Ingham, S. D. Salt Works - United States : Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a Report of the Number and Nature of the Salt Works established in the United States, &c., &c. Washington: U. S. Congress, 1830. First Edition. [12294]
Removed, no wrapper, 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches, 77 clean pp. Good. Pamphlet.
21st Congress, 1st Session, Ho. of Reps. Treas. Dept. Doc. no. 55.
Charts relating the production of salt in the United States, by States and Districts.
Lists where manufactured, no. of persons employed, "number of feet of evaporating surface," capital employed, average number of bushels produced, "estimated quantity consumed in the fisheries," average price, no. of proprietors. Also, many letters, describing different salt works in great detail.
An interesting research item for this supremely important early American manufacture.
