66

64

.... 598

Boston, foreign vessels arrived and cl'd, 1840-45.. 37, Buffalo robes furnished by the western fur trade, 217
arrivals and clearances, exclusive of Brit-

breadstuffs received from .............. 298
ish mail steamers, 1840-5........... 37 receipts and shipments of produce, '44-45 353
comparative tonnage of Boston, Massa- Buoyage on the East coast,........

95
chusetts, and the United States, '25-45 38

of the Gull Stream........

96
comparative imports, exports and reve- Business men, maxims for.....

482
nue of Boston and U. S. 1824-45.... 39

C.
relative per centage of all the commerce
Cables, manufactured at Manilla,..

317
of U. S. belonging to Boston & Mass., 39
Camden whip factory,...

418
voyages of British mail steamers, '40 45. 39
Canada, imports from......

309
revenue of goods imported in '40-45.... 40
Canadian imports, ..

219
ice trade in '45-6.....

40
Economist,..

220
export of domestic cotton, 1845-6....... 40 Canal, railr'd and steamb’t statistics, 609,508,209, 414
banks, condition of, at different periods, 41,42 Canals, tolls on N. Y., and Penn. 1845-46........ 490
insurance companies, condition of...... 42

Candle manufactory, sperm, Jersey City, .
risks and losses of insurance comp.

38-45 42

Canton, deliveries of Bombay cotton, 1843-45... 605
fires in, 1838-45.....

42
Carriers, by sen.,.......

556
fire and marine mutual insurance, 1845.. 43

by land, law,....

267
savings banks,..

43
Caravan trade in Berberah,...........

139
transactions in real estate, 1836-45...... 44
Casco Brig,....

290
railroads leading from

44
Cast iron, first manufac. in Michigan,..

212
valuation of real and pers'l estate, 1800-45 46
Carbonates of the alkaline earths,..

174
city debt, 1823-45

48

Causes of failure among men of business,....... 266
proportion of state tax paid by..... 49
Census of London,.....

103
aggregate population, etc......... 49
Chances of success in mercantile life,

475
comparative receipt of taxes from, and

Cheese, exported from the U. S. 1844-45,. 216
other towns,.....

50
Chinese merchant, benevolent,

521
Braider, Tuscan straw.....
319

215
Brazos Santiago, longitude of..

China, export of teas from,.
507

522
Brazilian port, anchorage duties.

Chinese opium trade,
614
Charter party,....

290
Breadstuffs received from Buffalo, Oswego and

289
Charles William, American ship.
New Orleans, 1845-46....

298
Charleston, shipping of,...

517
production and export of..
575

175
British Empire, vessels,ton, men empla 1820-45. 117 Caustic potash and soda,.

310
custom duties in India..

109

Chicago, collection district of,....
merchant seamen,...:

110
Chapters from the experience of a merchant..... 339

171
96 Chemistry applied to commerce, ........
marine society, .........

83
packet services, expenses of............ 99
Check memorandum, .......

345
exports, declared value of, 1844-6....... 188 Cincinnati steamboat tonnage, 1844,

distances between it and Norfolk, 287
import of raw materials, 1844-6........ 189

330

Mercantile Library rooins,.....
admiralty court,..

335
railways, statistics of....

freight ou flour to St. Louis,.
24S

519

imports and exports, 1845-46,.
government revenue and disb'ts, '45-46.. 315

366
statistics of the cotton trade............ 112 Claims for French spoliations,...

289
trade and commerce, statistics of....... 116 Clearance bond,....

160
Cholera, deaths by, in New York City..
Irish produce and manufactures export-
ed 1827-44....

118 Coal, product of, in the several states of Europe,. 515
silk gocds exported from the United King-

mines of Prussia,

316
dom, declared value of, 1826-45..... 120 trade, British,

121
export of woollen goods,..
121 rates of toll, &c., Reading & Phil. R. R.,. 99

286
first quarter, '46 121 product of, in Virginia and Penn........
coal trade......

121 Cochin China, ....
American provinces, merchandise draw- Coins, foreign, value in the United States........ 100
back upon....

