Geography of the state of New York. Embracing its physical features, climate, geology, mineralogy, botany, zoology, history, pursuits of the people, government, education, internal improvements &c. With statistical tables, and a separate description and map of each county, Part 41

Author: Mather, Joseph H; Brockett, L. P. (Linus Pierpont), 1820-1893
Publication date: 1847
Publisher: Hartford, J. H. Mather & co.; New York, M.H. Newman & co.; [etc., etc.,]
Number of Pages: 445


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9. Attica, 1821.


10. Castile, 1821.


6. Covington, 1817.


414 STATE OF NEW YORK.


SURFACE. This county occupies, for the most part, the second of those elevated tableaux, or plains, which stretch from Lake Ontario to the southern border of the state, and which are divi- ded from each other by steep and almost perpendicular precipi- ces. The table land on which most of Wyoming cou ny Lies, commences with the ledge, which runs through the southern towns of Genesee county, and over which the waters of Allen's creek are precipitated in Le Roy, and rises with an ascent not exceeding ten or twelve feet to the mile, to the ledge over which the Genesee river falls, at Portageville ..


There are no mountain ridges in the county, and the declivity of the land is but just sufficient to drain it.


RIVERs. The Genesee river forms the southeastern bound- ary of the county, for a distance of nearly twenty miles, and in its fall over the ledge, at Genesee falls, furnishes a valuable hy- draulic power.


The other principal streams of the county are Allen's creek, (named from the ferocious villain known, for many years, in this region, as Indian Allen,) Tonawanda, Cayuga, Seneca, Wis- koy, and Nunskoy creeks.


LAKE. Silver lake, lying partly in Perry and partly in Cas- tile, is a beautiful little sheet of water, five eighths of a mile wide, and three miles long, elevated several hundred feet above the Genesee river.


The CLIMATE is generally salubrious. The prevailing diseases are of a bilious type.


GEOLOGY AND MINERALS. The county lies almost entirely within the bounds of the Erie group. In the north the Ludlow- ville shales predominate. In the south the Chemung sandstone is the prevailing rock.


Carbonate of lime, crystallized in fantastic and sometimes beautiful forms .* sul- phate of lime, or gypsum, and iron pyrites are abundant. There is some sulphate of barytes, and small seams of anthracite, but, as might be expected in the geo- logical formation of this section, in too small quantities to be of any practical value.


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The fossils are mainly vegetable, consisting mostly of fucoides, or mosses. There are also, in some portions of the county, fossil shells, but not in great variety.


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SOUL AND VEGETABLE PRODUCTIONS. The soil is generally fer- tile, particularly along the Genesee valley. The forest trees of this county are, in the north part, the beech, maple, hemlock and elm, with some oak. In the southern portion, pine, base- wood and ash.


The principal crops are oats, wheat, potatoes, corn, flax, barley, peas and buckwheat.


· Among the most singular of these forms are masses, weighing from ten to three hundred pounds, bearing a striking resemblance, in form, to the turtle. Their homogeneous structure, and some peculiarities in their form, preciode the sup- position that they are fossil animal remains.


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WYOMING COUNTY.


PURSUITS. Agriculture is the principal pursuit. The eastern and northern towns are largely engaged in the culture of grain, particularly wheat and oats. The southern towns are better adapted to grazing.


Manufactures are increasing in the county, but as yet are in their infancy. Flour, leather, lumber, pot and pearl ashes, and woollen goods are the principal articles. The entire value of the goods manufactured in the county, in 1845, was estimated at $412,000.


There are no mines or quarries, of importance, in the county. The Genesee river canal, affords a convenient mode of trans- portation for the produce of the eastern towns of the county.


STAPLE PRODUCTIONS. Oats, wheat, potatoes, butter, cheese, wool, beef, pork and lumber.


SCHOOLS. There were, in 1846, 198 district schools, in-this county. The average amount of instruction given in these was eight months. 20,479 volumes were reported in the district school libraries ; and $12,946 was the amount paid for the in- struction of 11,517 children.


