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Early Occupations

barber

bootblack

coachman

cobbler

corwainer

farmer

hackman/driver

hostler

lamplighter

midwife

peddler

sexton

street vendor

teamster

wright

barkeep

borer

chimney sweep

constable

drummer

farrier

hawker

ice cutter

liveryman

miller

runner

sharpener

tailor

town crier

breaker boy

 

blacksmith

chandler

coachman

cooper

expressman

footman

hog reeve

knacker

matchgirl

monger

sawyer

snow warden

seamstress

wheelwright

 

from Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in the 1800's
by March McCutcheon (Writer's Digest, 1993)

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