History of Plymouth county, Massachusetts, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 141

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton)
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Philadelphia, J.W. Lewis & co.
Number of Pages: 1706

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HISTORY OF BROCKTON.

Acres of woodland. 3034: value of the same, 874,- 415. Bushels of Indiau corn raised, 5625. Acres of rye. 41. Acres of barley, 25. Acres of oats, 12}. Bushels of potatoes. 17.650. Tons of English hay. 2233. Apple-trees cultivated for fruit. 6848. Pear- trees cultivated for fruit. 1150. Number of horses, 385: value of same. §38.140. Number of oxen and steers, GS ; value of same. §3965. Number of cows and heifers. 427: value of same. $18,719. Gal- lons of milk sold. 24.421. Pounds of butter sold, 5448. Pounds of cheese sold. 1225. Pounds of

beef dressed. 375.00; value. 845.360. Pounds of

pork dressed. 77,700; value. 812,432. Pounds of real dressed, 32.151; value. 84.822.35. Value of eggs sold, $250. Number of swine, 232 ; value of same. $4618.

Trades and Professions .- The following list gives the number of persons employed in the various trades and professions in North Bridgewater now Brockton) as collected in 1855 :

Shoemakers

420

Pump -¡ eidler ..

Farmers

153

Hotel ..

Bootmakers

134

Barber.

Laborer.

139

Academy.

Shoe-cutter !.

Marble-worker

Cabinet- makers

Lawyer.

Clerk !.

Rolling-machine manu-

Merchants ..

19 facturer.

Shoe manufacturers

Moulder

Painters,

llames manufacturer.

Boot manufacturer ;.

Lighthouse-keeper.

MasDe ..

Assistant lighthouse-

Oxen

1,330

Blacksmithe

Railroad engineers ..

Machinists

Harness- makers.

Carriage-makers

Box manufacturer.

Lastmakers

Watchmakers.

Lakers.

Stonemaan!

3 Horse-trader ..

Boot-formers

Railroad men

Butcher:

Jeweler ...

Land.

$337,036

Buildings ...

314,550

Fruit-trees and vines.

11,523

Domestic animals ...

48,974

Agricultural implements in use

20,012

$732,105

DOMESTIC PRODUCTS.

For Sale.

Boards, feet

456,000

$5,903

Butter, pounds.

3,305

1,462

Cider, gallons.

7,232

1,204

Dried fruit, pounds

Firewood, cords ..

1,610

6,686

Lumber-dealer

Livery-stables

Physician !...

Carrier.

Butter, pounds ..

1,696

$660

Dried fruit, pounds

Firewood, cords.

248

1,100

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.

Apples, bushels ...

5,427

$4,631

Asparagus, bunches.

150

Barley, bushels.

Beans, bushels

Beans, string and shell, bush.

158

Beef, pounds.

5,950

508

Beets, bushels.

1,383

382

167

$651,596

BUILDINGS.

Houses.

166

Barns

165

Sheds

Stables

Carriage-houses

Corn-cribs

Shops.

Out-buildings

389

$314,550

LAND.

Land under erops, acres.

1,6824 $139,039

Market gardens, acres ..

43 760

Orchards (the land), acres

3,812

Unimproved land, aeres.

2,422}

76,709

Unimprovable land, acres.

Woodland, acres.

3,5022

116,726

7,6453 $337,046

FRUIT-TREES AND VINES.

Apple-trees.

3,119

$9,241

Cherry-trees

Pear-trees

412

1,772

Grape vines.

152

450

DOMESTIC ANIMALS.

Bees (swarms of ).

SS5

Bulls

130

Calves

779

Colts.

250

Dogs

188

Ducks.

Gecse.

Guinea fowls

Heifers ..

934

llens and chiekens.

2,833

2,330

Hogs

125

3,124

Horses

202

27,060

Lambs

Milch eows

367

11,880

Awlmakers

Pigeons

117

191

Pigs.

441

Sheep.

Steers

100

Turkeys.

Bort-tree maker-

Bru-h manufacturer ..

Hatter:

2 B'rushmakers.

Teamsters

Postmaster.

Shoe-torl makers

"Loe-tool manufacturerz .. 2

students.

-car maker.

Printers

Clerzymen.

Warden almshouse.

Peddlers

Musician

Boot-treera

Trimmers.

Cizar-makers.

Sailor.

Tailore ..

