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Valuation Committee, Dec. 25th, 1840.
Ordered, That the several Reports of the County Delegations on the value of Cotton, Woolen, and other Machinery, be printed for the use of the Committee.
Attest—
CHAS. CALHOUN, Clerk. \
je !of COUNTY OF ESSEX.
In Andover, 7 Woolen Fac. with 12.961 spind. at $20 pr sp. $259,220 t t it tt tt tt “ Haverhill, 1 1,290 at 20 25,800 it I f it tt
COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX. In Lowell, 26 Cotton Fac. 168,622 spind. at $22 pr sp. $3,709,684 Hopkinton, 3 tt tt 3,276 tt at 8 tt 26,208 Newton, 2 tt tt 5,712 t t at 11 tt 62,832 Shirley, 3 tt tt 2,268 it at 8 tt 18,144 Townsend, 1 tt tt 226 tt at 8 it 1,808 Waltham, 3 it tt 11,488 tt at 15 tt 172,320 Watertown, 1 tt tt 704 tt at 11 tt 7,744 Weston, 1 tt tt 512 t t at 10 tt 5,120 4
In Lowell, 7 Woolen Factories, 6,960 spind. at $30 pr sp, $208,800 “ B illerica, 2 1 “ 1,176 “ at 12 “ 14,112 “ Chelmsford, 1 « “ 892 “ at 14 “ 12,488 “ Concord, 1 1 “ 752 “ at 12 . '? 9,024 “ Dracult, 1 “ “ 1,900 “ at 13 “ 24,700 “ Framingham ,4 « “ 5,500 “ at 18 1 99,000 tl Holliston, 1 » “ 391 “ at 11 “ 4,301 “ Shirley, 1 “ “ 64 “ at 12 “ 768 “ Slow, 2 “ “ 1,350 » at 14 “ 18,900 ** Lowell, 2 Printing Works, 200,000 “ Watertown, 1 § tl 12,000 “ IF. Cambridge, 1 “ tt 5,000 “ Lowell, 1 Card Factory, 20 machines, 5,000 “ IF. Cambridge, 2 “ “ $5,000 each, 10,000 “ Framingham,,1 Paper Mill, with 3 engines and Fourd. mach. 11,000 U " tt 1 “ (C it £ a and cylinder “ 7,000 “ Groton, 1 “ C6 t< 4 it and Fourd. “ 10,000 u Lowell, 1 “ U *6 4 and cylinder “ 7,000 “ Natick, 1 “ u it 4 « 15,000 M Newton, 1 “ p U Q tt and 2 Fourd. “ 35,000 tt «6 1 “ ii ti Q it and 1 Fourd. and 2 cylind. “ 20,000 tt tt 1 “ a 1 2 1 and cylinder “ 3,500 tt U 1 “ it U 2 “ and “ “ 3,500 “ Shirley, 1 “ 6( <6 3 « and “ “ 4,000 “ Sudbury, 1 “ (i tt 4 it and Fourd. “ 9,000 “ Pepper ell, 1 S U a 3 cc and cylinder “ 3,000 (l U i’1. 1 “ U tt 4 u and “ “ 7,000 <1 « 1 “ ce h h and “ “ 11,000 “ Watertown, 1 “ it tt 3 tt and “ “ 8,000 “ Waltham, 1 “ et burnt down, power and privilege,t 2,000
COUNTY OF WORCESTER Ashburnham, 1 Cotton Mill, 768 spindles, a $7, $5,376 Athol, ' 1 “ without machinery, 2,400 1 Paper Mill, 3,400 Auburn, 2 Woolen Mills, without machinery, 10,000 1 Paper Mill, 1,200 B arre, 1 Cotton Mill, 2,500 spindles, a 7, 17,500 1 Woolen Mill, 769 spindles, a 15, 11,535 5
