  Collot, V., Journey, I., 39. "The carriage of an hundred weight from Philadelphia to Pittsburg is from $8 to $10, and from Baltimore $7 or $8. Collot, V., Journey, II., 198. "The carriage from Philadelphia to the Illinois is 12 piastres the hundred weight—the expense from Baltimore are the same. The expense from New Orleans to the Illinois, is 5 piastres the French hundred weight." Schultz, C, II., 186-187. "Return cargo from New Orleans to St. Louis or Kaskaskia is $6 a hundred. Same to Falls of Ohio—for any greater distance an additional charge of nearly 50 cents for every 100 miles." Schultz, C., I., 125. "The price of carriage over this distance (from Philadelphia or Baltimore to Pittsburg) is $5 and $6 a hundred pounds weight." Collot, V., Journey, II., 95, "The population is composed of about ten thousand souls, including free mulattoes and slaves. Winsor, J., Narrative and Critical History, VII., 535. Ibid., IX., 420. Ibid., XII., 70. Ibid., XIII., 377. Ibid., VI., 360. Ibid., VIII., 152. Ibid., X., 372. Louisiana Gasette, April 17, 1812. Ibid., April 11, 1812. Ibid., March 25, 1813. Ibid., August 11, 1814, p 3, col 1. Fordham, E. p., Travels, 192. Ibid., April 6, 1811. Ibid,. July 26, 1811. Ibid., July 13, 1811. Louisiana Gasette, May 27, 1812. Niles, Weekly Register, XII., 70. March 29, 1817. "The schedule of what is called Lower Louisiana, consisting of cotton, corn, indigo, molasses, masts and spars, planks, gunpowder, rice, sugar, shingles, soap, taffia, tallow, timber, beeswax, etc....." of the above produce is independent of Fearon, H. B., Journey, 232. "The imports of Cincinnati at this time consisted of nearly every description of English goods, and some French and India; these were received by way of New Orleans, Baltimore, and Philadelphia, chiefly the two latter cities. Some of their goods they imported direct from England, but more commonly they purchased them at Philadelphia...."
Fearon, H. B., Journey, 260. Ogden, G. W., Letters, Early W. Travels, XIX., 41. Ogden, G. W., Letters, Early W. Travels, XIX., 41. Tranchepain, Travels, 119. Niles, Weekly Register, XXXVIII., 292. Gunpowder was exported from New Orleans to Louisville in 1830, the steamboat Tigress being blown up with 300 kegs on board. Niles, Weekly Register, XL., 183, 194. Flint, T., History and Geography, Appendix, 211. See these for reference to the vast increase in trade in 1831. Ibid., I., 149. Peck, J. M., Annals, 651-652. Ibid., XI., 127. "We observe the current of emigration directed strongly toward the Territory of Missouri." Ibid., XI., 208. "Emigration powerfully sets westward. 50 wagons are said to have passed the Muskingum at Zanesville, in a day, going west." Fearon, H. B., Journey, 192. "All the emigrants with whom I conversed complained of the enormous charges at taverns." Welby, A., Visit, Early W. Travels, XII., 195-196. Says that the charges at a good English Inn would be double the amount charged in America. Faux, W., Memorable Days, Early W. Travels, XI., 171, 196-197. Complains of the expense. Fordham, E. P., Travels, 59. The wagons from Baltimore to Pittsburg, made the journey of 240 miles in 16 days. Fearon, H. B., Journey, 452-453. Faux, W., Memorable Days, Early W. Travels, XI., 198. Passage in steamboat from an eastern port to New Orleans was $200. Ibid., 188. He speaks of meeting 20 wagons containing families from Massachusetts, Jersey, and Connecticut. Reynolds, J., My Own Times, 176. James, E., Account, Early W. Travels, XIV., 59. For reference to emigrants on the Ohio. Niles, Weekly Register, XVII., 286. Ibid., XIX., 82. Mentions other inducements to emigration Reynolds, J:, My Own Times, In 1820 the price of land was reduced from $2 to $1.25 per acre. James, E., Account, Early W. Travels, XIV., 63. In 1819-1820, James says, "The difficulty of establishing an indisputable title to lands has been a cause operating hitherto to retard the progress of settlement in some of the most fertile parts of the country of Ohio, and the inconveniences resulting from this source still continue to be felt. Ibid., XXXVII., 165. Ibid., XXXVI., 304. "Owing to the great influx of emigration, provisions of all kinds are very scarce." Latrobe, C. J., The Rambler, II., 221-222. Speaks of Illinois as "a country rapidly filling with settlers." Reynolds, J., My Own Times, 304. 