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jamin Franklin, worked in his early days as a journey- 

 man printer. There are five Banks in Worcester, 

 with an aggregate capital of ^650,000. There is 

 also a Savings Bank, with a deposit of $1,124,000. 

 Besides these, there are five Insurance Companies, 

 Life Assurance, and various other Associations. The 

 valuation of the property of Worcester in 1850, was 

 $11,082,501. Almost overy kind of manufacture is 

 carried on at Worcester. The following is the value 

 of some of them in 1846 : — 



Cotton goods, $45,184 ; Woollen goods, $194,040 ; 

 Iron ware, $134,500 ; Machinery, $310,000 ; Card 

 wire, $110,000 ; Ploughs, $48,000 ; Paper, $3,- 

 000 ; Hats and Caps, $24,752 ; Cards, $22,000 ; 

 Cars and other carriages, $221,100 ; Chairs and 

 Cabinei^ware, $27,500 ; Tin-ware, $38,500 ; Boots 

 and Shoes, $288,550 ; Straw bonnets and hats, $10,- 

 000; Bricks, $28,000 ; Cotton Carpeting, $26,000 ; 

 Building stone, $23,500 ; Mechanics' tools, $12,000 ; 

 Presses, $25,500 ; Door and other Carpentry, $16,- 

 500. Fruit raised, 27,604 bushels — value $9,201 ; 

 Butter made, 97,300 pounds — value, $16,217. The 

 value of grain produced in the town was $24,897 ; 

 of Vegetables, $25,980 ; and of Hay, (5,100 tons,) 

 $51,000. 



