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No. 3: Abstract of the Produce of the Fisheries exported from the United States, from about August 20th. 1789, to September 30th. 1790
No. 3.
Abstract of the Produce of the Fisheries exported from the United States, from about August 20th. 1789, to September 30th. 1790.
| Fish dried | Fish pickled | Oil-Whale | Oil spermaceti | Whale bone | Candles spermaceti | Total Value | ||||||||
| Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | Dollars | ||
| Quintals | Dollars | Bbls. | Dollrs | Barrels | Dollrs | Barrels | Dollars | lbs. | Dollrs | lbs. | Dollars | |||
| France | 543 | 1,086 | 12 | 20 | 9,914 | 73,767 | 1,403 | 17,523 | 108,807 | 17,917 | 1,200 | 480 |  |
749,497 |
| French West Indies | 251,116 | 518,288 | 29,294 | 90,818 | 1,756 | 13,685 | 80 | 1,029 | — | — | 38,754 | 14,884 | ||
| Amt. of 1st: Class | 251,659 | 519,374 | 29,306 | 90,838 | 11,670 | 87,452 | 1,483 | 18,552 | 108,807 | 17,917 | 39,954 | 15,364 | 749,497 | |
| Spain | 72,300 | 194,457 | 280 | 813 | 593 | 4,174 | — | — | — | — | 2,896 | 1,256 | |
203,276 |
| Spanish West Indies & Florida | 824 | 978 | 300 | 886 | 5 | 38 | — | — | — | — | 1,685 | 674 | ||
| Great Britain | 5 | 10 | — | — | 1,738 | 21,048 | 3,840 | 60,000 | 1,075 | 215 | — | — | |
89,859 |
| British Wst. Indies | 1,970 | 4,114 | 795 | 3,075 | 15 | 124 | — | — | — | — | 756 | 353 | ||
| Nova Scotia | — | — | 13 | 40 | 1 | 10 | 100 | 870 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Holland | — | — | 15 | 45 | 807 | 5,683 | — | — | 5,220 | 1,050 | — | — | |
79,404 |
| Dutch Wt. Indies | 23,822 | 48,631 | 4,778 | 13,404 | 179 | 1,317 | — | — | — | — | 23,162 | 9,274 | ||
| Portugal | 18,594 | 41,306 | 69 | 242 | 4 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
55,137 |
| Portuguese Islands | 5,432 | 11,307 | 292 | 801 | 139 | 1,243 | 8 | 120 | — | — | 148 | 58 | ||
| Germany | — | — | — | — | 470 | 2,990 | — | — | 6,150 | 1,230 | — | — | 4,220 | |
| Danish Wt. Indies | 1,180 | 2,386 | 803 | 2,421 | 3 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4,834 | |
| African 1st. & Coast of Africa } | 613 | 1,324 | 147 | 564 | 6 | 42 | — | — | — | — | 165 | 66 | 1,996 | |
| Mediterranean | 2,314 | 4,628 | 6 | 36 | 135 | 700 | — | — | 29 | 5 | 328 | 150 | 5,519 | |
| Sweden | 8 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | |
| East Indies | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,285 | 529 | 529 | |
| Amt. of 2d: Class | 127,062 | 309,157 | 7,498 | 22,327 | 4,095 | 37,456 | 3,948 | 60,990 | 12,474 | 2,500 | 30,425 | 12,360 | 444,790 | |
| Amt. of both Classes | 378,721 | 828,531 | 36,804 | 113,165 | 15,765 | 124,908 | 5,431 | 79,542 | 121,281 | 20,417 | 70,379 | 27,724 | 1,194,287 | |
PrC (DLC: TJ Papers, 60: 10434); in Taylor’s hand except for “No. 3.” inserted by TJ at head of text. TR (DNA: RG 59, Record of Reports of Thomas Jefferson). MS (DLC: TJ Papers, 57: 9835); entirely in TJ’s hand. The last is an abstract showing that TJ at first contemplated using this as Appendix No. 14 and that he intended to give a mere summary contrasting the total exports of the cod and whale fisheries to France and the French West Indies with those of the rest of the world.