25S November 1748. 



and linen cloth, &c. from England, and 

 efpecially from London. 



The river Hudfon is very convenient for 

 the commerce of this city ; as it is naviga- 

 ble for near a hundred and fifty Engl/fo 

 miles up the country, and falls into the 

 bay not far from the town, on its weftern 

 fide. During eight months of the year 

 this river is full of yachts, and other great- 

 er and lefler veifels, either going to New 

 York or returning from thence, laden ei- 

 ther with inland or foreign goods. 



I cannot make a juft eftimate of the 

 /hips that annually come to this town or 

 fail from it. But I have found by the Pen- 

 fyhania gazettes that from the firft of De- 

 cember in 1729, to the fifth of December m 

 the next year, 211 {hips entered the port of 

 New Tori, and 222 cleared it ; and fince 

 that time there has been a great increafe 

 of trade here. 



The country people come to market in 

 New York, twice a week much in the fame 

 manner, as they do at Philadelphia -, with 

 this difference, that the markets are here 

 kept in feveral places. 



The governor of the province of New 

 York, relides here, and has a palace in the 

 fort. Among thofe who have been entruft- 

 ed with this poft, William Burnet deferves 



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