398 Coinage of the U. 8. Miut and branches, ........ 202
commercial marine, from 1821-45,...... 413

1793-1845,....

205
American land company.

421

of the Branch Mints, from 1838 to 1845, 205
post office returns, for 1846, ............ 422 Coffee imported into U. S. from Netherlands..... 402
mail steamers between Liv'l and Boston. 320 consumed in Belgium and France, ....... 426

voyages from 1840-46..... 320 Colonial trade, vessels and tonnage, 1832-45..... 117
mercbant,.......

331
currency,..

.... 497
Broker's commission on houses sold for an adv'e

wool, duty on, 1818-45,.

310
187 Collection district of Chicago,...
on mortgage, .........
Brooklyn steamboat ferries........
518 Commerce, extension of American,

137
Brussels, bank of.......

419
of the world,....

146
Burmah, trade with....

139
and trade of St. Louis,.....

162

64

66

..... 139

6

..... 116

.... 497

............

66

Commerce and progressive wealth of Boston,.. 34 Cotton,comparative prices, from middling to fair, 410

of the great western lakes,... 348 receipts at N. Orleans, and crops in U. 8., 410
of New Orleans,..

404 weekly receipts into the U.S., 1845-46. 394
of New York,...
488 receipts, &c., 1844-46,...

395
and the art of the mechanic, ........ 108

estimated sales in New York, 1845-46.... 396
of the U. S. relative per centage be-

monthly import into New York......... 396
longing to Massachusetts,.. 39 exported from New Orleans, 1845-46... 404
and trade, statistics of British,..

compar. ann. exports, at N. O., 1837-46... 406
and industry of Italy, present state of, 19 press, .......

331
of France of Belginm,..
111 Counterfeiting labels, etc........

484
Commercial code of Spaia, No. 2,..

555 Counting-house of a Hamburgh merchant,.... 177
law, elements of.........

131 Cred. and debtor in Louisiana, law of... 71, 471, 580
Chronicle& Review, 85,488,389,296,

legislation respecting laws of,. . 425

188, 587 Creditor's liberality to a fraudulent debtor,. 218
regulations.... 92, 495, 398, 300, 194, 613 Croton Aqueduct, ficances of....

315
statistics..... ...517, 326, 214, 603 Cured provisions imported into the U. States,... 411
sketches of Sierra Leone, .......... 572 Currency of Sierra Leone.......

574
relations bet'n U. S. and Mexico, 250,310 baoking and finance, 100, 202, 419, 312,
code of Spain.........
267

497, 615
treaty between France and Belgium, 94 colonial,.....
statistics of the U. S. Macgregor's,. 60 Customs, nett revenue of, 1839-45,..

119
intere'e bet'n Amer, and Ger.States, 51

receipts, 1845-46...

208
industry......
35 Custom duties, British, in India,...

109
value of insects,..

110
house bond, action to recover on,......

84
absurdity,......

217

D.
agency, London,

522 Deaths in New York by small-pox, etc........ 166
Commission brokers,.....

... 187 Debt, policy of imprisonment for......... 330
merchants, .......

82
of Boston, 1823-45,.....

48
Comoro Islands,..........

138

imprisonment for abolished in Louisiana,.. 73
Comptroller's report on New York Banks,. 206

of the State of New York, ......

.............. 419
Concordia,

289

and revenue power of European nations... 505
Connecticut, productive industry of............ 565 Debtor fraudulent, a creditor's liberality to..... 218
manufactures and produce of...... 106 and creditor in Louisiana,... 70, 471
in 1845,..

602
and creditor,.......

.......... 425
Contract,.....

290 Denmark, reduction of tariff,.. ........... 307
Consular service, British....
618 Deposits of the U. 8. Mint, 1845,..

202
Convention, South-west, at Memphis,

63

in Savings Banks, Lowell, 1841-45,.... 212
Copper mines of Lake Superior,.

United States, amount and location,... 192
smelting, in the west,
105 Devil's Rock, Western Islands,....

507
duty on, in Prussia.....
426 Diamond dust, increased demand for..

