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44;000
200
Chenango,
185;220
99,081
5,900
51,847
53,183
39;183
13,3SS
13,761
4,865
Clinton,
149,378
176,005
56,799
15,730
56,740
721,450
14,500
·Columbia, Cortland,
180;316
55,529
13;000
19,013
2,337
17,500
6,000
5,300
2,400
5,000
Delaware,
161,018
152;651
68,105
70,561
35,300
1,000
2,400
Dutchess,
519,128
44,144
24,000
8,103
13,365
418,550
409;250
195,915
25,430
2,256
Erie,
1,016;624
347,622
1,200
51,363
53,443
18,000
52,290
338,119
43,647
Essex,
171,707
336,152
53,614
24,350
40,500
431,300
3,700
Franklin,
119,960
58,824
4,000
16,025
25,782
20,000
40,500
5,040
4,740
6,495
Fulton,
77,002
63,841
2,000
15,097
11,163
8,784
6,371
4,553
Genesee,
242,878|
41,932
5,550
22,699
19,756
25,587
33,220
4,890
7,300
$14;500
Allegany;
336,461
215,203
3,600
86,996
45,195
76,975
392,059
22,749
43;694
44,764
262,250
132,095
119,647
17,760
TABLE III .- CONTINUED.
COUNTIES.
Value of arti- cles produced in Grist Mills.
Saw Mills.
Oil Mills.
Fulling Mills. Carding Ma- Cotton Fac- chines. tories.
Woollen Factories.
Iron Works.
Trip Hammers.
Distilleries.
Greene,
$268,694
$ 0,360
$28,208
$30,126
$30,200
$27,100
$2,500
Hamilton,
2,400
10,528
Herkimer,
197,543
97,336
$5,000
45,534
36,449
50,581 42,500
139,345
43,900 179,500 355,400
$28,600 20,650
54,150
Kings,
298,175
321,453
1,682,830
Lewis,
117,838
52,759
4,200
9,730
17,910
9,000
Livingston,
426,170
46,890
3,500
15,832
30,196
6,600
38,200
700
21,324
Madison,
364,267
105,805
5,600
25,362
38,312
47,540
204,470
32,620
8,700
122,094
Monroe,
2,539,687
147,353
12,500
74,102
31,770
111,849
409,355
8,500
39,941
Montgomery:
286,535
71,923
400
25,433
9,355
9,111
19,280
103,867
New York,
52,294
785,700
750,000
82,200
16,191
2,193,417
60,000
894,700
Niagara,
776,148
122,899
2,500
35,875
29,184
28,317
3,000
27,595
16,050
Oneida,
466,515
255,350
550
41,892
51,376
680,374
502,593
178,586
28,400
436,446
Onondaga,
775,842
203,408
13,975
29,722
28,046
40,254
240,110
98,850
9,200
120,778
Ontario,
568,347
50,892
700
21,754
33,753
72.800
10,400
20,596
Orange,
475,378
45,653
87,600
10,457
40,810
115,124
242,088
139,550
31,878
Orleans,
446,550
57,878
6,500
15,462
21,172
16,100
16,850
20,150
Oswego,
1,677,725
207,558
4,075
53,944
47,618
13,000
20,196
18,100
1,400
Otsego,
298,548
109,418
2,500
55,972
53,273
192,959
8,365
41,950
9,220
35,239
Putnam,
67,SSS
11,755
6,482
8,120
397,867
128,212
600
Queens,
221,784
15,685
15,848
10,644
5,000
127,680
Rensselaer,
793,285
79,317
36,060
18,631
18,170
373,157
306,426
285,500
9,900
106,400
Richmond,
19,300
200
Rockland,
51,219
22,417
200
1,093
80,936
47,250
519,836
4,402
Saratoga,
422,474
170,468
19,115
23,899
163,023
82,030
12,000
80,700
2,900
Schenectady,
50,518
10,134
10,139
3,675
4,570
27,000
2,500
113,000
Schoharie,
131,379
61,609
37,743
46,811
26,312
10,500
5,300
424
23,434
Jefferson,
468,318
212,815
6,100
73,828
70,313
151,750
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STATE OF NEW YORK.
4,800
40,000
.
