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Author: United States. Dept. of State.
Title: Report of the secretary of state, on the subject of the cod and whale fisheries, made conformably to an order of the House of Representatives of the United States, referring to him the representation of the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on those subjects; February 1, 1791.
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Print source: Report of the secretary of state, on the subject of the cod and whale fisheries, made conformably to an order of the House of Representatives of the United States, referring to him the representation of the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on those subjects; February 1, 1791.
United States. Dept. of State., Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826., United States. Congress (1st, 3rd session : 1790-1791). House.
Philadelphia:: Printed by Francis Childs and John Swaine., M,DCC,XCI. [1791]
Subject terms:
Cod fisheries -- Massachusetts.
Fisheries -- United States.
Fishery policy.
Whaling -- United States.
Industries -- Massachusetts
United States -- Commerce.
URL: https://name.umdl.umich.edu/N18440.0001.001
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REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
—No. I.— An historical View of the COD-FISHERIES of France, England and the United States.
—No. III.— ABSTRACT of the Produce of the FISHERIES, exported from the United States, from about August 20th, 1789, to September 30th, 1790.
—No. IV.— ABSTRACT of articles imported into the United States from British colonies, for one year, commencing the 15th August, 1789, and ending on the 14th August, 1790, as far as the accounts have been rendered.
—No. VII.— An historical View of the WHALE-FISHERIES of HOLLAND, ENGLAND, and the UNITED STATES.
—No. VIII.— M. JEFFERSON, Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States.
—No. IX.— An ACT of the King's Council of State, for the encouragement of the com|merce of France with the United States of America.
ARTICLE I.
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—No. X.— ARRET of the King's Council of State, prohibiting the importation of fo|reign whale and spermacaeti oil into his kingdom, 28th September, 1788.
—No. XI.— ARRET of the King's Council of State, excepting whale and other fish oil, and also whalebone, the product of the fisheries of the United States of America, from the prohibition contained in the arret of the 28th of Sep|tember last.
—No. XII.—
—No. XIII.— Extract from a Memorial presented to the States General in 1775, by a Committee of the Merchants engaged in the Whale Fishery.
—No. XIV.— ABSTRACT of LIVE STOCK exported from the United States, from about August 20th, 1789, to September 30th, 1790, from returns in the Treasury-Office.
—No. XV.— GRAIN and FLOUR imported from the United States of America, into the ports of France, in the year 1789,—from an official statement.
—No. XVII.— ABSTRACT of the Tonnage of foreign Vessels entered in the Ports of the United States, from Oct. 1st, 1789, to Sept. 30, 1790.