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8. China, 1818.
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,
-
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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STATISTICAL TABLES.
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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
New York,
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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
419
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
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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
STATISTICAL TABLES.
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Orange, -
Orleans,
Oswego, -
.
Richmond,
-
Rockland,
.
.
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
422
STATE OF NEW YORK.
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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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TABLE III .- CONTINUED.
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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205,297
Steuben,
286,965
381,073
29,151
32,00
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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
$ 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
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3,000
Delaware,
8,317
570
165,034
Chenango,
16,561
1,000
15,530
40,102
Columbia,
271,660
61,826
426
TABLE III .- CONTINUED. Manufacturing Statistics.
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
STATISTICAL TABLES.
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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.
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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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STATE OF NEW YORK.
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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
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 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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STATE OF NEW YORK.
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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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
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
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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-
71
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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
1755-57
1760-61 1761
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