There were also eight private and select schools, with 220 pupils, in the county, and three incorporated. seminaries, with 132 students.


RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS. Baptists, Methodists, Presbyte- rians, Congregationalists, Universalists, Episcopalians, Roman Catholics and Dutch Reformed. There are in the county fifty- four churches and sixty-four clergymen, of all denominations.


HISTORY. The first settler in this county was Mr. Elizur Webster, who removed from New England, and settled in the present town of Warsaw, in 1803. His daughter, (now the wife of Hon. A. W. Young of this county,) was the first child born in the county. Many of the early settlers were from Washington and the adjacent counties in Vermont. These generally settled in the vicinity of Warsaw.


As a part of the Genesee valley, its fertility attracted a host of emigrants to its borders, and though the youngest county in the state in its organization, it occupies a middle rank in population.


Much of the land was formerly owned by the Holland Land Company, but it has, within a few years been very generally purchased by actual settlers.


The Gardeau tract, or flats, was a tract of about 10,000 acres, lying on the Genesee river, partly in the town of Castile, which the Indians reserved in a treaty with Robert Morris, in 1797, as a gift to the Seneca white woman, Mary Jemison .*


* This extraordinary woman was a native of Ireland, and was taken prisoner by the Indians, when a child twelve or thirteen years of age. She was adopted by an Indian family, and embraced the Indian faith, habits and customs. She was


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STATE OF NEW YORK.


Wyoming county formed part of Genesee county, till 1841, when it was organized as a separate county, and, in 1846, the towns of Eagle and Pike, and that portion of Portage lying west of Genesee river, wer ; taken from Allegany county and an- nexed to it. The last town received the name of Genesee Falls.


VILLAGES, &c. WARSAW, the county seat, in the town of the game name, was settled by emigrants from New England, who were highly intelligent and religious, and to this day it is charac- terized by the intelligence and morality of its inhabitants. It is situated in the ... idst of a fine agricultural district, and has some manufactures. The first church edifice erected west of the Genesee river, was standing in Warsaw a few years since. Popu a ion : 00.


Perry is a thriving and busy town, considerably engaged in manufactures. T ere ar . two villages in the town, Perry and Perry Centre. 'I here is an academy at Perry, of some note, and a number of manufacturing establishments. Population 1200.


At Perry Centre a literary institution, called the Perry Centre Institute, has recently been established.


Middlebury has a flourishing academy, incorporated in 1817, located in the village of Wyoming, which is situate . in a pleas- ant valley, a' has a population of about 600.


Genesee Falls, in the town of the same name, formerly called Por / geville, is situated at the falls of the Genesee river, one of the ost romantic and interesting locations in western New York. In the space of two u iles there are three distinct falls, of 60, 90, and 110 feet, each possessing beauties of a character peculiar to itself. The banks of the river tower up in stupend- ous perpendicular walls, more than 400 feet in height, and are crowned with gigantic evergreens, which, from their venerable appearance, seem to have maintained their position for ages-


Notwithstanding the immense depth to which the bed of the river has been worn, its turns are short and graceful, giving the admiring visitor new, though limited views, at every stage of his progress.


In June, 1817, a land slide of about fifteen acres took place from the side of a hill in this town, into the river, which for some time completely dammed it, leaving a perpendicular bank more than 100 feet in height.


The hydraulic power furnished by the falls of the Genesee, is improved to a considerable extent. Population 800.


married twice to Indian chiefs, and died in September, 1833, at the age of ninety or ninety-one years. Since her death, most of her extensive property has been sold by her heirs.


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STATISTICAL TABLES.


The following Tables compiled with great care, from the state census of 1845, and other authentic sources, present the principal agricultural and horticultural products of each county, and of the state, and the number of cattle, sheep, horses and swine, together with the amount of butter, cheese, and wool produced; the principal manufactures; and the commercial statistics of the different districts of the state.


TABLE I. Agricultural and Horticultural Products.


COUNTIES.


Wheat.


Rye.


forn.


Oats.


Back- wheat.


Barley.


Peas.


Beans.


Potatoes.


Turnipa.


Flax.


