200 [Senate 



Amount paid in cash each year, viz : 



1836, $71 37 



1837, 198 00 



1838, 350 52 



1839, 434 62 



1840, 1,233 59 



1841, 2,111 42 



1842, 3,374 11 



1843, 1,852 70* 



Secretary's Office, Boston, ? 

 August 29, 1843. S 



Sir : — By direction of his Excellency, Gov. Morton, I forward to 

 you the foregoing memorandum^ in reply to your circular of Aug. 15, 

 And am very respectfully, yours, 



John A. Bolles, Secretary of State. 

 T, B. Wakeman, Esq., 



Cor. Sec. American Institute^ J^ew-York. 



LETTERS RECEIVED BY THE CONVENTION FROM 

 SILK-GROWERS AND MANUFACTURERS. 



In presenting these letters, the publishing committee offer a few 

 remarks. 



1. The letters, we are happy to say, are so numerous and full, that 

 it has been found necessary to throw out dates, introductions, apologies, 

 conclusions, (fee, only preserving the substance of each letter ; allowing, 

 however, each correspondent to tell his own story, in his own way, and, 

 as far as possible, in his own words. But those received from State 

 Treasurers in regard to bounty laws on silk are given entire ; and our 

 only regret is, that we could not hear from all the States on the subject, 

 in the same official way. 



2. In the arrangement, we give the official letters first, then those 

 relating to silk-growing, and throw those received from manufacturers 

 together at the close. 



3. A part of these letters were addressed to the managers of the 

 American Institute, a part to the New-England convention, and a very 

 few to individuals. But they are all thrown into a common lot. 



4. The reader will perceive quite opposite sentiments expressed in 

 these letters, in regard to some points. It would be just so, if 150 or 

 200 fanners should undertake to give similar statements respecting their 



• As a resident of Massachusetts, I would say, that the last named sum, $1,852.70, must 

 have been paid upon the crop of 1842. The Treasurer's books show the amount paid 

 each calendar year, fi'om January to January. The law expired by its own limitation in 

 March, 1843, and this sum was paid between January 1st and that time, and of course on 

 the crop of 1842. But for the same reasons, a part of the sum given for 1842, belongs to 

 1841, and so on. J. R. B. 