Seneca,
$381,929
$52,520 205,297
$61,175 3,000
$4,691 95,828 29,151
$10,150 85,503
$171,010 45,298 33,300
$27,375 110,173 3,000
$19,300 900
$80,000 28,870 8,008
Suffolk,
166,181
10,815
3,005
4,453
$17,000
24,500
Sullivan,
100,542
144,620
9,781
8,770
Tioga,
163,935
182,982
2,150
35,543
27,668
17,700
9,500 33,920
2,500
22,255
Tompkins,
485,781
120,618
25,760
29,357
33,847
133,137
800
44,226
Ulster,
360,273
89,275
160,426
24,384
23,621
55,000
35,965
381,500
33,100
8,616
Warren,
38,869
120,942
8,212
8,589
16,000
9,600
Washington,
248,937
127,636
37,927
30,402
49,559
145,225
25,736
4,260
Wayne,
376,269
448,596
19,143
19,274
53,930
3,500
49,947
Westchester,
197,797
49,058
6,648
9,468
15,680
154,270
348,780
3,050
Wyoming,
196,893
35,703
4,900
24,549
32,093
31,133
13,315
1,500
4,383
Yates,
273,675
56,32S
21,800
19,818
18,932
9,600
10 000
32,400
Total,
$22,794,474|$7,577,154|$1,695,026|#1,660,881 $1,678,320 $2,979,687 $1,281,257 $8,402,587 $586,328 $1,222,155
19*
St. Lawrence,
450,719
Steuben,
286,965
381,073
111,795
32,00
STATISTICAL TABLES.
425
426
TABLE III .- CONTINUED. Manufacturing Statistics.
COUNTIES.
Asheries.
Glass Factories.
Rope Factories.
Chain ca- ble Fac- tories.
Oil Cloth Factories.
Dyeing and Printing Factories.
Clover Mills.
Paper Mills.
Tanneries.
Breweries.
Albany,
$850
$73,127
$34,000
$90 2,680
42,825
2,000
Broome,
6,920
30
50,670
Cattaraugus,
41,835
43,544
Cayuga,
26,311
75
600
5,378
$20,000
66,857
7,000
Chautauque,
37,011
250
3,700
83,155
Chemung,
2,710
Chenango,
16,561
9,820
9,600
86,534
5,300
Clinton,
18,345
625
21,630
33.060
40,000
Cortland,
13,815
2,750
6,000
25,905
1,800
Delaware,
8,317
570
165,034
Dutchess,
22,000
301,200
150
13,800
92,183
125,400
Erie,
23,266
13,200
61,826
Essex,
388
535
12,000
15,200
Franklin,
64,750
25,355
Fulton,
675
775
18,300
122,597
Genesse,
24,270
520
2430
34,230
4,000
STATE
OF NEW
YORK.
.
Allegany,
34,203
600
1,000
15,530
40,102
3,000
Columbia,
$325,000 19,000
$ 110,008
$351,800
271,660
Greene, Hamilton,
$658
$7,000
$40,000
811,790 180
Herkimer,
5,600 64,482
$14,600 60
35,000 5,000
217,244 100,774
$2,500 8,080
Kings,
182,880
25,380
Lewis,
16,971
3,000
675
Livingston,
10,362
900
900
74,500
20,726
1,000
Madison,
28,230
1,000
79,208
2,S00
Monroe,
20,365
900
30
2,943
244,907
45,800
Montgomery,
1,429
1,285
62,416
New York,
6,000
4,800
20,870
50,000
20,000
36,650
6,665
Oneida,
13,496
15,300
3,400
15,000
37,116
23,000
208,446
29,300
515
22,383
88,056
21,556
Ontario,
15,080
32,000
7,648
1,000
33,078
22,804
Orange,
7,600
52,500
8,995
27,000
121,274
90,000
Orleans,
13,239
45,137
3,600
Oswego,
13,769
20,000
225
18,800
156,399
2,386
Otsego,
12,704
2,737
82,680
20,823
12,000
153,401
4,500
Queens,
1,900
20,000
32,500
22,000
Rensselaer,
25,000
63,640
38,000
710
69,395
185,611
114,950
Richmond,
945,280
Rockland,
300,000
S40
10,900
Saratoga,
300
2,150
2,150
20,864
80,100
Schenectady,
30,100
Schoharie,
4,146
17,402
3,600
400,641
Seneca,
$9,816
11,075
5,000
$30,274
St. Lawrence,
213,741
$1,000
1,440
10,000
68,275
6,500
Steuben,
15,715
150
7,000
72,516
STATISTICAL TABLES.
