Travels Through North America 



15. — An Account of the Number of Ships and Brigs 

 built in the Ports of the United States, in the Year 

 1772, compared with the like Vessels building in the said 

 States in 1789.* 



States. 







1772. 



1 



789. 







Vessels. Tons. 



Vessel 



3. Tons. 











6 













5 





























Total of the N. Englan 



d Provinces 



123 



18,149 



11 



O 



New York 





15 



1,640 











I 



80 



1 



20O 







18 



2,897 





2,966 







8 



1,626 



5 



1,200 







7 



933 







North Carolina 





3 



253 







South Carolina 





2 



213 











5 



753 









Total 



182 



3 1 



* In the account of ships and brigs built in the ports of the 

 United States in the year 1772, there is no specification of the num- 

 bers built in each of the New England provinces, but a total only 

 of the number and tonnage of vessels built in all these provinces; 

 nor was any account given of the tonnage of the eleven vessels 

 building in the provinces of New Hampshire and Massachusetts 

 Bay in 1789. So that it is not possible to make a comparison of the 

 quantity of tonnage of which the vessels in the foregoing table con- 

 sists. 



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