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James M. Stone

James M. Stone

American politician (1817-1880)

James Munroe Stone (August 13, 1817 – December 19, 1880) was an American labor reform advocate[1] and politician who served as a member, and from 1866 to 1867, the Speaker of, the Massachusetts House of Representatives.[1][2]

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In the early 1840s Stone published the Worcester based weekly newspaper the State Sentinel,[3] later the State Sentinel and Reformer.[1][3]

Stone was a major advocate of labor reform in Massachusetts, he worked for years to pass the Ten Hour work day legislation in Massachusetts.[1]

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References

  1. [1]
    Persons, Charles E. (1911). Susan M. Kingsbury, Phd. (ed.). Studies in Economic Relations of Women, Volume II. Boston, Massachusetts: Women's Educational and Industrial Union. Dept. of Research. p. 61.
  2. [2]
    "Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts". 1867.
  3. [3]
    Wall, Caleb Arnold (1877). Reminiscences of Worcester from the Earliest Period, Historical and Genealogical: With Notices of Early Settlers and Prominent Citizens, and Descriptions of Old Landmarks and Ancient Dwellings. Worcester, Massachusetts: Caleb Arnold Wall. pp. 318–319.


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