1820 Census of Madison County Manufacturing

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“1820 Census of Madison County Manufacturing,” Madison Historical, accessed December 22, 2024, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/items/show/564.

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This is a transcribed copy of the 1820 federal census of Madison County manufacturing. The page this was taken from lists seven Illinois counties; this copy only lists Madison County. It describes four manufacturing establishments in Madison County that manufacture flour, whisky, lumber, and leather, including various details such as number of workers and business profit and expenses. Please note that at the time of the 1820 census, Madison County was much larger than its current boundaries. See Border History of Madison County.

• United States Census Bureau
• Digest of Accounts of Manufacturing Establishments in the United States, and of their Manufactures: 1820 (Washington: Gales & Seaton, 1823), 31.

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