Hat manufacturer

BROCKTON FARMS IN 1875.

Property.

Number.

Value.

From 3 to 5 acree.

......

Above 10 acres

150

Cabbage, heads.

14,400

800

Stage-drivers ..

Expres-ea.

Writing - master.

1 Patent-leather makers

Singing-school teacher .... Musical in-trument man- ufacturers ..

Musical instrument ma- kerz

Last manufacturer.

Newspaper ..

Editor ..

Pumpmaker.

13 keeper ...

5 Cabinet manufacturers ..

$48,974

AGGREGATES.

Provision dealer:

Awl manufacturer.

Carpenters

Refreshment rooms

FARMS.

From 5 to 10 acres. ....

For Use.

lizar manufacturere.

$11,523

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HISTORY OF PLYMOUTH COUNTY.

Colory, bunches ..

800

$50

Parsnips, bushels ...... .

$25

Chickons, dressed, pounds ..

500

125

Pears, bushels ..

100

Corn, green, bushels.

523

Peas, green, bushels.

328

596

Corn, Indian, bushels.

428

448

Pork, pounds.

9,775

1,230

Cranberries, bushels.

Potatoes, Irish, bushels.

8,165

7,579

Cucumbers, bushels.

Pumpkins, pounds.

200

Currants, quarts.

Rye, bushels ..

Eggs, dozen

15,882

4,286

Squashes, pounds ..

4,550

121

Fodder, corn, tons.

891

Straw, tons ....

Grapos, bushels ..

Strawberries, quarts.

3,160

611

Hay, English, tons

1,297

28,952

Tomatocs, bushels.

Hay, meadow, tons.

359

5,042

Turnips, bushels

3,542

1,303

HIay, millet, tons.

194

Veal, pounds.

980

122

Huckleberries, quarts

100

Ice, tons ...

2,500

3,750

Mangoes, bushels.

Domestic products, for sale ..

$15,261

Manure, cords

347

2,601

Domestic products, for use .....

1,771

Melons.

150

Hay, 1667 tons.

34,188

Milk, gallons.

180,076

46,684

Oats, bushels

265

184

Onions, bushels,

100

$129,595

STATISTICS OF LABOR FOR 1875.

Number of Estab-

4725

3743

973

$2,279,934

$1,663,716 $5,433,333

$8,750,992

Artificial teeth and dental work ...

...

4 .. : : 6

1,650 37,025

3,150 18,600

3,132

11,165

Artisans' tools.

.....

Boots and shoes ...

3981

3090 22

887

1,919,469

1,261,996

4,802,348

7,411,919

Boxes.

15,500

19,425

33,125

59,190

Building.

216

215

96,586

30,400

166,650

299,450

Carriages and wagons

.....

5,225

3,300

4,050

16,050 25,000

Food preparations ..

30,050

84,000

166,498

294,150

Leather.

17,767

19,000

23,800

58,400

Metals and metallic goods ..

168

128

72,356

106,545

89,750

234,700

Musical instruments.

.....

3,200

7,000

5,800

12,100

Polishes and dressing.

9,326

22,500

35,805

85,118

Printing and publishing.

10,290

21,800

7,550

27,000

Stone.

3,870

4,000

2,850

10,650

Wooden goods.

.....

23,800

31,700

29,450

67,950

Statistics for 1883 .- The statutes require the as- sessors to colleet the following statisties, which are submitted for the consideration of the citizens of Brockton :

Number of polls assessed (males). 5559

Of this number (1880) pay a property tax.

Increase of polls from 1882 (males)

750

Decrease of polls from 1882 (females)

Total valuation in 1883 ..

9,150,702.00

Increase in valuation

1,317,257.00

Total valuation of personal estate in 1883.

2,272,354.00

Total valuation of personal estate in 1882.

1,845,657.00 426,697.00

Total value of buildings in 1883

4,235,865.00

Total value of buildings in 1882

3,748,446.00

Increase on buildings from 1882 487,419.00

Total value of land in 1883

3,959,740.00

Total value of land in 1882.

3,556,599.00

Increase from 1882 403,141.00

Rate, $163 per $1000.

Actual amount raised by taxation in 1883.

185,154.48

Actual amount raised by taxation in 1882

161,951.52

Increase from 1882

23,202.96

Number of dwellings in 1883.

2581

Increase from 1882.

134

Number of horses taxed

1237

Increase from 1882.