1830 "For several years past, a strong tide of emigration has flowed in upon us. Its wilderness has been subdued; and thriving villages and cultivated farms are now scattered over its whole extent." Flint, T., History and Geography, I., 130. Niles, Weekly Register, VI., 207. Says that 4,000 wagon loads of dry goods, groceries, etc., and 1,000 wagon loads of iron were received at Pittsburg in 1813. Ibid., X., 231. Wagons with upwards of 3,500 pounds have reached Pittsburg in 13 days from Philadelphia. Ibid., 128. The land carriage from Philadelphia to Pittsburg is from $7 to $10 per cwt. Fearon, H. B., Journey, 186,196. references to this trade. Niles, Weekly Register, XIII., 116-117. "A merchant from Marietta, Ohio, has just left this city (New York) with several tons of goods (it being his second trip,) who takes them from Albany by way of Geneva and Hamilton on the Alleghany River, to his place in the State of Ohio. This gentleman is of opinion that goods can be transported from this place to Pittsburg for considerably less than they can be taken from Philadelphia over the mountains to Pittsburg." Fordham, E. P., Travels, 75. Birkbeck, M., Notes, 34. Nuttall, T., Travels, Early W. Travels, XIII., 41. "To judge of the inland commerce carried on betwixt Philadelphia and Pittsburg, a stranger has but to view this road at the present season. All day I have been brushing past wagons heavily loaded with merchandise, each drawn by five and six horses. Niles, Weekly Register, XV., 267. "It has been estimated that three millions of dollars worth of goods were at Pittsburg on the 7th ult. (December, 1818) waiting for a rise of the waters, to descend the river, as well as a multitude of travelers and emigrants." Niles, Weekly Register, XXVII., 149. "The number of wagons loaded for Pittsburg, by a single house last year was upwards of 200; and the freight alone, at the present reduced rate, amounted to $24,000. (from Philadelphia). Hall, J., Letters, 34. Agrees with Flint's statement of the causes of the decline. Ibid., XXXI., 165. "The river remains low. But the number of heavily laden keels which arrive and depart daily, show that the improvements in the channel have been such as to secure us an uninterrupted navigation from Pittsburg westward, at the very lowest stages of the water." Ibid., XXXIV., 411. "Pittsburg goes on prosperously. The happy union of the two arms of the American system will make her great, her manufactures and the location of the Pennsylvania Canal For references to manufactures see Niles, Weekly Register, VI., 208. Ibid., XVII., 341. Ibid., VIII., 141. Thomas, D., Travels, 52. Brown, S. R. Gazetteer, 338. Fordham, E. P., Travels, 75-76, 71-72. Fearon, H. B., Journey, 203. Birkbeck, M., Notes, 33-34. Nuttall, T., Travels, Early W. Travels, XIII., 45. Ogden, G. W., Letters, Early W. Travels, XIX., 25. Niles, Weekly Register, XXIX., 180. Ibid., XXXV., 102. Hall, J., Letters, 34. Flint, T., History and Geography, I., 132, 147, 426-427. Niles, Weekly Register, XXXVI., 66. Ibid., XXXVII., 178. Ibid., XXXIV., 346. Hall, J., Notes, 270. Hall, J., Notes, 174. A period of distress in the western country which reached its height about 1819. Flint, T., History and Geography. I., 180. Niles, Weekly Register, XXXVIII., 86. Speaks of the exportation of chair and cabinet wares. Flint, T., History and Geography, Appendix, 211. From Cincinnati in 1831 the exports were over $1,000,000. Ix., 238. The Town suffered a decline in trade in 1817 and 1820 Brown, S. R. Gazetteer, 104-105. Niles, Weekly Register, XXXVII., 181. Flint, T., History and Geography, I., 431-432. | ||||
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