100 CAPTAIN ZACHARY G. LAMSON 



Table III gives the tonnage owned in 

 New England ports for the years 1800, 1807 

 and 1811. Omitting Boston, Portland re- 

 tains the lead for the three years, but 

 pushed closely by Salem and Portsmouth. 

 Boston, Portland, Portsmouth and Bath 

 show the greatest gain for the period, and 

 Salem, New Bedford, Plymouth, Wiscas- 

 set, Nantucket and Providence show a good 

 increase. Marblehead and Gloucester, the 

 typical fishing towns of New England, re- 

 flect the condition of that industry at this 

 period, while New Bedford's large increase 

 was due to accessions to her whaling fleet. 



Table IV gives the registered tonnage of 

 six representative states for the years 1800, 

 1807 and 1810. Massachusetts heads the 

 list with more than double the tonnage of 

 her nearest competitor, New York. Penn- 

 sylvania and Maryland run very close, 

 while Virginia and South Carolina have 

 about the same registered tonnage. 



Table V gives the coasting trade of the 

 same states for the same years. Massachu- 