156

Number of cows taxed in 1883

621

Incroase from 1882

Number of acres of land taxod

Number of pairs of oxen.

Dwelling-Houses and Families in 1764 .- An order was passed by the Assembly, Feb. 2, 1764, direeting the seleetmen of each town and distriet to " take an exaet aecount of the number of dwelling- houses, families, and people in their respetive towns and distriets, inelnding Indians eivilized, negroes, and mnlattoes, as well as white people, and females as well as males."

At this period there were one linndred and twenty houses in the North Parish,-one hundred and thirty-

Photographs.

.....

11,975

3,200

15,900

33,000

Machines and machinery ..

Females

above 15.

Youth and

Children.

Total paid

during the

Year.

Capital invested.

Stock used.

Value of Product.

Drugs and medicines.

.....

5,000

Furniture.

5,200

8,625

54,150

lishments.

AVERAGE NUMBER OF EM- PLOY ES.

WAGES.

Total.

Males

above 16.

Other agricultural products

78,375

this

sid

ọt

1 6

14,900

17,850

Tobacco

.....

2,000

2,650

11,506 7

Number of female polls.

$10,467,959.00 Total valuation in 1882.

Increase from 1882

...

.....

30,500

TOWN OF BROCKTON

169

AGGREGATES.

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HISTORY OF BROCKTON.

one families. with a population of eight hundred and thirty-three.

The above was the first attempt to take the census in Massachusetts.

In 1790 the first United States census was taken, since which time there has been a statement of the population every ten years, each one varying from the other in the system of classification.

In the years 1790 and 1800 the account is not separately given in a manner to show what the pop- ulation of the North Parish was.

Population .- The population of the parish in 1810 was thirteen hundred and fifty-four.

The following is the census of the North Parish in 1820:

Free white males under 10. 190

.. of 10 and nnder 16 107

.. of 16 and nnder 26 153

66 of 26 and under 45. 145

of 45 and upwards .. 123

Colored persons.

Free white females under 10

181

of 10 and under 16 113

of 16 and under 26 151

66 of 26 and under 45 156

of 45 and upwards. 134

Foreigners not naturalized. 1

Number of dwelling-honses

220

Total number of inhabitants 1480

Population in 1830, 1953, with the following de- tails :

Males .- Under 5, 129 ; 5 to 10, 112 ; 10 to 15, 129 ; 15 to 20, 122; 20 to 30, 177 ; 30 to 40, 105; 40 to 50, 73; 50 to 60, 36; 60 to 70, 41; 70 to $0, 19; 80 to 90, 8; 90 to 100, 1. .

Females .- Under 5, 122; 5 to 10, 110 ; 10 to 15, 102; 15 to 20,92; 20 to 30, 211 ; 30 to 40, 106; 40 to 50, 85; 50 to 60, 58; 60 to 70, 42 ; 70 to 80, 24; 80 to 90, 9; 90 to 100, 0.

Colored persons :

Males .- Under 10, 6; 10 to 24, 9 ; 24 to 36, 3; 36 to 55, 3; 55 to 100, 2.

Females .- Under 10, 3; 10 to 24, 5; 24 to 36, 1 ; 36 to 55, 4; 55 to 100, 4.

Population in 1840, 2094, with the following de- tails :

Males .- Under 5, 0; 5 to 10, 170; 10 to 15, 147; 15 to 20, 156; 20 to 30, 167; 30 to 40, 187; 40 to 50, 93; 50 to 60, 72; 60 to 70, 30; 70 to 80, 23; 80 to 90, 11; 90 to 100, 2. Total, 1058.

Females .- Under 5, 0; 5 to 10, 170; 10 to 15, 135; 15 to 20, 114; 20 to 30, 132; 30 to 40, 202; 40 to 50, 100; 50 to 60, 72; 60 to 70, 49; 70 to 80, 26; 80 to 90, 15; 90 to 100, 0. Total, 1014. Colored, 22.

Population in 1850, 3939, with the following de- tails :

Under 1, 101; 1 to 5, 379 ; 5 to 10, 418 ; 10 to 15, 364; 15 to 20, 452; 20 to 25, 449 ; 25 to 30, 402 ; 30 to 35, 320 ; 35 to 40, 248; 40 to 45, 198; 45 to 50, 156; 50 to 55, 115; 55 to 60, 91; 60 to 65, 79 ; 65 to 70, 56; 70 to 75, 35; 75 to 80, 21; 80 to 85, 13; 85 to 90, 5; 90 to 95, 4; 95 to 100, 3; colored, 30. Total, 3939.

