Salt (70 page)

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Science and Science History

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General History

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———.
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DOCUMENTS

L’Assemblée Nationale. “Décret de L’Assemblée Nationale du 22 Mars 1790 qui annulle les Procés criminel des Gabelles; et qui accorde la grace et la liberté de ceux qui font détenu.”

Avery, Mary Eliza, Cookbook, McIlhenny Company and Avery Island, Inc. archives; Avery Island, Louisiana.

Benton, Thomas Hart. “Speech of Mr. Benton of Missouri on the Repeal of the Salt Tax.” Washington, April 22, 1840.

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Lowndes, Thomas.
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ARTICLES

Dugger, Celia W. “Gandhi’s Spirit Hovers as India Debates Iodized Salt.”
New York Times
, November 2, 2000.

“A Foreigner Makes Millions for China. An Interview with Sir Richard Dane on the Reformed Salt Gabelle.”
Asia
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Dovella: Revista cultural de la Catalunya Central
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Hosis, Sir Alexander. “The Salt Production and Salt Revenue of China.”
Nineteenth Century and After
(London) 75, no. 446 (April 1914).

Kremmer, Christopher. “With a Handful of Salt.”
Boston Globe
, November 28, 1999.

Onishi, Norimitsu,”In Sahara Salt Mine, Life’s Not So Grim.”
New York Times
, February 13, 2001.

———. “Where Dwelling Is Kept from Dune, One Scoop at a Time.”
New York Times
, January 14, 2000.

Rabinowitz, Alan. “The Price of Salt.”
Natural History
109, No. 7 (September 2000).

Rochester, Mary. “The Northwich Poor Law Union and Workhouse.” Cheshire: Cheshire Libraries and Museums.

———. “Rock Salt Mining in Cheshire.” Cheshire: Cheshire Libraries and Museums.

———. “Salt & Subsidence.” Cheshire: Cheshire Libraries and Museums.

———. “Working Conditions in the Cheshire Salt Industry.” Cheshire: Cheshire Libraries and Museums.

Rushdie, Salman.
Time
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Vrij Nederland
no. 18, May 8, 1999.

Squire, Mary. “Social and Environmental Conditions in the Salt Industry.” Cheshire: Cheshire Libraries and Museums.

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Whitby, Jonathan E. “The Sturgeon Fishers of Russia.”
Wide World Magazine
, April 1906.

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