Query RE: New York State Census of 1825; and 1810 agricultural Statistics
derived from federal census of manufactures.


Hello,
        Does anyone on the list know whether there exists a statistical
summary of the state census of 1825? I know that the Secretary of State
produced published summaries for the censuses of 1835, 1845, 1855, etc.
But I have never seen one for 1825, and I was led to believe that the
state did not produce one.  Does anyone know if the statewide information
from the 1825 census might have been summarized elsewhere in some
arrangement other than a free-standing book.
        I am particularly (only) interested in the AGRICULTURAL
information from the 1825 census, summarized  by county and town.

        Indeed, I am interested in any sort of statewide agricultural
statistics that might exist for the state for 1825 or years prior.

        The state undertook a major census in 1821 and it seems that
agricultural information was collected in that census. Unfortunately,
whatever records that existed from the 1821 census were (apparently
)destroyed in the 1911 Capitol File.
        HOWEVER, I have just realized that Horatio Gates Spafford's 1824
edition of his GAZETEER OF NEW YORK incorporates much of that agricultural
data on a town by town basis. So the entries for various towns include
information on such things as amount of improved land and the number of
sheep and cattle.

        Spafford's 1813 edition of his GAZETEER (that is, the original
edition) includes 1810 agricultural information for SOME towns. I have
presumed that this information was derived from the 1810 Federal census of
manufactures. (For example, Spafford includes a table of manufacturing
data for the various counties for 1810.)
        DOES ANYONE KNOW IF THE 1810 AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION QUOTED BY
SPAFFORD CAME FROM THE 1910 CENSUS OF MANUFACTURES?
        Some of the manufacturing schedules of the 1810 census exist for
several counties
(Broome,Chenango,Essex,Genessee,Niagara,Orange,Clinton,Dutchess,Cayuga,
and Queens.) I have not seen these schedules, although they are on
microfilm available through NARA. I am, however, interested in counties
other than these, in particular Albany, Delaware, Greene, and Schoharie.
        Does anyone know if there might be a statistical summary of the
1810 manufacturing schedule (with agricultural information) that covers at
least counties, if not towns?

Thanks very much,
Ian McGiver
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