Albany,


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Bush els, 44,149


163,894


208,254


624,039


183,274


120,978


51,252


4,487


404,594


12,220 lbs.34,985


Allegany.


260,190


31,144


101,140


503,134


61,995


38,132


48,250


2,378


575,196


32,197


95,268


Broome, -


81,388


37,049


172,713


331,425


75,019


1,032


2,929


1,458


182,461


13,349


39,144


Cattaraugus,


177,927


934


96,540


459,770


24,026


13,671


18,370


1,830


506,919


20,813


42,886


Cayuga, -


652,896


4,415


479,151


652,281


94,067


J43,516


56,755


3,524


536,933


22,567


139,126


Chautauque,


268,261


3,158


313,121


448,834


20,000


32,833


28,746


3,183


686,969


22,143


129,749


Chemung,


180,095


10,780


177,965


287,146


104,567


25,265


5,069


1,148


146,901


4,957


27,163


Chenango,


104,562


40,148


241,205


597,508


70,803


20,147


5,845


1,897


396,096


22,404


114,911


Clinton,


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114,570


37,998


104,,831


268,258


51,564


21,018


25,823


6,601


820,028


29,240


4,266


Columbia,


75,065


302,508


526,629


1,093,850


129,001


9'271


2,653


1,092


415,035


12,818


32,182


Cortland, -


96,852


4,532


123,186


400,342


50,157


32,214


12,237


1,276


259,364


25,075!


101,344


Delaware,


50,685


113,114


85,128


648,982


133,235


2,404


3,783


550


467,582


30,152


30,110


Dutchess,


86,264


165,782


814,153


1,283,718


89,199


5,071


1,347


092


387,124


84,134


34,633


Erie, -


251,781|


11,007|


238,295|


637,593


31,593|


40,485|


51,401|


4,636|


552,091|


17,899


36,819}


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COUNTIES.


Wheat,


Rye.


Corn.


Oats.


Buck- wbeat.


Barley.


Peas.


Beans.


Potatoes.


Turnips


Flax.


Fmsex, -


Bush els, 84,217


32,160


96,429


241,514


20,690


1,869


31,885


3,144


515,650


25,707 lbs. 7,385


Franklin, -


97,999


21,746


70,109


148,378


24,780


6,518


19,622


1,981


623,844


25,459


9,850


Fulton,


17,118


42,623


105,124


287,221


48,694


26,596


92,384


943


166,162


6,887


50,819


Genesee, -


695,107


2,033


225,615


406,594


19,713


60,716


75,966


3,866


380,710


7,314


19,440


Greene,


19,713


84,380


178,027


347,891


106,524


11,209


8,467


3,503


865,978


19,998 8,429


14,647


Hamilton,-


253


956


4,536


14,625


5,058


810


357


40


20,104 263,990


3,976


51,179 208,545


'Kinga, ·


26,992


9,724


124,688


64,786


2,997


360


9,345


4,821


57,038


Lewis,


-


87,406


9,278


53,180


202,515


25,803


23,119


21,925


678


22,340


85,281


Livingston,


821,762


5,200


257,346


351,233


34,148


93,959


33,429


2,371


268,16]


