From “A Sincere Friend to the Prosperity of the United States”, 29 December 1804
From “A Sincere Friend to the Prosperity of the United States”
[on or before 29 Dec. 1804]
You will turn your attention to that excellent publication, the monthly Magazine for July 1804, in which you will percieve the measures taken by the London Society to encourage the growth of Hemp in Canada It is believed, that the United States ought not only to grow hemp sufficient for their own consumption, but also be able to export quantities to Europe, &c—Now that the principal men of the Union are assembled in one place, would it not be wise to try what can be done in that way?—You want something to counteract the destructive influence caused by the vast importations of British goods, &c
A sincere Friend to the Prosperity of
The United States.
RC (DLC: TJ Papers, 145:25339); undated; endorsed by TJ as an anonymous letter postmarked at Baltimore, received 29 Dec. 1804, with notation “Hemp,” and so recorded in SJL.
excellent publication: a July issue of The Monthly Magazine; or, British Register published an extensive list of premiums offered by the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce for the year 1804, several of which offered medals and cash rewards for sowing hemp in Canada and exporting it to Great Britain (Monthly Magazine; or, British Register, 17 [1804], 569-87).