The Ohio River Trade, 1788-1830Shaw, Hazel Yearsley
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The Ohio River Trade, 1788-1830
Shaw, Hazel Yearsley
Ohio River -- History; Ohio River Valley -- History
New Orleans, in 1815, received shipments of Kentucky and Tennessee
flour. Cincinnati also carried on quite an extensive trade with
this city, having sent to New Orleans, in this year, one large
barge of 170 tons carrying 1600 barrels of flour, weighing 342,400
pounds, besides sundry other articles;[404] and receiving in return,
sugar, cotton, and coffee.[405] New Orleans, in 1816, exported to
Cincinnati, sugar, molasses, copperas, shad, mackerel, codfish,
queensware, logwood, and Swedish iron;[406] receiving flour and
pork from Cincinnati.[407] Orleans cotton was selling in Pittsburg
from 33 to 34 cents, and sugar at 25 cents wholesale prices.[408] A
writer in the "Register" says, "I venture to say, that when the
official papers shall be published, the fact will appear, that a
much greater value of goods will be exported from New Orleans in
the first year after the proclamation of peace, than from all the
"Nation of New England...." meaning of native products. 112 vessels
were at one time working up the river."[409]
The following is an estimate of the products received at New
Orleans, independent of what was furnished by Louisiana. The amount
given was carried in 594 flat bottomed boats and 300 barges from
the Western States and Territories.
Apples 4,253 bbls.
Bacon and hams 13,000 cwt.
Bagging 2,579 pieces
Beef 2,459 bbls.
Beer 439 bbls.
Butter 509 bbls.
Candles 358 boxes
Cheese 30 cwt.
Ginseng 957 bbls.
Hay 356 bundles
Hemp yarn 1,095 reels.
Hides 5,000
Hogs 500
Horses 375
Lead 3,500 cwt.
White lead 188 bbls.
Linens, coarse 2,500 pieces
Lard 2,458 bbls.
Oats 4,065 bu.
Paper 750 reams.
Cider 646 bbls.
Cordage 400 cwt.
Cordage baling 4,798 coils
Corn 13,775 bu.
Corn Meal 1,075 bbls.
Cotton 37,371 bales
Flaxseed Oil 85 bbls.
Flour 97,419 bbls.
Pork 9,725 bbls.
Potatoes 3750bu.
Powder, gun 294 bbls.
Saltpetre 175 cwt.
Soap 1,538 boxes.
Tallow 160 cwt.
Tobacco 7,282 hhds.
" Mfgd. 711 bbls.
Carrots 8,200
Whiskey 320,000 gal.
Bear Skins 2,000
Peltries 2,450 packs.
"Besides a quantity of horned cattle, castings, grind stones, indigo,
muskets, merchandise, paoan nuts, peas, beans, etc.[410]"
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