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Eight-hour workday established in 1869...
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Eight-hour workday established in 1869...

Item # 704342 ·
THE NEW YORK HERALD, May 22, 1869

* Eight-hour workday (government employees)
* President Ulysses S. Grant proclamation

Page 3 has an article headed: "WASHINGTON" "The Eight Hour Law Proclamation" "More Colored Office-Holders" and more signed in type: U.S. Grant (see images).
Other news of the day. Complete with all 12 pages, nice condition.
Category: Post-Civil War
Price
$30
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.

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