6,749


32,510


Madison, -


190,364


5,888


230,781


517,789


24,445


229,606


31,312


2,063


393,989


7,399


49,938


Monroe,


1,338,583


3,198


453,403


538,063


31,149


57,102 161,396


70,205


2,666


187,905


1,841


72,191


Niagara, -


713,318


98


188,166


992,099


20,101


58,340


84,687


2,186


333,658


26,464


Oneida,


115,927


19,676


423,753


971,608


76,614


169,235


26,497


4,159


685,168


31,452


9,418 38,000


Onondaga,


636,177


10,107


516,496


829,002


51,198


360,421


106,875


4,294


573,896


22,503


107,035 90,840


Ontario,


918,616


9.569


357,747


533,062


43,690


211,653


50,941


3,773


414,090


13,967


82,881


191,864


603,167


417,388


111,672


1,907


30


332


173,018


24,623


15,356


Orleans,


692,127


219


213,703


236,743


8,598 57,926


16,872


45,589


3,001


276,433


11,119


13,681


Oswego,


98,880


1,594


$85,366


359,787


1,004,541


117,265


118,261


21,999


9,789


690,031


39,517


89,589


Putnam, -


4,913


31,275


180,858


81,416


37,516


69


318 20,299


74,430 229,876


24,506


2,838


Queens,


99,374


61,680


438,661


324,218


67,571


2,600


38,219


12,382


9,985


4,552


604,025


21,631


982,690


Richmond,


10,337


1,705


26,283


95,698


45,180


37,289


133


33


49


44,230 59,080 611,919


29,613


30,619


Schenectady,


19,754


56,205


103,729


254,455


54,689


91,451


1,432


119,842 319,914'


5,342 6,177


19,840


Behoharie,


79,175


180,030


85,173.


683,560


147,709


209,3911


3,016


3,231


269


272


7,559


100 863


Baratoga,


104,661


145,777


512,361


620,395


98,208


30,975


89,070


2,319


30,648


3,497


541,737


25,599


57,034


Otsego,-


109,551


87,925


901,031


2,135


300


30


25


6,085


600


869


Herkimer,


60,700


29,367


180,340


690,413


44,193


101 805 159,872


27,507


1,689


Jefferson,


421,819


55,457


467 230


709,232


42,128


153,374


6,974


4,872


667,49]


38,581


10,796


Montgomery,


69,589 60


80,962


187,700


717,212


119,843


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70,679


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6,207


1,416


Rensselaer,


75,708


201,314 7,501


66,421


27,704


403,548


763,844


64,362


16,130


66,342


1,935,139 178,434 498,849


18,530


90,710


Rockland,


16,351 77,946


2,40€/


Orange, -


6,325


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STATISTICAL TABLES.


Boneca, .


4,094|


204,940f 304,403 194,064


292,397 646,556 635,304


37,611| 47,014 195,165


50,0711 48,100


6,335 101,555 52,949


805|


189,081


4,090


39,890 40,508 59,413 6,328


Batfolk,


77,423


00,276


501,939


278,829


51,193 67,267


13,791


131


3,302


190,830


97,750


Sullivan,


3,252 113,165


9,433


168,160


265,922


80,767


146 2,632


41


276


79,786


13,318


6,541


Tioga,


9.391


890


167,339


8,148


35,575


Tompkins,


375,646


248,752


528,763


158,460


93,873


32,407


2,438


316,334


7,838


55,091 56.095


Warren,


16,469


32,319


92,746


107,112


22,474


509


8,171 37,676


1,038


230,344


9,761


6,959


Washington,


75,497


116,834


471,756


593,423


27,279


9,470


7,400


969,501


10,430


149,550


Wayne, -


587,818


4,178


441,549


476,422


57,188


48,236


38,553


3,675


531,941


21,974


98,408


Westchester,


23,613


100,016


498,019


316,150


68,944


7.883


304


479


488,534


92,837


3,491


Wyoming,


331,111


811


102,139


456,160


21,935


42,281


41,771


9,699


988,640


12,889


108,193


Yates,


403,069


4,564


135,999


224,673


95,933,


71,144


6,146


1,184


177,740


5,189


11,579


Total


13,391,771 2,966,322,14,722,115 26,323,051 3,634,679.3,108,705|1,761,504 162,188 23,653,418 1,350,332 2,897,062)


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&k. Lawrence,


56,577


Steuben,


457,304


16,378


64,809


69,362


150,300


429,713


151,130


257


328


271


201,064


19,912


Ulster,


39,323


· 8,493 218,981


356,201


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483,773} 264,832


51,716


5,406


1,599,723


2,680


551,723


29,885


50,817


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TABLE 11. Agricultural Products.


COUNTIES.


No. of Neat Cattle.


No. of Horses.


No. of Sheep.


No. of Hogs.


No. of lbs. of Butter.


No. of lbs. of Cheese.


No. of Iba. of Wool.


