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land, near the city of Washington, and 
at Richmond, in Virginia; each of the 
two last may cast 300 pieces of artillery 
a-year, and a great number of iron and 
brass cannon are made at and near the 
seat of government. Those of Philadel- 
phia, and near the Hudson river, are not 
sow employed. It may be here added, 
that there are several iron founderies for 
casting every species of work wanted for 
machinery, and that steam-engines are 
made at that of Philadelphia. 
At the two public armouries of Spring- 
field and Harper’s-ferry, 19,000 muskets 
are annually made. About twenty thou- 
sand more are made at several factories, 
of which the most perfect is said to be 
that near New Haven, and which, with 
the exception of that erected at Rich- 
mond by the state of Virginia, are all 
private establishments. Yhese may, if 
wanted, be immediately enlanged, and 
do not include a number of yun-smiths 
employed in making rifles, and several 
other species of arms. Swords and pis- 
tols are also manufactured in several 
places. 
Although it is not practicable to make 
a@ correct statement of the value of all 
the iron, and manufactures of iron, an- 
nually made in the United States, it is 
believed to be from twelve to fifteen 
millions of dollars. The annual impor- 
tations from all foreign countries, in- 
cluding iron bar, and every description 
of manufactures of iron or steel, are 
estimated at near four millions of dol- 
lars. | 
Copper and Brass.—Rich copper 
mines are found in New Jersey, in Vir- 
ginia, and near Lake Superior; but they 
are not now wrought. The principal 
manufactures of that material, are those 
of stills and other vessels; but the cop- 
per in sheets and bolts is almost uni- 
versally imported ; the only manufacture 
for that object, which is at Boston, not 
receiving sufficient encouragement, al- 
‘though a capital of 25,000 dollars has 
been vested in a rolling-mill, and other 
apparatus. The true reason is, that 
those articles are imported free of duty ; 
and the owners seem to ke principally 
employed in casting bells, and other ai- 
ticles, . 
_ Zine has been lately discovered in 
Pennsylvania; and there are a few ma- 
Rafactures of metal buttons, and various 
brass wares. 
7 Manufactures of Lead.—Lead is found 
m Virginia and some other places, but 
she richest mines of that metal are found 
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89 5 
in Upper Louisiana, and also, it is said, 
in the adjacent country on the east side 
of the Mississippi. They are not yet 
wrought to the extent of which they are 
susceptible ; and, after supplying the wes- 
tern country, do not furnish more than 
two hundred tons annually to the Ats 
lantic states. 
The annual importations from foreign 
countries of red and white lead, amount 
to 1,150 tons. And those of lead ite 
self, and of all other manufactures of 
lead, to 1,225 tens, 
The principal American manufactures 
are those of shot, and colours of leads 
Of the first, there are two establishments 
en a large scale at Philadelphia, and anos 
ther in Louisiana, which are more than 
Sufficient to supply the whole demand, 
stated at six hundred tons a-year. Five 
hundred and sixty tons of red and white 
lead, litharge, and sone other preparas, — 
tions of that metal, are made in Phila- | 
deiphia alone. A repeal of the duty of 
one cent per pound oneead, and an equa- 
lization of that on the manufactures of 
lead, by charging them all with the two. . 
cents per pound Jaid on white and red, 
lead, is asked by the manufacturers. 
Various other paints and colours are 
also prepared in Philadelphia and some , . 
other places. ie a 
din, japanned, plated Wares.—The. , 
manufacture of tin ware is very exten=_ 
sive, and Connecticut supplies the greater, 
part of the United States with that ar-__ 
ticle; but the sheets are always imported. — 
The manufacture of plated ware, pring. 
cipally for coach makers and_ sadlers, 
employs at Philadeiphia seventy-three 
workmen; and the amount annually 
made there, exceeds one hundred thou- 
sand dollars. There are other similar 
establishments at New York, Baltimore, 
Boston, and Charleston. 
as found in 
Virginia, Kentucky, and some other of 
the western states and territories; but 
it is principally imported from the East 
Indies. The manufacture of gun-powe 
der is nearly, and may st any moment 
be made altogether, adequate to the con- 
sumption; the importation ef foreign 
powder amounting only to 200,000 
pounds, and the-exportation of American 
powder to 100,000 pounds, ‘The manu- 
facture of Brandywine, which employs a 
capital of 75,000 dollars and 36 work-_ 
men, and is considered as the most per- 
fect, makes alone 225,000 pounds an.’ 
nually, and might make 600,000 pounds, 
if there were a demand forit, Two others, | 
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Gun-Powder.—Saltpetre 
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