Part A At many mills, employees had to follow the rules laid out in the employee handbook. Following is an excerpt from the
handbook for one factory in Lowell, dated 1848. It describes the rules for living in the company's boardinghouse for
workers. Read the excerpt and answer the question that follows:
The doors must be closed at ten o'clock in the evening, and no person admitted after that time, without some
reasonable excuse.
The buildings, and yards about them, must be kept clean and in good order, and if they are injured, otherwise than
from ordinary use, all necessary repairs will be made, and charged to the occupant.
The sidewalks, also, in front of the houses, must be kept clean, and free from snow, which must be removed from
them immediately after it has ceased falling if neglected, it will be removed by the company at the expense of the
tenant.
John Avery, Agent.
In two to three sentences, describe some of the rules that workers at the Lowell mills had to follow