Albany,


26,840


10,780


66,536


32,807


930,009


111,339


142,747


Allegany,


51,900


10,261


184,901


23,573


1,563,054


887,113


349,759


Broome,


30,307


4,540


66,133


15,267


1,153,484


148,752


127,506


Cattaraugus,


45,256


6,908


103,780


19,844


1,284,635


567,867


196,903


Cayuga,


41,584


13, 32


175,148,


48,546


1,696,764


394,001


412,668


Chautauque, -


66,885


10,506


225,403


32,013


2,130,303


974,474


485,816


Chemung,


22,516


5,085


55,498


16,800


724,135


71,553


107,559


63,745


10,416


223,953


23,949


.2,81 ,291


1,145,057


503,937


24,006


6,378


63,533


13,476


677,348


184,440


135,613


Columbia,


35,718


9,814


172,579


54,477


1,519,610


246 384


352,739


Cortland,


39,068


7,049


108,862


18,155


1,588,696


682,201


227,034


Delaware,


62,555


8,585


135,633


24,374


3,117,649


135,562


272,230


47,258


11,342


199,993


66,828


1,772,770


164,525


471,097


Erie,


57,506


13,527


148,732


38,087


1,728,021


1,288,780


274,638


Essex,


23,895


5,118


90,495'


12,083


673,366


212,475


198,104


20,069


3,878


47,790


10,343


554,441


240,415


102,830


20,311


4,548


38,546


11,141


733,958


432,051


81,097


Genesee,


25,689


10,096


156,578


27,364


888,396


813,491


360,998


Greene,


27,383


6'258


48,541.


20,606


1,122,526


123,718


91,318


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Chenango,


Clinton, -


1


Dutchess,


Franklin, Fulton,


120


421


4,608 158,769 380,633 250


89,229


Livingston, -


28,808


10,910


218,258


28,819


1,027,611


265,140


514,741


Madison, -


45,216


11,774


263,132


28,540


1,531,205


2,022,855


Monroe,


39,305


16,811


173,952


48.493


1,504,397


366,782


30,202


9,010


56,260


24,850


1,263.986


911,292


120,218.


831


13,346


22


8,591


12,080


50


Niagara, -


27,836


8,614


80,549


30 968


861,300


154,976


180,687


Oneida,


85,464


17,303


194,589


45,723


3,876,276


3,277,750


409,748


Onondaga,


49,498


16,968


190,429


52,907


2,123,787


749,838


423,864


Ontario,


32,544


2,625


257,821


36,986


1,286,119


424,742


630,739


59,712


10,226


45,819


57,265


4,108,840


6,717


120,708


21,207


7,696


90,525


10,399


781,467


216,950


207,960


41,300


9,008


76,698


27,736


1,532,144


933,922


168,100


Otsego,


61,706


14,183


270,564


38,485


2,436,718


1,595,407


548,868


Putnam, -


16,083


2,049


14,062


12,833


779,780


24,361


28,981


· Queens,


16,271


7.395


21,054


21,148


533,110


10,209


41,348


Rensselaer,


34,734


10,594


170,552


39,262


1,409,312


738,841


375,902


3,669


1,223


148


3,085


81,982


156


6,458


2,495


2,830


6,242


267,178


31


5,771


Saratoga,


36,784


10,028


99,706


37,882


1,498,986


336,085


213,464


Schenectady, -


12,043


3,884


19,461


10,971


545,404


155,979


39,989


Schoharie, -


36,902


9,512


75,131


29,625


1,545,889


123,532


122,887


Seneca, -


17,521


7,267


. 71,965


22,023


816,061


71,781


168,400


St. Lawrence,


77,979


13,470


168,314


38,150


2,529,741


1,281,972


356,713


Steuben, -


55,482


12,310


217,658


35,987


1,838,420


311,314


424,340


Suffolk,


24,728


6,558|


49,851


21,623


584,2811


22,501|


81,721


:


Kings, -


7,449


4,360


108


9,515


80,059


606


Lewis,


32,793


4,570


40,657


15,813


1,266,933


1,420,368


Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson,


2,133|


298|


53,440


10,053


2,644| 75,964 184,526


788|


23,578 53,068


63,391; 1,480,628 3,080,767


10,032 8,208,796 2,802,314


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Orange, -


Orleans,


Oswego, -


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Richmond,


-


Rockland,


.