418
Cordage and cables manufactured at Manilla,... 317

mines of Sincura,...

600
Corn exported at New Orleans, 1845-46... 406 Distillations, aromatique vegetable.....

417
* av. price in England and Wales, 1845-46 .. 591 Dividends, New York Bank, 1845-46............ 492
* in sacks, prices at New Orleans, 1842-46,.. 411 Docking ships and steamboats at New Orleans,.. 413
" compar. prod. of Ky, Va., Tenn., and Md., 286 Drawback on merchandise imported into U. 8,
" price at Baltimore, 1839-46,

214

from British American provinces... 298
duty on, 1839-45,....

119

on foreign merchandise.............. 399
Cotton, manufacture of, Connecticut,.

566
Dry dock at New Orleans,............

413
manufactured in Switzerland,

.......... 265

Domestic products consuined by Matteawan Co., 372
wool, 1841-43, .......

267

Dutchess County, manufactures of............ 376
Spanish import duties op....

496

errata, .......

522
goods exported from Boston, 1845-46.... 520 Duchy of Modena, commerce and industry of... 19
trade,....

531
of Lucca,

21
statistics of the British,..

...... 112
of Tuscany,

23
decline of at Bombay,..
Duties, British Custom, in India,.......

109
Bombay, delivered from Canton, 1813-45, 608

on tobacco, in Ger., France and Engl'd,. 54
English imports, 1811-46,...

...... 533

on foreign and colonial wool, 1818-45... 120
American consumption, 1837-46, ....... 534

on corn, 1839-45, ........

19
exports from United States, 1840-46,.. 537

on cotton, Spanish import,..

496
culture of, in India,

112
on imports in Germany,.

256
factory in Florida,...

........ 417

Duty, ad valorem, under the British tariff, 190
growing, profits of..

376
manufactures imp. into U. s., 1821-45.. 327

British export of, 1844-45,. 602 EAST INDIA CO., revenue and disbursements of... 314
average price per pound, 1790-1814,... 380 Economist, Canadian.........

220

319

....... 607

44

64

F.

...... 418

46

66

.... 108

u

&G

....... 120

.... 520
.... 164

Edinburgh merchant, anecdote of............... 522 Exports of Virginia, 1838-40, ................... 282
Education of a man of business, ............... 381 and imports of Sierra Leone, ............573
Elements of commercial law,.................. 131
Enterprise of Massachusetts manufacturers,..... 213

FACTORY, cotton, in Florida,..

417
Endorsers,........................

82

whip, in Camden.....
England, revenue and expenditure of.... ....... 100

Factories, wages of women in................. 212
summary of savings banks in......... 102

trading, at Sierra Leone,............ 573
population of all the cities, 1841....... 103
Failure in business, causes of...

260
county towns, '41, 104
Fair, national, at Washington,

181
Yankee notions in.........
Ferries, Brooklyn steamboat.

513
accidents on railways, 1840-45,....... 97
Fever, yellow...

160
reduction of National Debt of........ 313
Fieri facias, writ of......

74
duty on tobacco in.......

54

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

497, 615
tobacco smuggling in,...

521

Finances of the Croton Aqueduct,...... 315
Bank of........

397, 422
of the United States, 1844-46,-

208
securities and deposits,. ..... 588 Fire and Marine mutual insurance, Boston, 1845,. 43
Spanish flour in,..

331
" insurance in New York,

109
income and expenditure,..
616 Fires in Boston, 1838-45,....

42
and Wales, av. price of corn,........ 591 Fish, Preserved, biography of...

582
English railroads, receipts, 1843-45. 97, 460 Fisheries, Marblehead......

112
Erie Canal ond Western Railroad,
209 Fishkill Creek manufactories,....

376
* Railroad,..

359 Flax manufactured in U. S., 1821-45,........... 113
transportation of milk on. 210

compar. prod. in Va., Ky., Tenn., and Md., 286
Europe, production of coal in...

515
Florida cotton factory,....

417
quotation of wheat in....... 397 Flour, Spanish, in England....