Charlton, 1 Thread Mill, 652 spindles, a 3 50, 2,282 D ouglas, 2 Cotton Mills, 4,000 spindles, a 7, 28,000 D udley, 1 Woolen Mill, 570 spindles, a 12, 6,840 2 “ 885 spindles, a 16, 14,160 2 “ 1,290 spindles, a 18, 23,220 Fitchburg, 1 “ 480 spindles, a 17, 8,160 1 “ 850 spindles, a 18, 15,300 i 318 spindles, a 16, 5,088 1 Cotton Mill, 1,880 spindles, a 8, 15,040 1 “ 860 spindles, a 10, 8,600 i 360 spindles, a 5, 11,580 i 480 spindles, a 3, 1,440 £ “ machinery, 1,000 1 Paper Mill, 3,500 1 “ 4,000 1 “ 4,500 Hardwick, 1 “ with Fourdrinier machine, 5,500 Harvard, 1 “ 3,000 1 “ 3,000 1 “ 1,200 Holden, 1 Cotton Mill, 1,790 spindles, a 6, 11,740 1 “ 1,400 spindles, a 6, 8,400 1 | 1,600 spindles, a 8, 12,800 1 “ 1,400 spindles, a 6, 8,400 1 “ 284 spindles, a 6, 1,704 1 Woolen Mill, 300 spindles, a 12, 3,600 i m 180 spindles, a 14, 2,520 Grafton, 1 Cotton Mill, 3,680 spindles, a 10, 36,800 1 “ 3,200 spindles, a 11, 35,200 1 “ 1,225 spindles, a 7 50, 9,187 1 “ 2,300 spindles, a 10, 23,000 1 “ 1,214 spindles, a 11, 13,354 1 Woolen Mill, 900 spindles, a 18, 16,200 L eicester, 1 “ 1,070 spindles, a 18, 19,260 1 “ 560 spindles, a 24, 13,440 1 “ 130 spindles, a 16, 2,080 1 “ 240 spindles, a 18, 4,320 1 “ 1,070 spindles, a 18, 19,260 1 Card Factory, 1,425 1 “ 1,570 6
L eicester, 1 Card Factory, $640 1 “ 5,200 1 “ 175 Leominster, 3 Paper Mills, 15,000 Lancaster, 1 Cotton Mill, 6,500 1 “ 6,000 1 “ no looms, 1,500 1 Woolen Mill, 2,000 Mendon, 1 Cotton Mill, 576 spindles, a 3, 1,728 1 “ no machinery, 1,200 1 “ no looms, 256 spindles, a 10, 2,560 1 “ 552 spindles, a 10, 5,520 Cotton machinery, 664 spindles, a 5, 3,320 1 Cotton Mill, 15,000 spindles, a 9, 135,000 1 Woolen Mill, 500 spindles, a 12, 6,000 1 510 spindles, a 10, 5,100 1 Satinet “ 1,080 spindles, a 10, 10,800 1 Woolen“ 560 spindles, a 12, 6,720 1 Satinet “ 984 spindles, a 7, 6,888 1 Woolen Mill, 1,608 spindles, a 6, 9,648 1 Card Manufactory, 800 1 “ 800 1 “ 800 1 800 1 800 M ilford, 1 Woolen Mill, 600 spindles, a 11, 6,600 Norihboro', 1 Cotton Mill, 1,024 spindles, a 11, 11,264 1 “ 1,132 spindles, a 8, 9,056 Northlridge, 2 “ 3,300 spindles, a 7, 23,100 1 1,200 spindles, a 8, 9,600 1 “ 2,700 spindles, a 8, 21,600 1 Woolen Mill, 900 spindles, a 8, 7,200 N.Brookfield, 1 “ 144 spindles, a 12, 1,728 Oxford, 1 | 900 spindles, a 18, 16,200 1 Satinet Mill, 282 spindles, a 14, 3,948 1 Woolen Mill,—•no machinery, 10,000 1 | (l 10,000 1 Thread Mill, 1,720 spindles, a 6, 10,320 1 Cotton Mill, 1,876 spindles, a 7, 13,132 1 1,124 spindles, a 8, 8,992 7
