A HISTORY

OF

American Manufactures

FROM

1608 TO 1860:

EXHIBITING

THE ORIGIN AND GROWTH OF THE PRINCIPAL MECHANIC ARTS AND
MANUFACTURES, FROM THE EARLIEST COLONIAL PERIOD

TO THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION;

ANNALS OF THE INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES IN MACHINERY,
MANUFACTURES AND USEFUL ARTS,

WITH A NOTICE OF

The Important Inventions, Tariffs, and the Results of each Decennial Census.

BY J. LEANDER BISHOP, A.M., M.D.

WITH AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING

STATISTICS OF THE PRINCIPAL MANUFACTURING CENTRES, AND DESCRIPTIONS
OF REMARKABLE MANUFACTORIES AT THE PRESENT TIME.

IN THREE VOLUMES:

VOL. I.

PHILADELPHIA:

EDWARD YOUNG & CO.,

NO. 441 CHESTNUT STREET.

LONDON:

SAMPSON LOW, SON & CO., 47 LUDGATE HILL.

1866,