E.A. Stillman, Secretary."
The reader may be curious to see how these instructions were carried out in actual account-keeping. Fortunately the Phalanx furnishes a specimen of what, we suppose, may be called, unmitigated Fourierism.
"The following tables," says a subsequent report, "exhibit the mode of keeping the account of a group at the Clarkson domain. The total number of hours that each individual has been employed during the week, is multiplied by the degree in the scale of rank, which gives an equation of rank and time of the whole group. At Clarkson, for every thousand of the quotient, each member is allowed to draw on his account for necessaries, to the value of seventy-five cents:
SERIES OF TAILORESSES—GROUP NO. I.
Maximum Rank 25.
| 1844 Rank | Mo. | Tue. | We. | Thu. | Fri. | Sat. | Total hours | Hours & rank. | |
| 20 | M. Weed, | 6 | 10 | 3 | — | — | 5 | 24 | 480 |
| 25 | J. Peabody, | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 62 | 1550 |
| 20 | S. Clark, | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | — | 48 | 960 |
| 25 | E. Clark, | 2 | 10 | 10 | Sick | — | — | 22 | 550 |
| 18 | H. Lee, | 6 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 612 |
| 15 | J. Folsom, | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 330 |
| 12 | Eliza Mann, | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 264 |
The above is a true account of the time and rank of the whole group, working under my direction for the past week.
Julia Peabody. Foreman.
Entered on the books of the Association, by
Wm. Seaver, Clerk.
Clarkson Domain, July 6, 1844.