Oxford, Lot of machinery, 128 spindles, a $3, $384 Lot of Woolen do. 750 spindles, a 5, 3,750 Petersham, 1 Cotton Mill,—-no machinery, 600 Phillipston, 1 Woolen Mill, 230 spindles, a 12, 2,760 1 Cotton Mill, 1,500 spindles, a 6, 9,000 Princeton, 1 I no return of 1839, 1,000 Royalston, 1 Woolen Mill, 1,114 spindles, a 10, 11,140 1 “ 140 spindles, a 8, 1,120 Rutland, 1 « 120 spindles, a 10, 1,200 Southboro', 1 Woolen Mill, 80 spindles, a 20, 1,600 1 James Rice, 60 spindles, 700 Spencer, 1 Woolen Mill,-—no machinery, 1,000 Sturbridge, 1 Cotton Mill,—-no machinery, 1,000 1 Batting Mill, 250 2 Cotton Mills, 7,936 spindles, a 9, 71,424 2 1,892 spindles, a 8, 15,136 1 “ 500 spindles, a 3, 1,500 Southbridge, 1 Woolen Mill, 2,400 spindles, a 24, 57,600 1 Cotton Mill, 2,688 spindles, a 10, 26,880 1 “ 3,180 spindles, a 8, 25,440 1 3,712 spindles, a 5, 18,560 1 “ 1,628 spindles, a 6, 9,768 1 Woolen Mill,-—valued 3,000 1 Cotton Mill, 600 spindles, a 5, 3,000 Templeton, 1 Woolen Mill, 1,386 spindles, a 15, 20,790 Sutton, 1 Cotton Mill, 3,772 spindles, all, 41,492 3 5,218 spindles, a 9, 46,962 1 Woolen Mill, 495 spindles, a 12, 5,940 1 “ 450 spindles, a 12, 5,400 TJpton, 1 “ 360 spindles, a 12, 4,320 W arren, 1 Cotton Mill, 1,204 spindles, a 6, 7,224 1 Woolen Mill, 140 spindles, a 12, 1,680 Uxbridge, 1 Satinet Mill, 690 spindles, a 14, 9,660 1 Woolen Mill, 300 spindles, a 15, 4,500 2 Cotton Mills, 8,000 spindles, a 10, 80,000 1 Satinet Mill, 1,020 spindles, a 12, 12,240 1 Woolen Mill, 294 spindles, a 15, 4,410 1 “ 488 spindles, a 15, 7,320 W. B oylston, 2 Cotton Mills, 3,300 spindles, a 8, 26,400 2 3,552 spindles, a 8, 28,416 8
W. Boylston, 1 Cotton Mill, 900 spindles, a $9, $8,100 1 if 432 spindles, a 9, 3,888 1 it 360 spindles, a 10, 3,600 1 it 256 spindles, a 7, 1,792 Webster, 1 it 2,304 spindles, a 6, 13,824 2 it 4,092 spindles, a 10, 40,920 2 <1 2,556 spindles, a 8, 20,448 2 Woolen Mills, 1,320 spindles, a 19, 25,080 Winchendon, 1 li 720 spindles, a 16, 11,520 1 Cotton Mill, 3,354 spindles, a 8, 26,832 W orcester, 1 Woolen Mill, 360 spindles, a 12, 4,320 1 Cotton Mill, 1,200 spindles, a 8, [9,600 Woolen machinery, 210 spindles, a 12, 2,520 Cotton machinery, 1,176 spindles, a 3, 3,528 1 Woolen Mill, 390 spindles, a 20, 7,800 1 Satinet Mill, 450 spindles, a 12, 5,400 1 Woolen Mill, 120 spindles, a 13, 1,560 1 ft 120 spindles, a 12, 1,440 1 ft no machinery, 1,000 1 if ft ft 1,200 1 Cotton Mill, 1,488 spindles, a 8, 11,904 1 tf no machinery, 1,800 1 Paper Mill, 1,800 1 ft 13,100 M illbury, 1 Woolen Mill, 840 spindles, a 12, 10,080 1 ft 480 spindles, a 20, 9,600 I ft 720 spindles, a 15, 10,800 1 ft no machinery, 7,500 1 Cotton Mill, 1,840 spindles, a 5, 9,200 1 ft 1,148 spindles, a 4, 4,592 1 ft 1,024 spindles, a 5, 5,120 I Satinet Mill, no machinery, 2,000 Machinery in Paper' Mill, 6,000 1 Paper Mill, 3,000