331
tobacco business in.......

607

freight from St. Louis to Cincinnati,..... 355
compar. view of the commerce of..... 616

comparative prices at N. Orleans, 1842-46, 410
European nations, revenue and debts of........ 505

inspection at Baltimore, 1840-46, ........ 412
Experience of a merchant,.

339

arrival at tide water, and value at New
Exchange,...

217, 485, 396
York, 1844-45,.........

391
Export of British silk goods, 1826-45,-

prices of Genesee, at New York,
woollen goods,
............. 121

trade of St. Louis,....
British, first quarter, 1846,-

121
price of, at Baltimore, 1839-46,.

214
of the United States, 1790-1845, ........ 114

in bond, in Great Britain,...

88
of foreign mdze. from U. S. 1821-45..... 116

barrels of, exported from U. 8., 1840-45,.. 90
British and Irish produce, etc., 1827-44... 118 Foreign banking establishments......

419
from New Orleans and Mobile, 1844,.... 65

ports, passengers arr. at N. Y., 1827-45... 161
compar. of Boston and U. 8., 1824-45,... 39

nations, relative naval power,

151
of teas from China,...

215
France, consumption of coffee in......

426
of lard and cheese from the U.S., 1844-5, 216

average rates of railroad fare,

246
from Great Britain to the U.S.. ...... 219

duty on tobacco in........

54
declared value of British, 1844-46,.. 188

exports to, 1845,.

58
of the port of New York,

192

commercial treaty with Belgium,....... 94
of Cincinnati, 1845-46.......u

519
commerce of, with Belgium, ..

111
value of New York................... 488 French islands of St. Peter ond Miquelon,... 216
of tobacco from Virginia,...

518
spoliations .....

366
from Europe and America beyond Care

Francs and sterling in New York, 1843-46,.... 492-3
of Good Hope,.....

480
Fraudulent debtor,.......

218
of cotton goods from Boston, 1845-46 ... 520 Free trade association at Montreal,.

220
of colton from the U.S., 1844-46....... 395 Freights arrived at St. Louis, 1844-45,.

108
of from New Orleans, 1841-46,.... 404 Freight, rates of.....

396
of tobacco"

1841-46,.... 405

on coal, Phila. and Reading Railroad,.. 99
1841-46..... 405 Fulton, Robert, first voyage,....

468
of cotton, tobacco,"
1837-46..... 406 Fur trade, Westeru,.

217
of molasses

1844-46,.... 406
of flour, pork, bacon, Jord, beef, lead,

520
whiskey, and corn, 1845-46....
........ 406 GENESSEE flour, prices in New York.

419
357 Genoa, Bank of........
of Ohio, 1845,..
of bread-stuffs from New York, 1845-45,. 392 Georgia Railroad and Banking Company

319
of tobacco to Great Britain, 1841-45,.... 296 Georgia iron mines,...
of Germany, 1844-45,..

256 German Zollverein,........

255

........ 255
. 397

Manufacture, export and consumption of Imports into the United Kingdom, ........
cotton goods, 1843....

257

of coffee from the Netherlands.... 402
Prod'n, imp't and esp't of wool, '34-43..... 258 at New Orleans, inland, 1841-46....... 407
Import and export of silk goods...... 258

cured provisions into the U. S.......... 411
Germany, duty on tobacco in....

54
raw materials, British........

189
consumption of tobacco in....... 54

of goods from G. Britain to U.S., 1845. 190
import of American produce, 1843-44.. 54 at port of New York........... 192

increase of com'l intercourse with U.S. 51 comparative, of Boston and U. S. '24-45 39
Glass, transparent and malleable,...

319

American produce into Germany, '43-44 54
tumblers, manufacture of pressed...

...... 418

into the United States, 1790 to 1845.... 114
Glenham woollen factory...

374
of Germany, duties on...

256
Gobelin manufactory, French...

107

and exports of Germany, 1844-45 256
Gold, annual deposits at United States Mint.... 203 of wool, 1834-43,

258
Grain trade of Great Britain......

216
of silks, 1834-43....

258
in bond in Great Britain.....

