History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . 0th), 4001; 1844, 7090; 1845, 12,077; 1840,14,205; 1847,14,293; 1848,15,018; 1849,15,215; 18-50,18,155;1851,21,000; 1852,19,800; 1853,14,500; 18-54,11,000; 18-5-5,8624; 1850, 3723; 1857, 2015; 1858, 11,198; 1859, 11,500;1800, 93-38; 1801, 13,802; 18G2, 102,410; 1863, 217,783; 1804,276,830; 186-5, 195,-341; 1800, 200. 1860, cadet rifles made,500. 1860, rifles altered to breech-loaders (cal. .-50), 22-59 ; 1807,23,880; 1868, 27,848; 1869, 18. 1869, cadet ma
History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . 0th), 4001; 1844, 7090; 1845, 12,077; 1840,14,205; 1847,14,293; 1848,15,018; 1849,15,215; 18-50,18,155;1851,21,000; 1852,19,800; 1853,14,500; 18-54,11,000; 18-5-5,8624; 1850, 3723; 1857, 2015; 1858, 11,198; 1859, 11,500;1800, 93-38; 1801, 13,802; 18G2, 102,410; 1863, 217,783; 1804,276,830; 186-5, 195,-341; 1800, 200. 1860, cadet rifles made,500. 1860, rifles altered to breech-loaders (cal. .-50), 22-59 ; 1807,23,880; 1868, 27,848; 1869, 18. 1869, cadet made new, 500. 1870, rifles altered to breech-loaders (model 60), 500; 1870(model 08), 45,937. 1870, cadet made new (model 69), 310. 1871, rifles altered to breech-loaders, 31,992; 1872, 14,047;1S73 (cal. .45), 10,015; 1874,28,830; 1875,20,002; 1876,15,144;1877, 70-50 ?, 1878, 13,005. There have been seventeen superintendents of the armory,as follows, viz. : David Ames, from 1794 to Oct. 31,-1802 ; Joseph Morgan,from Nov. 1, 1802, to Oct. 31, 1805; Benjamin Prescott, fromNov. 1, 1805, to Aug. 31, 1813 ; Henry Lechler, from Sept. 1, ^^. DAVID AND JOHN AMES. Among the prominent manufactures which haveconduced most to New England wealth and repute,that of paper stands high. It began in the very infancy of manufacturing inthe Connecticut Valley, and to this day is continuedwith ardor and success. For more than fifty years,D. & J. Ames paper was known and used, far andwide, in the United States. They were sons of David Ames and RebeccaJohnson. The father, first superintendent of theU. S. Armory at Springfield, appointed by Presi-dent Washington, and holder of the ofiice for nineyears, came to Springfield from West Bridgewater,Mass., in 1795, and founded the business in a littlefactory on Mill River. The elder son, David, born at West Bridgewater,Aug. 25, 1792, married Mary Orr Mitchell, of EastBridgewater, daughter of Hon. Nahum Mitchell. At maturity he espoused with zeal the occupati
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