Population in 1855, 5205, by the State census, with the following details :

Under 5, 707; 5 to 10, 533; 10 to 15, 523; 15 to 20, 507; 20 to 30, 1125 ; 30 to 40, 790; 40 to 50, 451; 50 to 60, 298; 60 to 70,170; 70 to 80, 71; 80 to 90, 15 ; 90 to 100, 2.

Population in 1860, 6584, with the following de- tails :

Males .- Under 1, 92; 1 to 5, 397; 5 to 10, 361; 10 to 15, 298; 15 to 20,360; 20 to 30, 705; 30 to 40, 490; 40 to 50, 338; 50 to 60, 171; 60 to 70, 99; 70 to 80, 47; 80 to 90, 8; 90 to 100, 1. Total, 3367.

Females .- Under 1, 118; 1 to 5, 347 ; 5 to 10, 343; 10 to 15, 248; 15 to 20, 292; 20 to 30, 694; 30 to 40, 462; 40 to 50, 288; 50 to 60, 200; 60 to 70, 115; 70 to 80, 61; 80 to 90, 12 ; 90 to 100, 0. Total, 3185.

Colored people :

Males .- Under 1, 0; 1 to 2, 4; 5 to 10, 3 ; 10 to 15, 1; 15 to 20, 1; 20 to 30, 2; 30 to 40, 3; 40 to 50, 1; 50 to 60, 1; 60 to 70, 1. Total, 18.

Females .- Under 1, 0; 1 to 5, 2; 5 to 10, 3; 10 to 15, 0; 15 to 20, 1; 20 to 30, 3; 30 to 40, 3; 40 to 50, 1; 50 to 60, 0 ; 60 to 70, 1. Total, 14. Number of dwelling-houses, 1023; number of families, 1377.

Population in 1865, 6335. Number of dwellings, 1249. Num- ber of families, 1391. Number of churches, 8. Number of school-houses, 15. Number of ratable polls, 1708. Number of legal voters, 1362. Number of naturalized voters, 141.

CHAPTER XVI.

First Coverings for the Feet-Modern Shoes-Boot and Shoe Trade in New England-Store Trade in Massachusetts- Improvements in Manufacturing-Introduction of Machinery -Early Shoe Manufacturers-Statistical Tables for Brock- ton-Brockton as a Boot and Shoc Manufacturing City.

Boot and Shoe Manufacture .- This important industrial interest, having assumed such wonderful proportions, and towering as it does above all its com- peers in magnitude and importance, deserves more than a passing notice. When we consider the amount of capital devoted to this branch of the mechanic arts, the energy and perseverance of the leading men en- gaged in the same, we cannot fail to give it a place among the greatest of manufactures. It is a curious and interesting study to trace the various changes that have taken place in coverings for the feet.

The first known to have been used were fifteen hundred years before Christ, and the first or oldest form was the sandal. Those used by the poorer classes consisted of flat slices of the palm-leaf, lapped in the centre, forming the sole, and a double band of twisted leaves secured and strengthened the edge. A thong of strong fibres of the same plant was affixed to each side of the instep, and was secured round the

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foot, while those of the wealthy classes were made of leather, and frequently lined with cloth, the point or end turning up like a pair of modern skates. Speci- mens of these sandals, made of leaves or papyrus, are now on exhibition in the British Museum. Among the Hebrews, shoes were often made of wood, and those for soldiers of brass or iron. Among the Greeks and Romans the use of shoes was not common, and the Spartan youths were early taught to go barc- footed, females only being allowed to wear shoes.

From the carliest days there has always been a great diversity of style in the different periods of time. The Lacademonians worc red shoes. Roman senators and patricians wore high, black, laced buskins, with orna- ments of ivory. Some were made with tops of great length, to cover the legs, and were called boots, the tops often being made of skins of wild animals laced up in front, great care being taken to procure an exact fit.

The Jews commonly went without covering for the feet, except when on very long journeys it became necessary to wear something,-in such cases sandals, made simply of a sole with one or two straps across the instep, heels being seldom used.

