A HISTORY OF American Manufactures FROM 1608 TO 1860: EXHIBITING THE ORIGIN AND GROWTH OF THE PRINCIPAL MECHANIC ARTS AND AND COMPRISING 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. TO WHICH ARE ADDED STATISTICS OF THE PRINCIPAL MANUFACTURING CENTRES, AND DESCRIPTIONS OF REMARKABLE MANUFACTORIES AT THE PRESENT TIME. IN TWO VOLUMES: VOL. I. PHILADELPHIA: EDWARD YOUNG & CO., NO. 441 CHESTNUT STREET. LONDON: SAMPSON LOW, SON & CO., 47 LUDGATE HILL. Ес |