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571,274 402,927


Montgomery, - New York, -


85,934


16,397


TABLE II .- CONTINUED.


COUNTIES.


No. of Neat Cattle.


No. of Horses.


No. of Sheep.


No. of Hogs.


No. of lbs. of Butter.


No. of lbs. of Cheese.


No. of lbs, of Wool.


Sullivan, -


20,507


2,958


19,545


9,808


795,607


17,307


40,591


Tioga, -


23,999


4,746


54,293


15,764


822,220


170,755


108,695


Tompkins,


38,174


11,191


135,787


28,348


1,785,604


142,594


306,242


Ulster, -


36,513


8,643


46,522


42,627


1,556,457


8,946


94,102


Warren, +


13,631


2,734


28,831


7,549


415,496


95,638


66,868


Washington,


43,527


11,115


254,866


42,189


1,639,416


312,736


579,056


Wayne,


33,891


12,258


130,562


35,873


1,466,124


305,067


281,257


Westchester,


32,848


6,935


21,567


35,609


1,514,242


29,197


54,567


# Wyoming, Yates, -


34,039


8,104


166,365


21,607


1,191,615


763,208


362,015


18,878


6,523


130,134


18,882


841,643


130,187


285,396


Total


2,072,330


505,155)


6,443,855


1.584,344


79,501,723


36,744,976


13,864,828


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TABLE III.


Manufacturing Statistics.


COUNTIES.


Value of arti- eles produced in Grist Mills,


Saw Mills.


Oil Mills.


Fulling Mills. Carding Ma- Cotton Facto- Woollen Fac- Iron Works. Trip Ham- Distilleries.


chines.


ries.


tories.


mers.


Albany,


$526,921


#104,885


#62,563


$18,046


$16,722


$66,000


$193,935


$600,50


$14,500


Allegany,


336,461


215,203


8,600


86,996


45,195


76,975


19,500


$3,200


Broome,


118,779


175,833


150


24,448


26,205


6,500


4,000


Cattaraugus,


122,243


202,116


28,193


28,770


9,865


900


500


Cayuga,


576,937


701,745


5,900


36,737


51,000


59,000


139,165


29,800


1.300 15,750


25,220


Chautauque,


315,989


174,518


7,700


42,686


56,300


32,800


59,650


13,000


26,250


Chemung,


185,846


162,753


1,800


14,626


12,162


14,000


44,000


200


Chenango,


185,220


99,081


5,900


51,847


53,183


39,183


13,388


13,761


4,865 14,500


Columbia,


392,059


22,749


43,694


44,764


262,250


132,095


119,647


17,760


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


680


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


Clinton,


149,378


176,005


56,799


15,730


56,740


721,450


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COUNTIES.


Value of arti- cles produced in Grist Mills.


Saw Millg.


Oil Mills.


Fulling Mills. Carding Ma- Cotton Fac-' chines. tories.


Woollen Factories.


Iron Works.


Trip Hammers.


Distilleries.


Greene,


#268,694


$60,360


$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


151,750 139,345


43,900 179,500


$28,600 20,650


54,150


Kings,


298,175


321,453


1,682,630


Lewis,


117,838


52,759


4,200


9,730


17,910


9,000 6,600


38,200 32,620


700


24,324


Madison,


364,267


105,805


5,600


25,362


38,312


47,540


204,470 111,849


409,355


8,500


3S,941


Montgomery:


286,535


71,923


400


25,433


9,355


9,111 16,191


2,193,417


60,000


894,700


Niagara,


776,148


122,899


2,500


35,875


. 29,184


3,000


27,595


16,050


Oneida,


466,515


255,350


550


41,892


51,376


680,374


178,586


28,400


436,448


Onondaga,


775,842


203,408


13,975


29,722


28,046


40,254


502,593 240,110


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


189,550


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


Queens.


