-1850","title":"Operative's Friend, Christian Help for Young Ladies working in Factories (1850)","description":"\u003cp\u003ePorter, James. \u003cstrong\u003eThe Operative's Friend, and Defence: or, Hints to Young Ladies who are Dependent on their Own Exertions\u003c\/strong\u003e. Boston: Charles H. Peirce, 1850. Third Edition. [12051]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePurple cloth decorated in gilt \u0026amp; in blind, binding has faded but is not damaged and still tight. Yellow end papers; a light dampstain at the bottom of the text that fades out by page 15. A few creased leaves and light soil in the table of contents and first page of text. 229 otherwise clean pp. Good. Hardcover.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Stereotyped and Printed by George C. Rand and Company\" on the copyright page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn unusual book directed to young women working in New England factories. Fifteen chapters with the first being, \"Factory Business Honorable.\" The next is \"General Character of Operatives,\" and by \"operatives\" the author means operators of machinery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOther chapters include Social Vices and Virtues, Domestic Improvement, Economy, Health, Mental Cultivation, Manners, Marriage, Habits of Business, The Sabbath, Religion, and Our Moral Necessities and their Supply.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRev. James Porter, D.D. (1808-1888), Methodist minister and Secretary of the National Temperance Society (1868-82); born at Middleborough, Massachusetts. Porter was an active itinerant in his early years of ministry, preaching at many revival and temperance meetings. He wrote \u003cem\u003eThe True Evangelist, or an Itinerant Ministry\u003c\/em\u003e (1849); \u003cem\u003eRevivals of Religion: Their Theory, Means, Obstructions, Uses and Importance\u003c\/em\u003e (1849); \u003cem\u003eA Compendium of Methodism\u003c\/em\u003e (1851); \u003cem\u003eSpirit Rapping, Mesmerism, Clairvoyance, etc. Calmly Considered and Exposed\u003c\/em\u003e (1853); and other influential religious works. In 1856 he became an assistant book agent with the New York office of the Methodist Book Concern, and found success as he rose through the ranks to become an editor and publisher.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haaswurth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43804208070722,"sku":"ABE12051","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0191\/6066\/2082\/files\/DSC07153BackgroundRemoved.png?v=1780171597","url":"https:\/\/www.haaswurth.com\/products\/operatives-friend-christian-help-for-young-ladies-working-in-factories-1850","provider":"Haaswurth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}