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INTRODUCTION. 



South Carolina, and Georgia, exported flour, wheat, and Indian corn the southern States chiefly the 

 latter. In feet, during that period the chief commerce of the Atlantic States consisted in the exporta 

 tion of grain to Spain, Portugal, and the West India islands; for in those days Great Britain exported 

 more than she imported, as may be inferred from the fact that in 1804 the value of the grain exports 

 to Great Britain amounted to only $59,120 the nucleus of a trade that in 1863 amounted to upwards 

 of fifty-six millions of dollars. 



Before the Revolution the grain trade of the colonists constituted their chief commerce. A con 

 siderable quantity of grain was exported to the West Indies, but the principal markets were Spain 

 and Portugal. The exports of wheat, flour, &c., from Pennsylvania for the years 1729, 1730, and 

 1731, were as follows: 



In 1739 South Carolina exported 20,165 bushels of Indian corn and peas. In 1742 the price of 

 wheat in New York was 3s. Qd. per bushel. 



The following table shows the amount and value of the flour and grain exported from the United 

 States to foreign countries from 1849 to 1863 : 



TABLE D. 



Amount and, value of grain andjlour exported from the United States to foreign countries, from 1849 to 1863. 



(Compiled from official documents of the United States.) 



