lbs. 750,000
England 19,000,000
1803. Louisiana Territory acquired, including the region
between the Mississippi river (upper and lower) and
the Mexican line.
1805. United States export to France, 4,500,000 lbs.
1807. Fulton started his steamboat.
1808. Slave trade prohibited by United States and England.
1808. Cotton manufacture established in Boston.
1810. Cotton consumed in United States, 4,000,000 lbs.
1812. Two-thirds of steam engines in Great Britain employed in
cotton spinning, etc.
1813. United States export to France, 10,250,000 lbs.
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| Great Britain Annual Import | United States' Annual |
YEARS. | and Consumption of Cotton, | Exports Cotton to Great |
| from earliest times to | Britain and Europe |
| 1858, in lbs. | generally. |
--------|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
1815 | 96,200,000 | 83,000,000 |
1816 | 97,310,000 | 81,800,000 |
1817 | 126,240,000 | 95,660,000 |
| | |
| Total Consumption. | |
1818 | 109,902,000 | 92,500,000 |
1819 | 109,518,000 | 88,000,000 |
1820 | 120,265,000 | 127,800,000 |
1821 | 129,029,000 | 124,893,405 |
1822 | 145,493,000 | 144,675,095 |
1823 | 154,146,000 | 173,723,270 |
1824 | 165,174,000 | 142,369,663 |
1825 | 166,831,000 | 176,449,907 |
1826 | 150,213,000 | 204,535,415 |
1827 | 197,200,000 | 294,310,115 |
1828 | 217,860,000 | 210,590,463 |
1829 | 219,200,000 | 264,837,186 |
1830 | 247,600,000 | 298,459,102 |
1831 | 262,700,000 | 276,979,784 |
1832 | 276,900,000 | 322,215,122
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