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
12000 hhds. Tobacco. 7,500 $ 500,000
10000 hhds. hams and shoulders, green 4,464 350,000
12000 hhds. and boxes bacon 2,700 210,000
4000 hhds. corn meal, kiln dried 1,700 24,000
50000 bbls. pork. 7,000 350,000
4000 bbls. beef. 535 24,000
300,000 bbls. flour 27,000 900,000
75,000 bbls. Whiskey 10,800 500,000
5000 bbls. Beans 450 7,500
3000 bbls. Cider 430 9,000
100,000 kegs of lard 2,250 250,000
25,000 firkins butter 550 125,000
2,000 bales hay 350 2,000
2,000 casks flax seed, 7 bu. to Cask. 360 4,000
3,000 bbls. linseed oil 400 57,000
5,000 boxes window glass 200 25,000
25,000 boxes soap. 560 75,000
10,000 boxes candles 225 50,000
3,000 bbls. porter 400 15,000
60,000 bbls. ginseng 27 15,000
50,000 bbls. beeswax 22 12,500
10,000 kegs tobacco 580 60,000
65,000 lbs. feathers 29 16,000
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$ 68,932 $ 3,590,000
"There are many articles of export not included in the above
schedule, such as iron, iron castings, salt, gunpowder, white
lead, and other manufactured articles, of various descriptions,
the amount of which could not be correctly estimated, for want
of adequate data. It is estimated, that produce and manufactured
articles, to the amount of upwards of one million of dollars,
have been shipped from Cincinnati and its immediate vicinity,
during the year ending in April, 1823--principally the production
of what is termed the "Miami Country". Among the articles from
Cincinnati are "types and printing materials $10,000, paper$15,000
cabinet furniture $20,000, chairs $6,000, hats $6,500." Within
the last year every store and warehouse has become reoccupied by
business men--generally by those who were unconnected with the late
embarrassments. All purchases are now made for cash, and at no
period, within the last ten years, have we witnessed so numerous
and active a population, or so great a number of new buildings in a
state of progress."
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