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NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER,
accurate, as far it extends, but it is known that in some towns in Massa-
chusetts the whole amount of their manufactures has not been stated hy
the assessors.
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ARTICLES. |
Value. |
Hands employ’d
Males. jFemales. |
Capital In-
vested. |
|
Boots and Shoes, |
$102,641 |
304 |
55 |
|
|
Leather, |
228,000 |
50 |
|
$60,000 |
|
Hats, |
194,673 |
95 |
68 |
|
|
Iron Castings, |
372,000 |
289 |
|
665,000 |
|
Axes, |
7,500 |
8 |
|
2,000 |
|
Glass, |
48,000 |
77 |
|
47,000 |
|
Chairs and Cabinet Ware, |
148,100 |
164 |
|
|
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Combs, |
41,000 |
25 |
16 |
121,000 |
|
Tin Ware, |
112,032 |
116 |
|
|
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Spirits, |
926,856 |
19 |
|
|
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Straw Bonnets, |
182,450 |
|
438 |
|
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Vessels, (average for 5 years,) |
124,400 |
17 |
|
6,000 |
|
Axletrees, |
10,000 |
6 |
|
|
Beer, |
12,000 |
8 |
|
30,000 |
|
Soap and Candles, |
93,000 |
29 |
|
125,000 |
|
Whale Oil, |
135,000 |
16 |
|
100,000 |
|
Copper and Brass, |
756,754 |
200 |
|
316,300 |
|
Organs and Piano-fortes, |
302,700 |
220 |
|
163,500 |
|
Brushes, |
93,000 |
79 |
59 |
38,000 |
|
Gold and Silver Leaf, |
43,000 |
22 |
14 |
11,200 |
|
Carriages and Harnesses; |
-ais^es- |
298 |
|
82,200 |
|
Refined Sugar, |
976,454 |
92 |
|
303,653 |
|
Silver Ware and Jewelry, |
228,100 |
88 |
|
111,050 |
|
Chain Cables, |
60,000 |
20 |
|
‘75,000 |
|
Umbrellas, |
65,000 |
37 |
26 |
36,500 |
|
Saddles, Trunks and Whips, |
177,000 |
120 |
17 |
83,000 |
|
Granite, Marble,^.c. |
336,000 |
400 |
|
165,500 |
|
Machinery, |
326,000 |
287 |
|
183,775 |
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Blank Books and Stationary, |
78,000 |
43 |
7 |
49,000 |
|
Gas, |
100,000 |
40 |
|
375,000 |
|
Looking Glasses and Frames, |
147,500 |
42 |
|
55,600 |
|
Lasts, |
40,000 |
29 |
|
18,000 |
|
Neck Stocks, &c. |
122,000 |
21 |
435 |
58,200 |
|
Types and Stereotypes, |
157,000 |
185 |
30 |
140,000 |
|
Printed Books, |
925,000 |
500 |
400 |
850,000 |
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Clothing, |
1,887,666 |
542 |
2402 |
769,094 |
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Hard Ware, |
40,000 |
29 |
|
18,000 |
|
Baskets, &c. |
93,000 |
138 |
|
38,000 |
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Totals, |
$10,010,631 |
4,655 |
3,967 |
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Fisheries. |
The city of Boston is so limited, in regard to territory, as to be exclud-
ed, in a great measure, from participating in the fisheries. Much capi-
tal of tha.Bostonians is, however, invested, at the out ports, in this im-
portajR branch of the resources of the wealth of New England. During
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