88
of cotton wool, 1841-43..

267
average price of......

88

of New York and Virginia, 1821-32.... 281
monthly export from New York, 1843-45. 89 into Europe and America, from places
Grand Duchy ofTuscany, com'ce and industry of 23 beyond the Cape of Good Hope...... 480
Great Britain, grain in bond in....

88
at Cincinnati, 1845-46..

519
import of tobacco from U.S. '41-5. 296

of Sierra Leone.....

573
grain trade of.....
216 Imprisonment for debt, policy of....

330
export of goods to U. S., 1845.... 190

abolished in Louisiana.. 73
Greenbush and 'Troy Railroad
98 India, British, custom duties in........

109
Gronskars, light-house on...................... 201

culture of cotton........

112
Guadaloupe, Pointe-a-Petre............ 96 Indian Archipelago.

140
Gull Stream,

.......... 96, 507 Indian corn (see Corn).
Gunpowder, law for dealers in......... 92 Indian mounds..

480
H.
Industry, manufacturing, in Pisa.......

26
and commerce of Italy...

19
HAMBURGH, Bank of....

419

manuf'g, in the State of New York.. 369
merchant in his counting-house,... 177 Insects, commercial value of.......

110
Hanse Towns, exports to..........

58 Inspection of tobacco in Virginia......... 518
Hardware trade, frauds in........

425
beef and pork, law of.............

185
Harsimus curled hair & h'rcloth manuf'y. 598

flour at Baltimore, 1840-46........ 412
Hartford and New Haven Railroad ............ 51

tobacco, law in Louisiana

....... 195
Havana, department of Hydrography. 506 Institute, American, Nineteenth exhibition..... 514
Hemp, comparative product of Virginia, Ken- Institution, Provident, for savings in Bos'n, '29-45 43
tucky, Tennessee and Maryland..... 286 Insurance, marine........

586, 486
" manufactures of imported into U.S. '21-45 113 profits and premiums of life.

227
Highland Mills..........

375

companies, Boston, condition of...... 42
Home consumption, silks entered 1814-44....... 119

risks and losses of 1838-45.....

42
foreign silks retained for 1826-32..... .... 120 fire and marine mutual, 1845.

43
Honduras, new light on the south point of...... 507 rights of stockholders in....

585
new light on Island of.. .......... 507

fire, New York.

109
Hops and malt, concentrated extract of........ 319

life, illustrations of..

424
Hort, Dr., his views on contagious diseases. . 158, 159 Internal improvements of Virginia..

273
Hospital, marine, patients treuted in 1799-45.... 161 Internal improvement.....

63
Hudson River steamers, speed of........ 99 Intervention, petition of......

74
Hudson River, aggregate receipts of lending arti- Invention in the United States, progress of...... 417
cles at tide-water, 1845-46,. 490 Ireland, savings banks in........

102
Hudson and Berkshire Railroad....

325
produce exported, 1827-44..

118
Hydrography, department of, at Havana........ 506 Iron manufacture of Connecticut..

567
I.
" mines of Georgia.....

319
Ice TRADE of Boston, 1845-46..................

Iron and steel imported into the U. S...

328
40
Illinois, lend mines in......

manufacture, American.. 213
105
Iron foundry, Jersey City....

598
umigration into the United States............ 210

manufacture of G. Britain....

599
Import duties on cotton, Spanish ....

496
Islands, western, Devil's Rocks........

507
Imports into the United States from Canada.... 309
Canadian,......
Italy, commerce and industry of..

19
219
of United States, 1821-45............. 327

J.
cotton manufactures......
327 JAPAN ....,

141
iron and steel manufactures, 1821-33... 328 Java, production and exports of........

328
unmanufactured, '21-45. 328 Jersey City, its resources and manufactures 597
and duties at New York.....

393
iron foundry.....

598

66

66

..........

......

20

..........

......

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.....

74

Switzerland..... 265

of wool imported into U. 8. *25-45. 326
K.

of silk in New England ...... 318
KENTUCKY, agricultural products of...