221,784


15,655


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, Rockland,


51,219


22,417


200 19,115


1,093


80,936


47,250


Saratoga,


422,474


170,468


23,899


163,023


82,030


12,000


80,700


2,900


Schenectady,


50,518


10,134


10,139


3,675


27,000


2,500


113,000


Schoharie,


131,379|


61,609


37,743


4,570 46,811'


26,312|


10,500


5,300|


Jefferson,


468,318


212,815


6,100


73,826


70,313


Livingston,


426,170


46,890


3,500


15,832


30,196


Monroe,


2,539,687


147,353


12,500


74,102


31,770


19,280


103,867


New York,


52,294


785,700


750,000


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Putnam,


67,8S8


11,755


6,482


8,120


397,867


128,212


600


40,000


19,300


200


4,800 519,836


4,402


.


8,700


122,094


82,200 28,317


355,400


23,434


Seneca, St. Lawrence,


8381,929


$52,520|


#61,175 3,000


$4,691 95,828


$10,150 85,503 111,795


$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, Ulster,


485,781


120,618


25,760


29,357


33,847


133,137


800


44,226


360,273


89,275


160,426


24,384


23,621


55,000


35,965


381,500


38,100


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


56,328


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 $4,281,257 $8,402,587|$586,328|$4,222,155


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450,719


205,297


Steuben,


286,965


381,073


29,151


32,00


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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


$ 110,008


$351,800


Allegany,


34,203


600


42,825


2,000


Broome,


6,920


30


50,670


Cattaraugus, Cayuga,


41,835


43,544


26,311


75


600


5,378 $20,000


66,857


7,000


Chautauque,


37,011


250


3,700


83,155


Chemung,


2,710


9,820


9,600


86,534


5,300


Clinton,


18,345


625


$325,000 19,000


21,630


33.060


40,000


Cortland,


13,815


2,750


6,000


25,905


1,800


Dutchess,


22,000


301,200


150


13,800


92,183


125,400


Erie,


23,266


13,200


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.


3,000


Delaware,


8,317


570


165,034


Chenango,


16,561


1,000


15,530


40,102


Columbia,


271,660


61,826


426


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Greene, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Kings, Lewis, Livingston, Madison, Monroe,


$6581


$7,000|


$40,000|


811,790 180


$2,500


$14,600 60


35,000 5,000


217,244 100,774 182,880


8,080


16,971


3,000


10,362


900


900


20,726


1,000


28,230


1,000


79,208


2,800


20,365


900


30


2,943


244,907 62,416 132,000


45,800


Montgomery, New York,


6,000


4,800


20,870


50,000 37,116


' 20,000


36,650


287,109 6,665


Niagara, Oneida, Onondaga,


13,496


15,300


3,400


15,000


23,000


208,446


29,300


Ontario,


15,090


.32,000


7,600


52,500


8,995


27,000


121,274


90,000


Orleans,


13,239


4,137


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


Putnam,


17,690


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


840


10,900


Saratoga,


300


2,150


2,150


20,864


· 80,100


Schenectady,


30,100


Schoharie,


17,402


3,600


400,641


Seneca,


11,075


5,000


$30,274


213,741


$1,000


1,440


10,000


68,275


1501


- 7,000


72,516


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3,500 $13,760 6,500


St. Lawrence, Steuben,


15,715|


-


5,600 64,482


$36,000 130,000


$5,125 639,500 $5,000


121,000


$6,000


1,285


.


515


22,383


88,056;


21,556


7,648


1,000


33,078


22,804


Orange,


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1,429


43,885


8,000


22,779


2,700


1.


Rockland,


300,000


4,146 89,816


74,500 9,750 61,540


28,374


25,380 675


COUNTIES.


Amberies.


Glass Factories.


Rope Factories.


Chain ca- ble Fac- tories.


Oil Cloth Factories.


Dyeing and Printing Factories.


Clover Mills.


Paper Milla.


Tanneries.


Breweries.