During the reign of Edward the Third of England, those that worked at the shoe-trade were denominated the " gentle craft," as they produced shoes of the most gorgeous descriptions ; the greatest variety of pattern was devised and the richest contrast of color elabo- rated. Coming down to the reign of Richard the Second, boots and shoes were made of great length, so that they were chained to the knee of the wearer with gold and silver straps or cord. This fashion was in use till Parliament, in 1463, forbade shoemakers making points on shoes over two inches long for the unprivileged classes under penalty of twenty shillings, and for those that wore them cxcommunication was denounced against any persons wearing such. This move had the effect to widen the toes to such an absurd extent that Queen Mary limited the width to six inches.

During the reign of Charles the First, in the six- teenth century, boots were made of elegant Spanish buff leather, with tops of such enormous dimen- sions as to obstruct walking with ease. The dis- tinguishing mark of gentility during the reign of George the First and Second was red heels. The ladics wore silk or velvet in preference to leather, and the favorite color was figured blue silk, with bright red heels and silver buckles. In 1790 the low, flat slipper was introduced, and the shoe-buckle disap- peared and the plain shoe-string was introduced. The Prince of Wales endeavorcd to preserve the use of the

buckle, in order to assist the bucklc-makers, but fashion was too powerful for him.

The shoes of the Oriental ladies are highly orna- mented, the covering being wrought with gold, silver, and silk, and set with jewels. The sabot is a shoe peculiar to France, and is made of wood, very elumsy, but warm and comfortable.

Of all the varieties of shoes none arc so curious as the Chinese, none are so costly or elaborate, and none so unnatural. Their feet are kept bandaged from their infancy, so that when they arrive at maturity they are enabled to wear shoes of three or four inches in length, which are usually made of beautiful silk.

During the ninth and tenth centuries wooden shoes were quite common, and even now the peasantry of Europe wear them to a great extent.

Of the boots and shoes of modern days, those man- ufactured in America excel all others in style and variety of kinds. The celebrated gaitcr-boot inaugu- rated a new era in coverings for the feet, and its in- troduction is attributed to the Countess of Blessington ; but owing to the labor of lacing and unlacing, holes wearing out, breaking off, etc., these gave way to the elastic gaiter, which has been universally adopted and approved. The Americans are rapidly seeuring to themselves a superiority over all other nations in this most important of manufacturing interests, and they are now regarded as the manufacturers of the world. American ingenuity and skill has completely rivaled the best specimens of Parisian handicraft, and the importation of French gaiters has nearly ceased. Narrowing our limits down to home interests, we may safely say that the highest perfection of this branch of the mechanic arts has been attained in Massachusetts.

Early in the seventeenth century the Lords of Trade reported to Parliament that the greater portion of leather used within the province was made in Massachusetts. During the war of the Revolution, Massachusetts supplied large quantities of shoes for the army, and during the late Rebellion she supplied the demand of the government.

The boot and shoc trade of New England is of modern date. Previous to the war of 1812, those engaged in shoemaking consisted of the " village cobbler," and those whose custom it was to travel from house to house and place to place, to repair and make shoes for the families, enough to last them till he came around again, which was usually once a year. Shocs were not made up in large quantities as at the present time, and it was by degrees that the shoe- makers procured a little leather and made it into shoes, and bartered them at a neighboring store for groceries, or exchanged them with the tanners for

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leather. At length the store-keepers kept a few shoes on hand for sale.

The store trade of Massachusetts may be said to have begun in or about 1818, when the first cargo of shoes and boots was shipped to New York to Messrs. Spofford & Tileston. boot and shoe jobbers. The trade has since continued to increase, till it now forms one-third part of the total manufacturing power of the country. Nearly every small country town in New England does something in the manu- facture of boots and shoes, and it has been estimated that every eighth man is a shoemaker.

