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55 best work in leather is done in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and the best tanning in Delaware.

Gold and silver are worked in almost all the large cities, and some of the workmanship is very well executed. There is a multitude of watchmakers and jewellers shops, but they are supplied from France, Switzerland, England and other foreign countries.

There are several manufactories of common glass, but very few of fine crystal. The manufactory in Pittsburg, in Pennsylvania, however, has been for some time past in the highest reputation. A complete service of cut dishes and bottles of all sizes, was made in it for the President of the Union, which in point of cutting may be compared with the most beautiful European glass: the quality of the glass has not the whiteness and brilliancy of that of England.

In New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia, there are various forges for working iron; and in many States of the Union, principally in those of the North, they make the most necessary implements of husbandry, carpentry and ship-joinery; but they are neither well made nor well tempered, and it is necessary to have recourse to those which are brought from Europe.

Tin ware is indifferently made in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and some other States; but copper is still badly worked, and in small quantity, because the Americans supply themselves with the