COUNTY OF HAMPSHIRE. In Amherst, 3 Woolen Factories, 1,048 spindles, a $9 per sp. $9,432 1 Paper Mill, with 2 engines, 1 cylinder machine, 3,500 1 « 1 “ 1 “ 2,500 9
Selchertown, 1 Cotton Batting Factory, 84 spindles, a $6, $504 Cummington, 1 Cotton Factory, 600 spindles, a $3, 1,800 3 small Woolen do. 570 “ a 6, 3,420 Easthampton, 2 “ “ Factory Buildings, no spindles or looms returned,—not in operation, 800 Enfield, 2 Cotton Factories, no looms, 640 spindles, a $7, 4,480 1 Woolen “ satinet, 646 “ a 8, 5,168 1 Card H 30 machines, 7.500 Granby, 2 Woolen “ satinet, 454 spindles, a 10, 4,540 H adley, 1 Card “ 3 machines, 750 1 Wire “ small, 1,250 Middlefield, 2 Woolen “ 830 spindles, a 10, 8,300 Northampton, 3 “ “ 1,500 “ a $13 per spind. 19,500 1 Satinet I 150 “ a 7, 1,050 1 Silk “ (failed,) 1.500 1 Paper Mill, 7 engines, 1 cylinder machine, and 1 steam drier, 13.000 1 2 “ and 1 cylinder machine, 3.500 1 I 1 1 2,100 Norwich, 1 Cotton Factory, 91 spindles, a $7, 637 Plainfield, 3 small Woolen Factories, 288 “ a 6, 1,728 Southampton, 1 “ 90 “ a 7, 630 S. Hadley, 2 Woolen Factories, (satinet, 1 not used,) 608 spindles, a $6, 3,648 1 small Pearl Button Factory, 500 1 Paper Mill, 12 engines, 2 cylinder machines, 17.000 1 “ 8 “ 2 1 13.000 1 “ 2 “ 1 “ “ 3.500 Ware, 2 Cotton Factories, 7,056 spindles, a $10, 70,560 1 Woolen “ 1,600 “ (not used,) a 8, 12,800 WilliamsVg, 4 small Woolen Factories, 580 spindles, a 10, 5,800 1 Button Factory, 5,000 1 Pen 500 G reenwich, 1 Scythe “ 2,400 1 small Woolen Factory, 600
COUNTY OF HAMPDEN. B landford, 2 Woolen Factories, 240 spindles, a $10 pr sp. 2,400 1 Paper Mill, 2,500 2 10
Brimfield, 1 Cotton Factory, 1,332 spindles, a $8 ]pr sp. $10,656 Chester, 3 “ “ 1,812 “ a 8 a 14,496 Holland, 2 “ “ 1,682 “ a 10 a 16,820 Ludlow, 2 fi “ 8,088 “ a 12 a 97,056 Monson, 2 “ 3,304 jjj a 10 a 33,040 3 Woolen “ 1,406 “ a 10 a 14,060 Palmer, 2 Cotton “ 22,520 SI a 12 a 270,240 1 Woolen “ 580 “ a 7 a 4,060 Russell, 1 Cotton “ 80 “ a 6 a 480 Springfield, 8 “ “ 41,968 “ a 16 a 671,488 1 Woolen 360 “ a 15 a 5,400 4 Paper Mills, 34,800 2 Card Factories, 38 machines, a 250, 9,500 Wales, 1 Woolen Factory, 432 tspindles, a 15 tt 6,480 W estfield, 2 Paper Mills, at $3,500, 7,000 W. Springfield, 1 Cotton Factory, 3,420 “ a 12 it 41,040 if 2 Woolen “ 228 “ a 10 2,280 1 Paper Mill, 8,500
COUNTY OF FRANKLIN.
