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CIVIL HISTORY OF VERMONT. 



Part. II. 



DOMESTIC MANUFACTXTRES. 



RETURNS OF MANUFACTURES. 



family were their own manufacturers. 

 With scarcely any tools but an axe, the 

 first settlers entered the forests, cleared off 

 ihe timber from a small piece of ground, 

 cut down trees to a suitable length, and, 

 by the help of a few neighbors, reared 

 their log houses and covered them with 

 bark. These afforded shelters for their 

 families, and, by persevering industry, 

 they were soon enabled to raise a little 

 flax and wool, which were spun and wove 

 and colored and made into clothing by the 

 females for home and Sunday wear ; and 

 we have no doubt that, at that period, the 

 swains in their tow, or checked woollen 

 shirts and kersey frocks and trowsers, and 

 the girls in their tow and linen or flannel 

 gowns and checked aprons, were as hap- 

 py, yea, and perhaps as proud too, as the 

 nioderns in their broadcloths and silks and 

 muslins. The only trades which were 

 then deemed indispensable, were those of 

 the blacksmith and the shoemaker, and 

 these were for the most part carried on by 

 ])ersons who labored a portion of their 

 time upon their farms. 



As the condition of the people improved, 

 they, by degrees, extended their desires 

 beyond the mere necessaries of life ; first 

 to its conveniences and then to its ele- 

 gancies. This produced new wants, and 

 to supply these, mechaiMCS more numer- 

 ous andmorc skilful were required, till 

 at length, the cabinet maker, the tailor, 

 the jeweller, the milliner and a host of 

 others came to be regarded as indispensa- 

 ble. 



In addition to the various articles and 

 fabrics for domestic use, Vermont pos- 

 sesses facilities for extensive manufac- 

 tures of several kinds, which are not sur- 

 passed by those of any state in the union. 

 The water power afforded by her streams 

 is unlimited, and her hills and mountains 

 afford an abundance of wood for fuel ; and 

 for the manufacture of wool, iron, cop- 

 peras and marble, no part of our country 

 nffords the raw material in greater abun- 

 dance, or of a better qualit}-. 



Some account of the different manufac- 

 turing establishments in Vermont will be 

 found in part third, under the names of 

 the towns in which they are situated, and 

 the annual aggregate of manufactures 

 within the state according to the returns 

 of 1840, are exhibited below : 

 26 Furnaces, making 6,743 tons cast iron. 

 14 Forges, " 65.5 wrought " 



Other metals, valued at $70,500. 

 Granite, marble, &.c. .«(33,8H0. 

 17 Paper Mills, making .1;214,720 value. 

 96 Woollen factories, '^ g^, ooi nr^n ^^ 

 2?.n Fulling mills, ^ •>' v"^,^-^-^ 

 Silk, ai) pounds, $'J9 value. 



261 Tanneries 



,$1,083,124 value 

 manufactured. 



7 Cotton factories, 7254 spindles, manu- 



facturing $113,000 value. 

 Mixed manufactures, $155,276 value. 

 Hats, valued $62,432. 



102,763 sides sole leather. 



102,937 " upper " 

 Maple Sugar, 4,647,934 pounds. 



1 Brewery, making 12,800 gallons. 



2 Distilleries, " 3,500 " 



2 Glass Houses, $5-5,000 value 



8 Potteries; 23,000 " 



Potash, 716A tons. 



Soap ~ .50,300 " 



Candles, 28,()87 " 



Carriages, 162,097 " 



7 Flouring mills — barrels of flour 4,495. 



312 Grist-mills, 



1081 Saw mills, ' 



20 Oil mills, 



29 Printing ofiices — Binderies, 14. 



2 Rope Walks, .$4,000 value man'd. 



Music instruments .$2,290 " 



Hom(> made goods, $674,548 



Machinery made, 101,354 



Hardware, 16,650 



Small arms, 1,156 



Precious metals, 3,000 



Granite and marble, 62,515 



Bricks and lime, 402,218 



Value of vessels built, 72,000 



Furniture manufactured, 83,275 



Houses, 72 brick, ) . 

 ,,. , , > cost 



4bo wood, ) 



Medicines, drugs and dyes, 



Other manufactures. 



For the purpose of comparison, we in- 

 troduce the following abstract of manu- 

 factures in Vermont, copied from the re- 

 turns in 1810 : 



8 Bla-t furnaces, 9BG Ions iron, a !$100, $97,600 

 2 Air furnaces, 260 <lo pi^, 90, 23.400 



{ 817 do ciude, 120, 98.040 

 .b lor;,'cs ^ jQ^ ^^ refined, 150, 15,600 



67 CM nail factories, 144 tons nails a 240, 34,560 

 65 trip haminpr? — value of the work done, 78,574 

 11 paper mills— 23.350 reams, a $3 pr r'm, 70,050 

 26 oil mills— 50,637 gullon.s, a §1 pr gal. 50.637 

 125 di.^iiillerifcs, 173,285 do .75 els. 129,964 

 205 lanneiies — 773 tons leather, a $500, 386,500 

 166 fullms-mdls dressed 942.960 yds.a25, 235,740 

 139 eardJMg maclin's, 798,500 lbs wool a .06 47,910 

 Wollen cloih— 1.207 976 yords, a lb els, 905,982 

 Cotton cloth— 131 .326 yards, a 30 cts 39.397 



Linen cloih— 1 ,859.931 yards, a 35 cts 650,976 

 .Mi.xed cloth- 191 ,428 vards, at 38 cents, 72,471 

 14 801 looms, weave 240 yards each, a S 276.179 

 67.756 spin'g wheels, spin 70 slv's ea. a 4 189,716 

 23 jennies, equal 804 spindles, do 3 1.688 



96,760 hats at $2 193,520 



65.580 pair boots, at $3 196,740 



138.700 pair shoes, at 75 cents, 179.025 



Raddles and Harnesses, amount of value, 127,840 

 Cabinetwork do do 118,450 



NTaple supar, 1.200,000 lbs. at 10 cts. lb. 120,000 

 Potashes," 1500 tons, at $100 pr. ton, 150,000 



344,896 



33,475 



488,796 



