Note 46 — PAPERS ON AMERICAN SUBJECTS BEFORE THE REVOLUTIONARY TROUBLES. (continued 2)
Reading edition
An Account of the Value of the Exports from England to Pensylvania, in one Year, taken at different Periods, viz.
In 1723they amounted only to£. 15,992194
1730they were48,59275
173756,69067
174275,29534
174782,404177
1752201,6661911
1757268,42666
N. B. The accounts for 1758 and 1759, are not yet completed; but those acquainted with the North American trade know, that the increase in those two years has been in a still greater proportion; the last year being supposed to exceed any former year by a third; and this owing to the increased ability of the people to spend, from the greater quantities of money circulating among them by the war.