VII. Exports from Eight Northern States before 1776, [ca. 1784]
VII. Exports from Eight Northern States before 1776
[ca. 1784]
Before the late revolution, the eight states, from Delaware to New-Hampshire inclusive, exported to the West Indies, Great Britain and Ireland
| £ sterl. | ||||
| Flaxseed | 60,000 | ![]() |
These articles are still received in Gr. Britain and Ireland, as formerly. Bounty taken off, but not subject to Aliens duty. |
|
| Pot-ash | 50,000 | 210,000 | ||
| Furs | 100,000 | |||
| Naval stores | 75,000 | 75,000 | ||
| Shipping | 200,000 | 200,000 | Prohibited. | |
| Whale-oil | 200,000 | 200,000 | Pays a duty amounting to a prohibition. | |
| Lumber | 80,000 | ![]() |
These articles we formerly carried to the West Indies: but being now restrained to British bottoms, they are scarcely carried there at all and may be considered as prohibited. | |
| Live-stock | 100,000 | |||
| Flour | 360,000 | |||
| Wheat | 50,000 | |||
| Indian corn | 20,000 | 610,000 | ||
| Spermaceti | 20,000 | ![]() |
Articles formerly carried to the West Indies, but now expressly prohibited. | |
| Fish | 125,000 | |||
| Beef and Pork | 30,000 | |||
| Slaves | 50,000 | 225,000. | ||
| Total | 1,445,000 | £ sterl. |
The same states exported moreover to other parts of the world
| £ sterl. | |||
| Flour | 240,000 | ||
| Wheat | 100,000 | ||
| Indian corn | 7,000 | ||
| Fish | 125,000 | 472,000 | £ sterl. |
Great-Britain Ireland and the West-Indies then took off three fourths of the exports of these eight states. They now take the three first articles only, being one tenth.
MS (DLC: TJ Papers, 36: 6238); in TJ’s hand; undated but perhaps compiled about 1784. PrC (DLC: TJ Papers, 59: 10125–6).

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