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many places, and it is faid they fend more 

 fhips from thence to London, than they do 

 from Philadelphia, They export to that 

 capital all the various forts of fkins which 

 they buy of the Indians, fugar, logwood, 

 and other dying woods, rum, mahogany, 

 and many other goods which are the pro- 

 duce of the JVeJi Indies 'y together with all 

 the fpecie which they get in the courfe of 

 trade. Every year they build feveral fhips 

 here, which are fent to London, and there 

 fold ', and of late years they have fhipped a 

 quantity of iron to England. In return 

 for thefe, they import from London fluffs 

 and every other article of Englijh growth 

 or manufad:ure, together with all forts 

 of foreign goods. England, and efpecial- 

 ly London, profits immenfely by its trade 

 with the American colonies ; for not only 

 "New York, but likewife all the other En- 

 glijh towns on the continent, import fo 

 many articles from England, that all their 

 fpecie, together with the goods which they 

 get in other countries, mufl altogether go 

 to Old England, in order to pay the amount, 

 to which they are however infufficient. 

 From hence it appears how much a well 

 regulated colony contributes to the increafe 

 and welfare of its mother country. 



New York fends many fhips to the Weft 



Indies 