Coleraine, 1 Cotton Factory, 4,500 spindles, a $3 50, 15,750 tt tt 1 1,149 “ a 6J, 7,277 1 <( tt Conway, 2 1,624 “ a 8, 12,992 1 Woolen “ 486 “ a 15, 7,290 Ashfield, 1 ...it « 120 “ a 8, 960 a it E niing, 1 240 “ a 10, 2,400 it it Greenfield, 1 1,500 “ a 15, 22,500 tt it Leverett, 1 120 “ a 7, 840 a it Rowe, 1 240 “ a 15, 3,600 Shelburne, 1 : it. M 160 “ a 10, 1,600 Warwick, 1 tt a 120 ” a 7, 840 a a Whately, 3 548 “ a 12, 6,576
COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE. Adams, 13 Cotton Mills, 16,736 spindles, at $5, 83,680 Note.—1 Cotton Mill recently burned, with (esti- mated) 1,620 spindles deducted. 4 Woolen Mills, 1,866 spindles, at $8J, 15,861 11
Cheshire, 1 Cotton Mill, 1,000 Íspindles, a <15, $5,000 Dalton, 2 Woolen “ 1,344 ft a 10, 13,440 Egremont, j tt it 160 tt a ■7, 1,120 Hancock, 1 Cotton “ 720 tt a 5, 3,600 2 Woolen “ 360 tt a 8, 2,880 Hinsdale, 2 “ “ 990 tt a 8, 7,920 Lee, 1 Cotton “ 888 tt a 5, 4,440 New Marlboro' ,1 Woolen “ 80 “ 2 looms, a 7, 560 Otis, ^ ft it 72 . no l’ms, a 3, 216 Pittsfield, 2 “ “ 1,500 tt a 6, 9,000 6 Woolen “ 2,590 tt a 9, 23,310 G. Barrington, 4 Cotton “ 6,020 tt a 5£, 33,110 2 Woolen “ 999 it a 8*. 8,492 Sandisfield, 2 <( tt 104 tt a 8, 832 Stockbridge, 2 Cotton “ 3,780 it a 6, 22,680 2 Woolen “ 1,530 tt a 81, 13,005 Williamstown, 2 Cotton “ 1,790 tt a 6, 10,740 1 Woolen “ 216 it a 8, 1,728 Adams, 2 Bleacheries and Print Works, a 11,575 Lee, 16 Paper Mills :—
F o u rd ri- C y lin d e r S te a m F ir e D ry W a te r N o. E n g in e. Value. nier value. v a lu e . D ryer v a l. e r v a lu e . v a lu e . T o ta l.
1 3 4,000j - 300 400 300 $5,000 1 3 4,000 - 300 -- 300 4,600 1 2 3,000 - 300 - 400 200 3,900 1 2 3,000 - 300 -- 200 3,500 1 2 3,000 - 300 1,000 - 200 4,500 1 1 2,000 - 300 - - 100 2,400 1 3 4,000 - 300 - - 300 4,600 1 2 3,000 - 300 -- 200 3,500 1 6 7,000 1,200 .- 400 600 9,200 1 3 4,000| - 300 1,000 - 200 5,500 1 2 3,000 - 300 - 400 200 3,900 1 2 3,000 - 300 . 400 200 3,900 1 2 3,000| - 300 1,000 - 200 4,500 1 2 3,000 - -- - 200 3,200 U 4 5,000| - j 300 1,000 700 11,000 u 3 4,000 - \ $72,200
Dalton, 2 Paper Mills, 12,000 12
New M arlborough, 1 Paper Mill, $6,000 Note.—2 mills returned in New Marlborough, one probably by mistake. Tyringham, 1 Paper Mill, 3,000
COUNTY OP NOKFOLK.
