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No. 7: 1 February 1791
No. 7.
An Historical View of the Whale Fisheries of Holland, England, and the United States.
| Holland | England | Holland | England | |||||||
| 1578 | Basques 25. | 1758 | 159 | 52 | ||||||
| 1612 | 2 | 1759 | 155 | 34 | ||||||
| 1615 | 11 | 4 | 1760 | 154 | 40 | |||||
| 1620 | 7 | 1761 | 161 | 31 | ||||||
| 1663 | 202 | 1762 | 165 | 28 | ||||||
| 1669 | 138 | 1763 | 30 | |||||||
| 1670 | 148 | Hamburg abt. 350 | 1764 | 161 | 32 | |||||
| 1678 | 120 | Eng. bounty 6/. | 1765 | 165 | 33 | America, 150. | ||||
| 1683 | 242 | 1766 | 167 | 35 | ||||||
| 1686 | 189 | 1767 | 165 | 39 | ||||||
| 1688 | 214 | 1768 | 160 | 41 | ||||||
| 1692 | 32 | 1769 | 152 | 44 | ||||||
| United States | ||||||||||
| North | South | Tons. | ||||||||
| viz 13,820 North | ||||||||||
| 14,020 South | ||||||||||
| 1702 | 224 | 1770 | 150 | 50 | 183 | 121 | 4059 men. | |||
| 1713 | 93 | 1771 | 150 | 50 | ||||||
| 1715 | Americans begin | 1772 | 131 | 48 | ||||||
| 1721 | 260 | Hamburg 79. | 1773 | 134 | 55 | |||||
| Basques. 20. | ||||||||||
| 1725 | 226 | 12 | 1774 | 130 | 65 | |||||
| 1726 | 218 | 14 | 1775 | 129 | 96 | 177 | 132 | Eng. bounty 500£. | ||
| 1727 | 202 | 16 | 1776 | 123 | 91 | 400£. 300£. | ||||
| 200£. 100£. | ||||||||||
| 1728 | 182 | 18 | 1777 | 116 | 77 | Dutch bounty 30ƒ | ||||
| a Man. | ||||||||||
| 1729 | 184 | 20 | Basques. 27. | 1778 | 111 | 71 | ||||
| 1730 | 168 | 22 | Basques 33 | 1779 | 105 | 59 | English bounty | |||
| 30/ | ||||||||||
| 1731 | 164 | 22 | America 1300, Tons | 1780 | 82 | 52 | ||||
| on their own Coast | ||||||||||
| 1732 | 176 | 21 | 1781 | 34 | English bounty | |||||
| 40/ | ||||||||||
| 1733 | 184 | 2 | Basques 15 to 20 | 1782 | 38 | |||||
| Eng. bounty 20/ | ||||||||||
| 1736 | 191 | 1 | Basques 10 to 12 | 1783 | 55 | 47 | ||||
| 1737 | 196 | 1784 | 62 | 93 | France 4. Ships | |||||
| North | South | |||||||||
| 1744 | Eng. bounty 30/ | 1785 | 65 | 154 | 18 | |||||
| Basques 5 or 61 | ||||||||||
| 1748 | 94 | 1786 | 67 | 153 | Eng. bounty 30/ | |||||
| 1755 | 181 | 66 | Eng. bounty 40/ | 1787 | 67 | 217 | 38 | 91 | 31 | viz. 5820 tons |
| North. 4390 tons | ||||||||||
| South. 1611. men. | ||||||||||
| France 3 Ships | ||||||||||
| 1756 | 186 | 67 | 1788 | 69 | 222 | 54 | 91 | 31 | France 17 | |
| 1757 | 180 | 55 | 1789 | 178 | 91 | 31 | Hamburg 32 | |||
PrC (DLC: TJ Papers, 60: 10440); in Taylor’s hand except for “No. 7.” inserted by TJ at head of text. Dft (DLC: TJ Papers, 233: 41624); entirely in TJ’s hand; contains one variation not in other texts (see note 1). FC (DLC: TJ Papers, 233: 41657); entirely in TJ’s hand. Tr (DNA: RG 59, Record of Reports of Thomas Jefferson).
1. Dft reads: “Basques 5. or 6. War begun. Here the English success begins.”