Going Dutch on the Poor

Posted on December 2, 2011 by James Riley

Re-printed from the New Hampshire Gazette, May 24, 1771 “Kept to Constant Labour” “Industry and Frugality are the Hands of Fortune” This maxim is no where better observed than in Holland, a Country naturally poor, but by the Industry of the Inhabitants made populous and opulent unequalled by any Nation in the World.  The maintenance […]Continue Reading »

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