Scope and Content: Per St 1845, c 171, the Massachusetts General Court required municipal assessors to respond to printed forms distributed by the state secretary to report the number of establishments engaged in various categories of manufacture or other industrial processes, along with statistics of production, production value, capital invested, and persons employed.  Original returns have been lost, but data has been preserved in the published abstract required of the secretary (s 3): Statistics of the condition and products of certain branches of industry in Massachusetts, for the year ending April 1, 1845 : prepared from the returns of the assessors.  Boston : 1846.
Arrangement: Arranged by county, thereunder alphabetically by municipality
Notes: Formerly part of: Miscellaneous collection, box 84
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