Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. I
The Natural produce & Staple Commodities of this Province are Wheat, Indian Corn, Oats, Rye, ease Barley an(l Buck Wheat, Live Stock, Masts & Spars, Timber & Lumber of all sorts, Produce sia-^ n e Furrs Skins, Beeswax, Iron Ore, Pork, Beef, Flour, Pot & Pearl Ashes.--And its ManuS e »Ma M«i: ufactures. fac tu re s are, the making of Pig and Bar Iron, Distilling of Rum and Spirits, Refining of Sugar, and making Chocolate; from Molasses, brown Sugar and Cocoa imported. The Making of Soap and Candles, Hats, Shoes, Cordage and Cabinet Ware, Tanning, Malting, Brewing & Ship '
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GOV. TRYON'S REPORT ON THE PROVINCE OF NEW-YORK.
The Annual Amount of the above mentioned Articles Exported (Hats excepted) an average Four Hundred Thous d Pounds Sterling.
value of those Exported,
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Question No. 12.
What Mines are there? Answer.
There are few Mines yet discovered in the Province.
--One of Iron Ore
in the
in the County of Albany belonging to Robert Livingston Esquire,
Mines.
Manor of T 'vingstou
--Another of Iron
also
in Orange County, the property of Vincent Matthews Esquire and one in the Manor of Philipsburgh
in the County of Westchester lately leased for 99 years (pursuant to the
Philispe Esquire.
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It is
Royal Order) to Frederick
called a Silver Mine, but from the small Quantity of Silver the
Ore has
hitherto yielded, may perhaps more properly be classed among the Richer sort of lead Mines.
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Works belonging to the First are carried on to great advantage. Question No. 13.