....... 286

of cotton imp'd into U. 8. 1821-45. 327
tobacco

..... 607

of iron and steel into U. 8. 1821-33. 328
Key, Storm, revolving light on................ 506

of wool in Turkey,....... 317
Knoll on the Pansand.......

95 Manufactures and mining, journal of.. 105, 212,

316, 416, 514, 597
L.

and cotton-growing, profits of....... 376
LABELS, counterfeit.....

84

and products of Connecticut... 565, 106
Lake Superior, mines of..

105

British and Irish exports, 1827-44... 118
copper mines..

319

of hemp and flax imp'd in U.S. '21-45 113
Lake marine, its increase in 1845.............. 356

of silk ret'd for home cons'n.. "26-32 120
Lakes, vessels employed on the................

65

of cast iron in Michigan... 212
commerce of the great western......... 348

American iron and sleel........... 213
reveque collected on the northern, '43-45. 359

of Dutchess Co........

522
above Niagara Falls, vessels on, 1845.... 355

of Jersey City....

597
Lancaster, port of...

311
in Tenoessee

598
Lard trade of St. Louis.....

165

of iron in Great Britain............ 599
" 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.......

75

Madeira
" of debtor and creditor in Alabama....... 580

Lucca..............

22
" of creditor and debtor, Louisiana...... 70, 471

Pisa................

26
4 commercial, elements of................ 131 Marblehead fisheries.................

112
“ of beef and pork inspection....
185 Marine insurance..

586, 486
" of carriers by sea.......

556

increase of Lake, 1845......... 356
Laws and regulations, quarantine..

152 hospital of N. York, patients, 1799, 1845. 161
Lead mines of Illinois....

107
society, British.

96
" trade in the west..........

516
of Madeira..........................

20
Legal tender in U. 8.........

615
Lucca...

22
Liability, advertising...

487

mutual insuraoce of Boston, 1845...... 43
Libel on a charter party.......

290 Maritime law.... ............................ 75
Liberality to a fraudulent debtor.....

218 Maryland tobacco....... ............ 607
Life insurance, profits and premium of......... 227 Massachusetts railroads, 1845.................. 554
illustrations of...

424

administrations of..... 234
Light, Bermuda.......

311 Matteawan manufacturing company........... 370
Island of Honduras.....

507 Maxims for merchants and business men....... 482
on the Gronskars....

201 Mechanie, art of the......

....................... 108
on Bermuda..........

96 Memphis, convention at........
on Stone Key.........

506 Mercantile miscellanies.. 109, 217, 330, 423, 521, 617
Lights on Banks' Strait.......

311

law cases..... 82, 185, 289, 384, 485, 585
Liverpool and Boston mail steamers,..

320

library rooms of Cincinnati......... 330
customs, rev. of.. 313

and naval biography...

........... 582, 446
London, census of 1841.......

103

law, chances of success in.......... 475
Long Island Railroad.........

414 Merchandise imp'd into the U.S. drawback on.. 398
Louisiana, steamboat tonnage, 1844........... 366

foreign, drawback on............. 399
tobacco inspection law............. 195

imp'd, re-exp'd and cons'd, 1821-45. 115
law of debtor and creditor....... 70, 471

foreign, re-exp'd from U.8.1831-45. 116
Lowell, amount dep'd in savings banks, 1841-45. 212 Merchant, patron of fine arts .........

80
Lucca, Duchy of....

21
a large and liberal..

331
population, ...........

21
the British...

331
productions, etc.........

experiences of a.

339
M.
Hamburgh.....

177
anecdote of Edinburgh..

522
MACGREGOR's statistics of United States....... 60

benevolent Chinese.

521
Madeira wine trade, decrease of............... 112 Merchantable goods....

83
Magnetic telegraph, extension of..............
513 Merchants, commission.

82
Mail steamers, American Atlantic....

51
Merchant seamen, British...

110
British, voyages of 1845. 39 Merchants' bank, John Randolph..

103
320 Merchants and business men, maxims for....... 480
Mail steam packet company, Royal........ 509 Merchant service of Sierra Leone.

572

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