[Holroyd, John Baker, Earl of Sheffield] Observations on the Commerce of the American States. With an Appendix; Containing An Account of all Rice, Indigo, Cochineal, Tobacco, Sugar, Molasses, and Rum imported into and exported from Great-Britain the last ten Years. Of the Value of all Merchandize imported into and exported from England. Of the Imports and Exports of Philadelphia, New-Y... London, Printed for J. Debrett, 1783. second edition, octavo, [4], [1] - 122, [1], iv, 18 tables, many folding, 4 pp., ads, original gray paper wrappers, edges untrimmed, text very clean, nice copy. "Pointed out superciliously the helpless position of American commerce, and thus influenced the shaping of England's trade policy from 1783 to 1789, so detrimental to American commerce and shipping interests as to contribute greatly to the formation of a Federal union, better able, than were the separate federated states, to retaliate against British maritime might." - Howes. Adams 83-83b; Howes H-616; Sabin 36231 Price: USD 750.00 other currencies   order no. 145    inquire

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