= OF THE UNITED STATES, FROM THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR TO THE GREAT REBELLION : SHOWING THE VARIOUS CHANNELS OF INDUSTRY THROUGH WHICH THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES HAVE ARISEN FROM A BRITISH COLONY TO THEIR PRESENT NATIONAL IMPORTANCE. GIVING, IN AN HISTORICAL FORM, THE VAST IMPROVEMENTS MADE IN AGRICULTURE, COMMERCE, AND TRADE; MANUFACTURING, MACHINERY; MODES OF TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION, ETC., ETC. WITH A LARGE AMOUNT OF STATISTICAL INFORMATION, SHOWING THE COMPARATIVE PROGRESS OF THE DIFFERENT STATES WITH EACH OTHER, AND, TO SOME EXTENT, THIS COUNTRY WITH OTHER NATIONS. BY EMINENT LITERARY MEN, WHO HAVE MADE THE SUBJECTS OF WHICH THEY HAVE WRITTEN THEIR SPECIAL STUDY. Extensively Embellished with Steel and Electrotype Plate Engravings, EXECUTED BY THE FIRST ARTISTS IN THE COUNTRY, ILLUSTRATING THE PROGRESS OF THE VARIOUS NATIONAL INTERESTS TREATED OF. Style of Bank Note Engraving in the time of the American Revolution. THE FANCY TITLE PAGE ENGRAVED BY THE NEW YORK BANK NOTE COMPANY, 50 WALL STREET, N. Y., SHOWS THE PERFECTION TO WHICH THE ART HAS ATTAINED. THIS IS ONLY A FAIR SAMPLE OF THE GREAT IMPROVEMENT IN NEARLY EVERY BRANCH Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, BY L. STEBBINS, In the office of the Clerk of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Econ. Rest nat. Bib 4-827 14822 SUBJECTS AND AUTHORS. PROGRESS IN AGRICULTURE: Giving an account of the early settlement of this country, with the attendant hardships and privations; early modes of cultivating the soil; rapid advance of settlements; improvements in Agricultural Implements; in breeds of Stock, as Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Swine, Poultry, and Bees; Cultivation of Wheat, Corn, Rye, Buckwheat, Barley, Potatoes; various kinds of Grasses; Hops, Flax, Hemp, Tobacco, Silk, Fruits, &c.; the Lumber Business, together with a large amount of statistical matter. By CHARLES L. FLINT, Secretary Massachusetts Board of Agriculture; Author of "Grasses," "Forage CULTIVATION OF COTTON: Its importance in Commerce, Cheap Lands, Labor, &c., &c. STEAM ENGINE, Its invention, various improvements, manufacture, and uses, with reference to its influence upon the industry of the country, in its application to manufactures. Editor and Proprietor of the "American Engineer.” COMMERCE AND TRADE, Colonial Trade, Imperial Restriction, Emancipation of Inhabitants, Changed Interest, Manufactures, Course of Trade, Speculation, Revulsion, Bankrupt Law, English Free Trade, Revolution in France, Farmers, Gold, Ships, Tonnage, Navigation Laws, &c. IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MEANS OF TRAVEL AND Including Common Roads, Turnpikes, M'Adam, Plank, and Railroads, River and Ocean Steamers; giving a history of their origin, progress, and influence upon the growth of the country; their extent, construction, cost, &c. MANUFACTURES Of Cotton, Woollen, Paper, Leather; Boots and Shoes, Fire-Arms, Cutlery, Carriages and Coaches, Clocks and Watches, Electro-plated Ware, Pins, Refined Sugars, Silk, FireProof Safes, Bank-Locks, Glass, India-Rubber, Sewing Machines, Musical Instruments: showing the various improvements made by machinery and other means of manufacture, the extent of operations and value of productions, &c., &c. BUILDING, BUILDING MATERIALS, FISHING INTERESTS, AND FLOUR MILLS. By THOMAS P. KETTELL, For many years Editor of Hunt's "Merchants' Magazine," and Author of various Statistical Works, "History of the Great Rebellion," &c. ་ CANADA. Physical Features of Canada; Agricultural History of Canada; Agricultural Societies of Canada; Forest Industry; Northwest Territory; New Parliament Buildings at Ottawa. By HENRY YOULE HIND, M. A., F. R. G. S., Professor of Chemistry and Geology in Trinity College, Toronto; Author of "Narratives of Canadian Exploring Expeditions in the Northwest British Americas," "Explorations in Labrador," Editor of "British American Magazine," &c. TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION. Water Communications, Ocean Steamers, Early Navigation of St. Lawrence, Railways in Canada, Express Companies, Horse Railways, &c. By THOMAS C. KEEFER, Civil Engineer, COMMERCE AND TRADE Early Trade of Canada, Fur-trade, Ship-building, Lumber trade, Reciprocity Treaty, &c. By PROF. H. Y. HIND. |