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and pleasant streets. It is one of the most thriving 

 towns of New England, containing a population, in 

 1850, of 18,613. In the northern part of Lynn is a 

 Mineral Spring, which is a place of great resort. It 

 is one of the most celebrated places in the country 

 for the manufacture of shoes. It was noted for this 

 manufacture before the Revolutionary war. There 

 are about 3,000,000 pairs of women's and girls' (or, 

 as the Yankee would say, misses') shoes annually 

 made here, valued at $2,000,000, or £400,000 

 sterling. The manufacture of calico amounts to 

 $70,000, and of Morocco, $34,000. There are va- 

 rious other manufactures, too numerous to detail, 

 besides agricultural produce. The value of fresh 

 fish taken amounts to $13,950. In 1849, Lynn em- 

 ployed sixteen vessels in the Cod and Mackerel fish- 

 eries, and two in the Whale fishery. 



The following is the quantity and value of the 

 Whale Oil produced in the United States in 1845 : 



Gallons of Sperm Oil, 6,704,716 



Value of Sperm Oil, $6,233,276 



Gallons of Whale Oil, 9,572,990 



Value of Whale Oil, $2,961,619 



Gallons of other Oil, 72,409 



Value of other Oil, $28,764 



Pounds of Whalebone, 2,937,509 



Value of Whalebone, $1,147,518 



Capital Invested, $11,805,910 



