1John Wayles Eppes to Thomas Jefferson, 14 December 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
cotton; export of [index entry]
2To Thomas Jefferson from James Maury, 22 October 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
...grain had ceased. How astonishing has been the increase of the growth of Cotton in the United States! Twelve or fourteen years ago, I think, there were not as many bags of Cotton
exported of the growth of the U.S.A. as would load a single vessell of moderate size. The importation of the last year into this port only rather exceeded one hundred thousand bags!...