Suffolk, Sullivan,


1


4,103


6,629


9,100


Tioga,


20 475


39,950


Tompkins, Ulster,


15,203


1,800


1,000


4,726


27,000 57,500


47,602


5,000


Warren,


62


40,000


150


500


111,176


1,000


1,050


8,000


43,070


1,220


Washington, Wayne,


14,791


26,000


5,600


2,427


65,054


11,300


Westchester, Wyoming, Yates,


22,974


801


500


480


42,176


672


2,875


1,490


20,670


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TOTAL,


$909,195|$378,700 8918,540 $5,000 $270,260|$2,086,986.$124,567|$702,505$6,585,006|$1,313,273


17,000


34,150


8,000


2,533


742,943


466,751


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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 eloth, 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 1940.' 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,


386,142


Hats and Caps,


2,914,117


Bricks and lime,


1,198,527


Precious metals,


1,106,203


Other metals,


2,456,792


Tobacco,


831,570


Pottery,


159,000


Gun Powder,


142,000


Musical Instruments,


472,910


Furniture,


1,971,776


Soap,


596,991


Tallow and Wax Candles,


565,836


Drugs and Paints,


877,816


Turpentine and Varnish,


431,467


Cannon,


5,600


Small Arms,


124,600


Granite, Marble, &c.


966,220


Chocolate,


5,000


Total,


$22,424,639


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TABLE IV.


COMMERCIAL STATISTICS.


A. Total registered, enrolled and licensed tonnage of each district in the state, 1845.


Tone.


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,


622,201


B. COMMERCE OF THE STATE.


Ships cleared in 1945,


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,


.


#70,209,811


Exports


¥


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


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E.


INTERNAL NAVIGATION,-CANALS.


Number of tons of products of the forest transported on all the canals of the State in 1845, 881,774


Value of do. 86,472,237


Number of tons of agricultural produce transported on all the canals of the State in 1845, 555,160


#29,479,488 Value of do. ·


Number of tons of manufactures transported on all the canals of the State in 1845, 160,638


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,


1,997,565


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, $100,906,209*


Tolls on all the canals from September 30, 1845, to September 30, 1846,


$2,764,121


TABLE V.


MINING STATISTICS, 1840 .*


Cast Iron,


tons, 29,088,


Value, $972,640


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, 2,867,984,


716,971


Total value,


$7,531,195


* This includes those canals which are not the property of the State. 1 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,


2. Wouter Van Twiller, .


3. William Kieft, . 1637-47


4. Peter Stuyvesant, . - 1647-64 #24. Bir Danvers Osborne,


2. UNDER THE ENGLISH.


1. Richard Nicolis, 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


6. Edmond Andross, 1688-89


6. Jacob Leisler, 1689-91


*7. Henry Sloughter,


1691


8. Richard Ingoldaby,


1691-92


9. Benjamin Fletcher.


1692-98


.10. Richard, Earl of Bello- mont,


1696-1701


11. John Nanfan, 1701-02


12. Lord Cornbury,


1702-08


*13. John, Lord Lovelace,


1708-09


14. Richard Ingeldsby,


1709-10


15. Gerardus Beekman,


1710


13. William H. Seward,


1838-42


16. Robert Hunter, -


1710-19 14. William C. Bouck, -


1842-44


17. Peter Schuyler,


1719-20 15. Silas Wright,


1844-46


18. William Burnet,


1720-28


16. John Young,


- 1846


* The administration of those Governors marked by an asterisk, (*) was termi- nated by death-


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23. George Clinton, 1743-53 1753


25. James De Lancey, 1753-55


26. Sir Charles Hardy, - *27. James De Lancey, 28. Cadwallader Colden,


1757-60


29. Robert Monkton,


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


1817-22


6. De Witt Clinton, 7. Joseph C. Yates, 1822-24


*8. De Witt Clinton, 9. Nathaniel Pitcher,


1828-29


10. Martin Van Buren,


1829


1829-33


11. Enos T. Throop, - 12. William L. Marcy,


1833-38


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*19. John Montgomery, . 1726-31


20. Rip Van Dam, 1731-32


1624-33 -21. William Cosby,


1732-36


1633-37 22. George Clarke,


63


1824-28


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