402 NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 



mary of the manufactures of this state is from the returns of the mar- 

 shal in 1810. 



Yards. 



Cotton goods made in families, ..... 512,985 



Mixed do. do. do 930,978 



Flaxen do. do. do ,..;';. . 1,090,320 



Blended and unnamed cloths and stuffs, . . . 112,540 



Tow cloths, . . . . . . . , . 720,989 



Woollen goods made in families, . . . . . 900,273 



There were 12 cotton manufacturing establishments; 20,970 looms; 

 109 carding machines; 135 fulling mills; 5 forges; 14 naileries; 

 236 tanneries; 19 flax-seed oil mills ; 18 distilleries; 6 paper mills ; 

 and 195 rope walks.* 



Canals.. ..In this state a canal is cut round the falls of Amoskeag 

 in the Merrimack. The descent of the falls is about 50 feet; boats 

 ascend through ten locks. A canal is also cut through the marsh from 

 Hampton to the Merrimack, near Newburyport. Round the falls of 

 Connecticut river, in Lebanon, canals are dug, by which boats ascend 

 to Bath, nearly 300 miles from the sea. The rapids above are so 

 extensive as to discourage any further improvement in the navigation 

 of the river. 



Religion. ...The great body of the people are congregationalists. 

 The baptists are numerous, and there are a few presbyterians, epis- 

 copalians, and quakers. In Canterbury there is a village of shaking 

 quakers, and another in Enfield. Their plantations are fertile and 

 highly improved ; their fields, gardens and orchards, have an air of 

 neatness, and every thing proclaims the industry of the owners. 



Population. ...The number of inhabitants in New-Hampshire, ac- 

 cording to the census taken by order of congress in 1790, was 141,885. 

 By that of 1S0O, they amounted to 183,858 ; and by that of 1810, to 

 214,360. In 1767, they were estimated at only 52,700. The males 

 and females are nearly equal. 



Chief towns ...Portsmouth is the metropolis, and the largest town 

 in New-Hampshire, lat. 42° 46' N. long. 70° 57' W. Its harbour is 

 one of the finest on the continent, having a sufficient depth of water 

 for vessels of any burden, and being so well defended against storms 

 by the land, that ships may securely ride there in any season of the 

 year. Concord is a very flourishing town, pleasantly situated on the 

 Merrimack river. The legislature of late have commonly held their 

 sessions here ; and, from its central situation, and a thriving back 

 country, it will probably become the permanent seat of govern- 

 ment.! 



Trade. ...The trade of this state is considerable, though it is not to 

 be ranked among the great commercial states. Its exports consist of 

 lumber, ship-timber., whale-oil, flax-seed, live-stock, beef, pork, In- 

 dian corn, pot and pearl-ashes, &c. In 1790, there belonged to Pis- 

 cataqua 33 vessels above one hundred tons, and 50 under that burden. 

 Tke value of the exports from that port in 1793, amounted to 198,197 

 dollars. The exports of this state for the year, ending September 

 50th, 1810, amounted to 434,650 dollars; exclusive of this, a large 



* Coxe's statement. 



t The legislature have lately erected a state prison in this town. 



