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North America. Yet none but Englijb fhips are 

 allowed to come into this port. 



PHILADELPHIA reaps the greateft profits from 

 its trade to the Weft Indies. For thither the inha- 

 bitants fhip almoft every day a quantity of flour, 

 butter, flefh and other victuals; timber, plank, 

 and the like. In return they receive either fu- 

 gar, molafles, rum, indigo, mahogany, and other 

 goods, or ready money. The true mahogany, 

 which grows in Jamaica, is at prefent almoft all 

 cut down. 



THEY fend both Weft India goods, and their 

 own productions to England; the latter are all 

 forts of woods, efpecially black walnut, and oak 

 planks for fhips; fhips ready built, iron, hides, 

 and tar. Yet this latter is properly bought in 

 New Jerfey, the forefts of which province are 

 confequently more ruined than any others. Ready 

 money is likewife fent over to England-, from 

 whence in return they get all forts of goods there 

 manufactured, viz. fine and coarfe cloth, linen, 

 iron ware, and other wrought metals, and Eaft 

 India goods. For it is to be obferved, that Eng- 

 land fupplies Philadelphia with almoft all fluffs 

 and manufactured goods which are wanted here. 



A GREAT quantity of linfeed goes annually 

 to Ireland, together with many of the fhips 

 which are built here. Portugal gets wheat, corn, 

 flour, and maize which is not ground. Spain 

 fometimes takes fome corn. But all the money, 

 which is got in thefe feveral countries, muft im- 

 mediately be fent to England* in payment for the 

 goods which are got from thence, and yet thofe 

 Aims are not fufficient to pay all the debts. 



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