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Value of Manufacturing, 1860
On a per capita basis Augusta invested nearly as heavily as Franklin in manufacturing. If only free white Augusta residents
are the basis for comparison--not total population--Augusta had a higher per capita investment. Augusta and Franklin differed,
though, on the industries they emphasized.
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Augusta |
Franklin |
| Capital Invested |
639,010 |
1,146,320 |
| Capital Invested per capita |
23 (all) 30 (white) |
27 |
| Value of Products |
915,713 |
1,722,626 |
| Capital Invested per capita |
32 (all) 42 (white) |
41 |
| No. of Blacksmiths |
17 |
27 |
| No. Persons per Blacksmith |
1,632 |
1,560 |
| No. Flour Mills |
62 |
60 |
| No. Persons per Flour Mill |
448 |
702 |
| No. Lumber Mills |
22 |
26 |
| No. Persons per Lumber Mill |
1,261 |
1,620 |
| No. Tin Makers |
2 |
10 |
| No. Persons per Tin Maker |
13,874 |
4,213 |
U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census [1860]. Population of the United States in 1860, Compiled from the Original Returns of the
Eighth Census. Washington, D.C., 1864. U.S. Census of Population, 1860. Augusta County, Virginia and Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
In U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington: National Archives
and Records Administration (Augusta: Reels 1333 and 1387. Franklin: Reels 1111 and 1112).
Edward L. Ayers and William G. Thomas, III
Value of Manufacturing, 1860
Points of Analysis to this Data:
 "Although Franklin's wealth was concentrated in its rural agricultural commodities, the county was a commercial hub with numerous
businesses and shops more densely concentrated than its Southern counterpart."
Citation: Key = E118
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