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century, salmon fisheries were carried on in the rivers of 

 the State, but to a less extent than either the shad or the 

 menhaden fisheries. 



Fair Haven, Connecticut, was one of the first places 

 in New England to import oysters from New Jersey, and 

 later from Virginia, to be transplanted in northern waters 

 for additional growth. The Virginia trade began between 

 1830 and 1840, and there was a rapid development of the 

 industry. The oyster establishments of Fair Haven had 

 branch houses in the principal inland cities as far west as 

 Chicago and St. Louis. In 1857-58, from 200 to 250 

 schooners were employed in supplying the establishments of 

 Connecticut with clams from the Chesapeake. In 1850, one 

 of the more enterprising merchants of Fair Haven trans- 

 ferred his business to warehouses nearer the source of sup- 

 ply of oysters and opened branch houses at Baltimore. 

 Others followed the lead, so that it came about, according 

 to Ernest Ingersoll, that all the great Baltimore firms of old 

 standing originated in Fair Haven. The result was that 

 the oyster trade retrograded ; new changes in method came 

 into use, and different results followed. 