427
Jefferson,
$36,000 130,000
$5,125
639,500 $5,000 121,000
$6,000
28,374
9,750 61,540
132,000
287,109
Niagara,
43,885
8,000
Onondaga,
22,779
2,700
Putnam,
17,690
3,500 $13.760
-
COUNTIES.
Asheries.
Glass Factories.
Rope Factories.
Chain ca- ble Fac- tories.
Oil Cloth Factories.
Dyeing and Printing Factories.
Clover Mills.
Paper Mills.
Tanneries.
Breweries.
Suffolk,
4,103
6,629
9.100
Sullivan,
20
466,751
Tioga,
475
39,950
Tompkins,
15,203
1,800
1,000
4,726
27,000
47,602
5,000
Ulster,
40,000
150
2,533
57,500
742,943
Warren,
62
500
111,176
Washington,
1,000
1,050
8,000
43,070
1,220
Wayne,
14,791
26,000
5,600
2,427
65,054
11,300
Westchester,
8,000
17,000
34,150
Wyoming,
22,974
801
500
480
42,176
672
Yates,
2,875
1,490
20,670
TOTAL,
$909,195|$378,700 $918,540 $5,000 $270,260 $2,086,986 $124,567 $702,505$6,585,006$1,313,273
428
STATE OF NEW YORK.
429
STATISTICAL TABLES.
TABLE III. B.
MANUFACTURING STATISTICS.
Domestic Manufactures.
Number of yards of fulled cloth manufactured in the
families of the state, in 1844,
1,664,366
Number of yards of cloth not fulled, 2,650,116
linen, cotton, or other cloth, 2,775,657
TABLE III. C.
The following table comprises articles not enumerated in the cen- sus of 1845, but reported in the United States census for 1S40. In most of the items there has been considerable increase. The statis- tics are for the whole state.
Hardware and cutlery were manufactured in 1840 to the amount of
$1,566,974
Machinery,
2,895,517
Carriages, wagons and sleighs,
2,364,461
Sugar,
385,000
Confectionary,
356,142
Hats and Caps,
2,914,117
Bricks and lime,
1,198,527
Precious metals,
1,106,203
Other metals,
2,456,792
Tobacco,
S31,570
Pottery,
159,000
Gun Powder,
142,000
Musical Instruments,
472,910
Furniture,
1,971,776
Soap,
596,991
Tallow and Wax Candles,
565,936
Drugs and Paints,
S77,816
Turpentine and Varnish,
431,467
Cannon,
5,600
Small Arms,
124,600
Granite, Marble, &c.
966,220
Chocolate,
5,000
Total,
$22,424,519
430
STATE OF NEW YORK.
TABLE IV.
COMMERCIAL STATISTICS.
A. Total registered, enrolled and licensed tonnage of each district in the state, 1845.
Tons.
Champlain,
3,192
Sackett's Harbor,
3,419
Oswego,
11,410
Niagara,
12
Genesee,
235
Oswegatchie,
1,456
Buffalo,
24,770
Sag Harbor,
. 28,348
New York city,
550,359
Total, 623,201
B. 4 COMMERCE OF THE STATE.
Ships cleared in 1845,
tons, 1,340,968
Crews,-Men,
86,770
Boys, 1,362
Ships entered in 1845, tons, 1,450,711
Crews,-Men,
S6,430
Boys, 1,449
Tons of shipping built in 1845,
29,432
C. IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.
Imports of New York in 1846, ·
$70,269,811
Exports 66 36,423,762 . .
D. ARRIVALS OF SHIPPING.
Vessels arrived from foreign ports, 1846, 2,289
Coastwise arrivals, 4,663
6,952
Number of passengers from foreign ports, 1846,
115,230
431
STATISTICAL TABLES.
E. INTERNAL NAVIGATION, -CANALS.
Number of tons of products of the forest transported on all
the canals of the State in 1845, 881,774
Valuc of do. $6,472,237
Number of tons of agricultural produce transported on all the canals of the State in 1845, 555,160
Value of do. $29,479,488
Number of tons of manufactures transported on all the canals of the State in 1845,
160,639
Value of do. ·
$6,994,932
Number of tons of merchandise carried, &c. 151,450
Value of do. $52,542,336
Number of tons of other articles, 228,543
Value of do.
