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The article cites references from the parliamentary papers from of state of Victoria, Australia and aspects of labor history such as social conditions for working-class migrants, working conditions, and unemployment.

A biography of Timothy Dexter, a wealthy resident of Newburyport, Massachusetts given the mock title of Lord, is presented. It examines sources of his wealth, including his work in leather dressing, his speculation in Continental currency, or paper money issued by the U.S. Continental Congress, and his marriage to Elizabeth Lord, a wealthy widow. The author notes Dexter's ownership of land in Chester, New Hampshire and comments on what he calls Dexter's vanity, superstition, and ostentation.