1From John Jay to Grenville, Project for a Treaty with Great Britain, 30 September 1794 (Jay Papers)
...—Tin, Iron, Lead, Copper, Brass, Coals—as also Wheat and Barley and Flour, and every kind of Corn and Pulse—Tobacco and all kinds of Spices,—Salted and Smoked Flesh, Fish, Cheese, Butter, Beer, Cyder, Oil, Wines, Sugar, Salt, and all kinds of provisions whatever which serve for sustenance and food to mankind. All kinds of Cotton, Flax, Hemp, Cordage Cables, Sails, Sail-cloth— Tallow,...