$5,140,866
Total number of tons,
1,977,565
Total value,
$100,629,859
Property cleared from the Hudson river on all the canals in 1845,
$55,453,998
Property which came to the Hudson from all the canals in 1845,
$45,452,301
Total arrived and cleared, $100,906,299*
Tolls on all the canals from September 30, 1845, to September 30, 1846, $2,764,121
TABLE V.
MINING STATISTICS, 1840.t
Cast Iron,
tons, 29,088,
Value, $$72,640
Bar Iron,
53,693,
66
4,295,440
Lead,
lbs. 670,000,
20,100
Other metals,
.
84,564
Granite and other stone,
1,541,480
Salt, bushels, 2,867,S84,
66
716,971
Total value,
$7,531,195
" This includes those canals which are not the property of the State.
t These statistics are for the most part far below the truth.
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GOVERNORS OF THE STATE.
TABLE VI.
Governors of the State.
1. UNDER THE DUTCH.
1. Peter Minuit, - 1624-33
2. Wouter Van Twiller,
3. William Kieft, 1637-47
4. Peter Stuyvesant, - 1647-64
2. UNDER THE ENGLISH.
1. Richard Nicolls, 1664-67
2. Francis Lovelace, - 1667-73
DUTCH ADMINISTRATION RESUMED.
5. Anthony Colve, - . 1673-74
ENGLISH ADMINISTRATION RESUMED.
3. Edmond Andross, 1674-83
4. Thomas Dongan,
1683-88
5. Edmond Andross, 1688-89
6. Jacob Leisler, 1689-91
*7. Henry Sloughter, 1691
8. Richard Ingoldsby,
1691-92
9. Benjamin Fletcher. 1692-98
*10. Richard, Earl of Bello- mont,
169S-1701
11. John Nanfan,
1701-02
12. Lord Cornbury,
1702-08
*13. John, Lord Lovelace,
1708-09
11. Enos T. Throop, -
1829-33
14. Richard Ingoldsby,
1709-10
12. William L. Marcy, 13. William H. Seward,
1838-42
16. Robert Hunter,
17. Peter Schuyler,
1719-20 15. Silas Wright,
1844-46
*18. William Burnet,
*19. John Montgomery, 1728-31
20. Rip Van Dam, 1731-32
*21. William Cosby, 1732-36
1633-37 22. George Clarke, 1736-43
23. George Clinton,
1743-53 1753
*24. Sir Danvers Osborne, 25. James De Lancey, 1753-55
26. Sir Charles Hardy, - 1755-57
*27. James De Lancey,
1757-60
28. Cadwallader Colden, 29. Robert Monkton,
1760-61 1761
30. Cadwallader Colden,
1761-65
*31. Sir Henry Moore,
1765-69
32. Cadwallader Colden, 1769-70
33. John, Lord Dunmore, 1770-71
34. William Tryon, -
1771-77
INDEPENDENT GOVERNMENT.
1. George Clinton, 1777-95
2. John Jay, 1795-1801
3. George Clinton, 1801-04
4. Morgan Lewis, 1804-07
5. Daniel D. Tompkins, 1807-17
6. De Witt Clinton,
1817-22
7. Joseph C. Yates,
1822-24
*8. De Witt Clinton, 9. Nathaniel Pitcher,
1828-29
10. Martin Van Buren,
1829
1833-38
15. Gerardus Beekman,
1710
1710-19 14. William C. Bouck, - 1842-44
1720-28
16. John Young,
1816
* The administration of those Governors marked by an asterisk, (*) was termi -- nated by death.
.
NOTE. A few errors escaped notice till the last sheet was in press. The only ones of importance are the following. Page 17. 3d paragraph, for "The first four are navigated," read, "They are all navigated." Page 51 5th paragraph, for "1626," read "1629." Page 81, 7th paragraph for "1778," read "1779." Page 84, 6th paragraph, for "1785," read "1795." Page 127, 4th paragraph, St. John's College at Rose Hill, Westchester County, should have been added to the list of Colleges and omitted on the next page. Page 192, Map of Montgomery County, the County Seat should be in 9, instead of 4. Page 224, 5th paragraph for "from east to west," read "from west to east." Page 248, last line, for Otsego read Otisco. Page 290, Map of Essex County, 5 should be 3, and the north-eastern town should be 5. Page 310, for XXIV, read XXXIV.
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1824-28
DEC 1 7 1936
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