6

Edinburgh merchant, anecdote of.............. 522 Exports of Virginia, 1838-40,.
Education of a man of business,..

282

66
381
131

and imports of Sierra Leone,..
F.

..573

FACTORY, Cotton, in Florida,..

82

Elements of commercial law,..................
Enterprise of Massachusetts manufacturers,..... 213
Endorsers,.

England, revenue and expenditure of........... 100

whip, in Camden.............
Factories, wages of women in.................
trading, at Sierra Leone,..

66
summary of savings banks in......... 102
population of all the cities, 1841....... 103 Failure in business, causes of..................

44

66

54

county towns, '41, 104

108
Yankee notions in.....
accidents on railways, 1840-45,....... 97
reduction of National Debt of........ 313
duty on tobacco in..................

Spanish flour in,........

income and expenditure,..

66

Fair, national, at Washington,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ferries, Brooklyn steamboat...................
Fever, yellow....

Fieri facias, writ of.......

premium for exchange on............ 217 Finance, currency and banking, 100, 202, 312, 419,

74

..... 521 Finances of the Croton Aqueduct,.....
397, 422 46 of the United States, 1844-46,........ 208
...... 588 Fire and Marine mutual insurance, Boston, 1845,. 43
"insurance in New York,.

331

......... 616 Fires in Boston, 1838-45,.

and Wales, av. price of corn,........ 591 Fish, Preserved, biography of...

109

42

66 transportation of milk on........ 210 compar. prod. in Va., Ky., Tenn., and Md., 286
Europe, production of coal in..

515 Florida cotton factory,...

417

397

Flour, Spanish, in England..........

331

607

46

616

339

217, 485, 396
.... 120

..... 355
freight from St. Louis to Cincinnati,.
comparative prices at N. Orleans, 1842-46, 410
inspection at Baltimore, 1840-46,........
arrival at tide water, and value at New
York, 1844-45,.

412

391

prices of Genesee, at New York,

......

520

121

64

trade of St. Louis,...

164

price of, at Baltimore, 1839-46,.

in bond, in Great Britain,...

88

of the United States, 1790-1845,........ 114
of foreign mdze. from U. S. 1821-45..... 116
British and Irish produce, etc., 1827-44... 118
from New Orleans and Mobile, 1844,.... 65
compar. of Boston and U. S., 1824-45,... 39
of teas from China,........

215
of lard and cheese from the U. S., 1844-5, 216
..... 219
from Great Britain to the U. S...

declared value of British, 1844-46,..

barrels of, exported from U. S., 1840-45,.. 90
Foreign banking establishments,..

66

419

ports, passengers arr. at N. Y., 1827-45... 161
151 .
nations, relative naval power,.................................

France, consumption of coffee in.........
average rates of railroad fare,.

46

duty on tobacco in.....

188

192

519

of the port of New York,.

of Cincinnati, 1845-46,.....

exports to, 1845,........

426

246

54

58

commercial treaty with Belgium,....... 94

commerce of, with Belgium,..

488 French islands of St. Peter and Miquelon,..... 216

spoliations,.......

..... 366
Francs and sterling in New York, 1843-46,.... 492-3
480 Fraudulent debtor,.......

of cotton goods from Boston, 1845-46,... 520 Free trade association at Montreal,.

of cotton from the U. S., 1844-46....... 395 Freights arrived at St. Louis, 1844-45,.
from New Orleans, 1841-46,.... 404 Freight, rates of.....

218

220

..168

396

1841-46,.... 405
on coal, Phila. and Reading Railroad,.. 99
1841-46,.... 405 Fulton, Robert, first voyage,....
1837-46,.... 406 Fur trade, Western,....

1844-46,.... 406

46 of flour, pork, bacon, lard, beef, lead,

whiskey, and corn, 1845-46,...................

04 of Ohio, 1845,....

66

Gr.

468

.. 217

406 GENESSEE flour, prices in New York.......... 520
357 Genoa, Bank of.......

of bread-stuffs from New York, 1845-46,. 392 Georgia Railroad and Banking Company

Manufacture, export and consumption of

Imports into the United Kingdom,..

..... 397
of coffee from the Netherlands........ 402
at New Orleans, inland, 1841-46....... 407
cured provisions into the U. S.......... 411
raw materials, British........ ....... 189
of goods from G. Britain to U. S., 1845. 190
at port of New York...........
192
comparative, of Boston and U. S. '24-45 39
American produce into Germany, '43-44 54
into the United States, 1790 to 1845.... 114
of Germany, duties on.....
256

and exports of Germany, 1844-45 ................ 256
of wool, 1834-43,..

of silks, 1834-43...

.......

of cotton wool, 1841-43...

258

...... 258
.... 267

of New York and Virginia, 1821-32.... 281
into Europe and America, from places
beyond the Cape of Good Hope...... 480
at Cincinnati, 1845-46.................................. 519
of Sierra Leone.....
573
Imprisonment for debt, policy of..........

