Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Millions of Bricks, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Annual

Shannon Adjusted The Data For Years Ending July 5 (E.G., 1814) To The Corresponding Calendar Years By Taking Half Of Year Ending July 5, 1814 And Adding It To Half Of Year Ending July 5, 1815. He Called Year Ending Jan. 5, 1850, Calendar Year 1949. Source: H.A.Shannon, "Bricks--A Trade Index, 1785-1849, " Sources (Manuscript Records In The Customs House To 1840 And G.R.Porter, The Progress Of The Nation (Ed. 1851), P. 538) Show Data For Years Ending July 5Th For 1785-1815 And January 5Th Thereafter.

This NBER data series a02072 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 2 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter02.html.

NBER Indicator: a02072