The shoes that were made previous to 1818 were mostly of the sewed kind, until a patent was obtained for riveting the uppers to the bottoms. a steel plate having been used for that purpose. Then came wooden pegs, said to have been first used by Joseph Walker, of Hopkinton. Mass. Soon after pegs had come into common use, it produced a great revolu- tion in the manufacture of sale work. Women and boys were employed to peg shoes that could not so well be employed on sewed work, and hence the number of shoemakers increased very fast. If we stop to consider the great improvements made in the manufacture of sale work by machinery, we cannot fail to see that it has become one of the most import- ant of business pursuits. We now find, instead of the manufacturers sending out leather to make into shoes, as in former times, large numbers of men are engaged in making shoes in the manufacturing shops by the different machines that are in use, of which there is a great variety. Instead of cutting leather with a hand-knife, it is now cut with dies, propelled either by machinery or by hand ; and in place of the uppers being sewed by hand as they were formerly, machines do the work nicer and much quicker. Then we have the patent last-holder, for assisting in the process of lasting the shoes; from this the shoe passes to the pegging-machine, where, in an almost incredible time, the shoe is pegged ; from thence the shoe is passed to the leveling machine, which is a ! powerful engine for rubbing down the bottoms. Then the shoe is handed from one person to another to do the different parts, of finishing the edges, and grinding the bottoms, putting on of hcels, etc. After they are finished, by grinding the bottoms, they are colored and tied in pairs, or placed in single pairs in a paper box, and packed in cases for ship- ment. We have already seen that shoemaking and manufacturing are not what they were once. Manu- facturing shops, instead of being small buildings, having a few cutters only, are now large and com- modious buildings, several stories high, filled with

machinery of different kinds, and propelled by stcam- power. In one room, usually the basement, is the steam-boiler and engine, and machines for cutting sole-leather, rolling it and cutting out the soles at a single stroke. In another loft the leather is secured to the last, and the outer soles prepared for the pegging operation. This machine is supplied with a thin strip of wood, like a watch-spring, its width being the length of the peg. From the coil at each revolution of the machine, a peg is clipped, that falls into a cell, ready to be introduced by its next move- ment into its place in the shoe. The pegs are thus produced at the rate of fourteen in a second.

With the recent introduction of machinery there has been an increase in the amount of goods, with less help than formerly was required on the same quantity of goods.

The shoe manufacture in this town has become the prominent business of the town, giving employ- ment to a large number of persons, both male and female. It commenced and became one of the lead- ing branches of business previous to the incorpora- tion of the town.

Mr. Micah Faxon was probably the first person that manufactured shoes for the wholesale trade in the town. He came from Randolph in 1811, and commenced cutting and making shoes in the house that was formerly occupied by the late Matthew Packard, and on the same lot that Mr. Faxon's house now stands. At that time there was no one in town that could bind the vamps and put the shoes together, and they were sent to Randolph to be made. At first he made one hundred pairs of fine calf spring- heel shocs, and carried them to Boston on horseback. His first lot was sold to Messrs. Monroe & Nash, a firm on Long Wharf, Boston, who were among the first to send goods to the South. When carriages came into common use, he carried his shoes into the city in wagons, and brought out his own leather. The market-men and those that carried wood and other goods to market used to bring out stock for him, which, of course, was in small lots at first. Soon after this time Messrs. Silas Packard and Col. Edward Southworth became engaged in the same business in connection with their store, on the corner of Court and Main Streets, where David Cobb's store now stands. Col. Southworth soon after built the store that he now occupies, which was in 1816. From that time to the present the business has con- tinued to increase, till, in 1837, we find the amount of boots manufactured to be 79,000 pairs, beside 22,300 pairs of shoes, amounting in all to $184,200, giving employment to 750 males and 375 females. In 1845

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the tables of industry show the amount of boots and shoes manufactured in North Bridgewater to be $179,716. Number of pairs of shoes, 155,476 ; number of pairs of boots, 44,711; giving employ- ment to 301 males and 203 females.

By the above tables we scc the amount of goods manufactured has decreased during the eight years intervening the dates above ; we also find the number of shocs has increased by more than seven times, while the number of boots is much less. We account for the number of hands employed being so much less by the introduction of machinery, requiring less help to perform the same amount of work.

In 1855 the amount of goods had greatly increased, and the number of both boots and shoes has also in- creased in number, and a corresponding number of persons employed, which is as follows: Number of boots manufactured, 66,956 pairs ; number of shoes, 694,740 pairs ; value of the same, $724,847 ; number of males employed, 692 ; number of females, 484.

In 1865 the number of boots manufactured was 103,066 pairs ; number of shoes, 1,009,700 pairs ; number of males employed, 1059 ; number of females employed, 208. Total value of goods manufactured, $1,466,900. During the last ten years we find the increase to be $742,153 in amount ; increase in the number of boots manufactured, 37,150 pairs ; increase of shoes manufactured, 314,960 pairs.

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History of Plymouth county, Massachusetts, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 141

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) Publication date: 1884 Publisher: Philadelphia, J.W. Lewis & co. Number of Pages: 1706

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton)
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Philadelphia, J.W. Lewis & co.
Number of Pages: 1706