88

46

import of tobacco from U.S. '41-5. 296
grain trade of.......... ....... 216
export of goods to U. S., 1845.... 190

Greenbush and Troy Railroad
Gronskars, light-house on............................................
Guadaloupe, Pointe-a-Petre....

Gull Stream,..................

...... 201

.....

Gunpowder, law for dealers in....

H.

330

abolished in Louisiana.. 73
98 India, British, custom duties in................ 109
culture of cotton.....
96 Indian Archipelago....
96, 507 Indian corn (see Corn).

92 Indian mounds.......

112

140

480

merchant in his counting-house,... 177 Insects, commercial value of....
Hanse Towns, exports to.................................................. 58 Inspection of tobacco in Virginia.....
Hardware trade, frauds in................

Harsimus curled hair & h'rcloth manuf’y. 598
Hartford and New Haven Railroad
......... 512
Havana, department of Hydrography.
506
Hemp, comparative product of Virginia, Ken-
tucky, Tennessee and Maryland..... 286
manufactures of imported, into U.S. '21-45 113
375
Highland Mills......................
Home consumption, silks entered 1814-44....... 119
foreign silks retained for 1826-32........ 120
Honduras, new light on the south point of...... 507
24 new light on Island of.....

flour at Baltimore, 1840-46........ 412
tobacco, law in Louisiana ....... 195
Institute, American, Nineteenth exhibition..... 514
Institution, Provident, for savings in Bos'n, '29-45 43
Insurance, marine..........
586, 486
profits and premiums of life.................. 227
companies, Boston, condition of...... 42
risks and losses of 1838-45.....

life, illustrations of.......

64

46

46

42
fire and marine mutual, 1845......... 43

....

424

273

63

Hops and malt, concentrated extract of........ 319
Hort, Dr., his views on contagious diseases.. 158, 159 Internal improvements of Virginia...
Hospital, marine, patients treated in 1799-45.... 161 Internal improvement.....
Hudson River steamers, speed of...........

Hudson River, aggregate receipts of leading arti-
cles at tide-water, 1845-46,....
Hudson and Berkshire Railroad...
Hydrography, department of, at Havana..

I.

ICE TRADE of Boston, 1845-46................ 40
Illinois, lead mines in......

Tramigration into the United States............ 210
Import duties on cotton, Spanish.............. 496|
Imports into the United States from Canada.... 309
Canadian,.......

219
of United States, 1821-45............. 327
cotton manufactures....... ......... 327 JAPAN

iron and steel manufactures, 1821-33... 328 Java, production and exports of........

213

598

599

507

19

141

328

unmanufactured, '21-45. 328 Jersey City, its resources and manufactures..... 597

26

and duties at New York............. 393' 46 iron foundry...

598

Journal of m'ng & manuf's, 105, 514, 316,416,212,597 Malt and hops, extract of.........

........... 319

bank'g and currency, 100,202,312,419,497 Manilla, manufactures of cables and cordage.... 317
Judiciary of Louisiana.....
71 Manufacture of cotton goods in Germany, 1843..257

Jury trial in Louisiana....................

K.

Switzerland..... 265
of wool imported into U. S. '25-45. 326

of silk in New England........
....... 318

of cotton imp'd into U. S. 1821-45. 327
of iron and steel into U. S. 1821-33. 328
⚫of wool in Turkey,.......

506
.. 317
95 Manufactures and mining, journal of.. 105, 212,
316, 416, 514, 597
and cotton-growing, profits of....... 376.
and products of Connecticut... 565, 106
British and Irish exports, 1827-44... 118
of hemp and flax imp'd in U.S. '21-45 113

of silk ret'd for home cons'n.. '26-32 120

84
105

....... 319
...356

65

commerce of the great western......... 348
revenue collected on the northern, '43-45. 359
above Niagara Falls, vessels on, 1845.... 355
Lancaster, port of...................................................... 311
Lard trade of St. Louis....

..... 165

"exported from United States, 1844-45..... 216 Manufacturers of Massachusetts, enterprise of... 213
Law cases, mercantile.... 585, 82, 185, 289, 384, 485 Manufacturing industry of New York State..... 369
maritime....

68 law of debtor and creditor....... 70, 471

Lowell, amount dep'd in savings banks, 1841-45. 212 Merchant, patron of fine arts.......
Lucca, Duchy of.........

Mints, U.States branch, annual coinage, '38-'45. 204 New Russian tariff...............................................................................
65 New south shoal.......

28 New York and the railroad enterprise..

ral products, 1840.............. 285
railroads, 1845......
Niagara Falls, vessels on the lakes above, 1845.. 353
Norfolk, distances between it and Cincinnati.... 287
Notes, promissory......
82, 384

Population of N. York, Va. and West, 1790,1840 285

of cities in England and Wales..... 103

statistics of.............. 210, 103, 502 Railway smoking saloon,..........

66 exported from New Orleans, 1845-6.......406
Post office, British, returns for 1846.....
Potash, amount of, in pearl-ash and soda

..........

Propeller, application to steam,............................................