Bellingham, 2 Cotton Factories, 2,072 spindles, a $9, $18,648 B raintree, 1 “ U 1,000 il a 9, 9,000 Canton, 3 1 gg 1,760 it a 9, 15,840 Dedham, 2 | tt 4,054 it a 12, 48,648 Dorchester, 2 “ it 4,500 u a 12, 54,000 Foxborough, 3 “ a 1,816 it a 8, 14,528 Franklin, 6 | if 3,578 it a 9, 32,202 M edway, 7 “ u 3,784 a a 9, 34,056 Needham, 1 | tt 1,700 tt a 11, 18,700 Sharon, 3 “ it 1,272 tt a 9, 11,448 Stoughton, 3 “ tt 566 tt a 8, 4,608 Walpole, 5 1 if 1,744 tt a 9, 15,696 Wrentham, 7 “ ft 2,785 tt a 9, 25,056 Bellingham, 1 Woolen ft 520 tt a 14, 7,280 B raintree, 1 Satinet it 150 tt a 14, 2,100 Canton, 2 Woolen (i 2,085 tt a 18, 38,700 Dedham, 3 tt 1,400 tt a 20, 28,000 Foxborough, 2 Satinet it 576 tt a 14, 8,064 M edway, 1 Woolen it 288 tt all, 3,168 Sharon, 1 (i 165 tt a 14, 2,310 Stoughton, 1 Satinet it 390 tt a 16, 6,240 W alpole, 4 Woolen it 1,270 tt a 16, 20,320 Wrentham, 1 t< 60 tt a 20, 1,200 B raintree, 2 Paper Mills, 15,000 Dedham, 2£ “ $6,400 each, 16,000 Dorchester, 4 it a 5,750 it. 23,000 M ilton, 2 “ “ 8,500 it 17,000 it Needham, 6 “ " 6,500 39,000 W alpole, 2£ » “ 17,700 1 Linen Factory, 200 Spindles, a $8, 1,600 Needham, 1 Printing Work, 700 13
COUNTY OF BRISTOL.
Fall River, 10 Cotton Fac. 30,730 spindles a $18 pr sp. $553,140 Taunton, 7 tt tt 21,376 it a 15 tt 320,640 Pawtucket, 6 tt (( 15,418 ft a 15 tt 231,270 Attleborough, 7 ft tt 10,888 tt a 12 tt 130,656 D ighton, 2 ft tt 3,460 ft a 12 it 41,568 Fairhaven, 2 it it 1,752 tt a 12 tt 41,024 W estport, 1 it tt 3,800 tt a 12 tt 45,600 Easton, 3 tt tt 1,272 tt a 10 tt 12,700 Mansfield, 6 it it 4,338 ft a 10 tt 33,380 Norton, 4 tt it 1,968 tt a 10 tt 19,680 Rehoboth, 2 ft tt 1,840 tt a 10 ft 18,400 Seekonk, 3 it it 3,564 tt a 10 it 35,640 The above estimates are made, including machinery, water-power, and buildings. Mansfield, 1 Woolen Factory, 180 spindles, a $15 $2,700 Fall River, 1 “ “ 2,300 “ a 25 55,300 D ighton, 1 “ “ 420 “ a 15 6,300 Attleborough, Print works, 8,000 Fall River, 2 “ “ a $80,000 each, 160,000 Pawtucket, 1 “ “ 50,000 Taunton, 1 “ “ 90,000 F air Haven Paper Mill, 3,000 Swansey, 2 “ “ 3,000 Taunton, 2 “ “ 3,000
COUNTY OF PLYMOUTH. In Duxbury, 2 Woolen Factories, 350 spind. and 10 looms, at $17 1-7 per spindle, 6,000 “ Halifax, 1 Cotton Factory, 356 spind. at$5prsp. 1,780 1 Woolen “ 600 “ 32 looms, at $15 per spindle, 9,000 10,780 “ Kingston, 1 Cotton Fac.., 728 spind. a $6 pr sp. 4,368 « Marshfield, 2 “ “ 1,778 “ 46 looms, a 9 “ 16,002 “ M iddleboro’ 2 “ 2,609 “ 75 " a 10 “ 26,090 14
“ Plymouth, 5 Cotton Fac. 4,161 spind. 89 looms, a$9prsp.$37,449 “ Plympton, 1 “ | 1,050 “ 35 “ a $8 per spindle, 8,400 1 Woolen “ 312 “ 16 looms, a $17 per spind. 5,314 13,714 “ Wareham,. 2 Cotton “ 2,078 “ 12 loqms, a $6 pr sp. 12,468 1 Paper Mill, 8,000 “ Bridgewat'r. 1 « 8,092
COUNTY OF BARNSTABLE. In Harwich, 1 Cotton Factory, of 468 spindles, a $3 per sp. 1,404 “ Falmouth, 2 Woolen “ of 780 “ a 15 “ 11,700 '