A view of the United States of America, in a series of papers, written at various times, between the years 1787 and 1794, / by Tench Coxe, of Philadelphia; ; interspersed with authentic documents: the whole tending to exhibit the progress and present state of civil and religious liberty, population, agriculture, exports, imports, fisheries, navigation, ship-building, manufactures, and general improvement.

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A view of the United States of America, in a series of papers, written at various times, between the years 1787 and 1794, / by Tench Coxe, of Philadelphia; ; interspersed with authentic documents: the whole tending to exhibit the progress and present state of civil and religious liberty, population, agriculture, exports, imports, fisheries, navigation, ship-building, manufactures, and general improvement.

Author

Coxe, Tench, 1755-1824.

Publication

Philadelphia: :: Printed for William Hall, no. 51, Market Street, and Wrigley & Berriman, no. 149, Chesnut Street.,

1794.

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United States -- Economic conditions -- To 1865.

United States -- Commerce.

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"A view of the United States of America, in a series of papers, written at various times, between the years 1787 and 1794, / by Tench Coxe, of Philadelphia; ; interspersed with authentic documents: the whole tending to exhibit the progress and present state of civil and religious liberty, population, agriculture, exports, imports, fisheries, navigation, ship-building, manufactures, and general improvement." In the digital collection Evans Early American Imprint Collection. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/N20452.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 5, 2024. content_copy

Contents

• title page
• copyright statement
• A TABLE of the CONTENTS.
• BOOK I.
• VIEW OF THE UNITED STATES.
  • CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
  • CHAPTER III. SKETCHES OF THE SUBJECT OF AMERICAN MANUFACTUR IN 1787, PREPARATORY TO EXERTIONS FOR THEIR AD|VANCEMENT AND INCREASE.
  • CHAPTER IV. A SUMMARY VIEW OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, INTEND|ED TO EXHIBIT TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE POPULATED DISTRICTS OF THE OTHER STATES, AND TO FOREIGNERS THE REAL, AND GREAT ADVANTAGES TO BE OBTAINED BY TRADE, MANUFACTURES AND PURCHASES OF ESTATES THERE|IN, AND BY MIGRATION THITHER.
    • Notes on the state of Pennsylvania.
  • CHAPTER V. CONTAINING SOME INFORMATION RELATIVE TO MAPLE SUGAR, AND ITS POSSIBLE VALUE IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE UNI|TED STATES.
    • An estimate of the capacity of sugar maple lands of Pennsylvania and New-York, to supply the demand of the United States for sugar and mo|lasses.
      • THE DEMAND.
      • THE CAPACITY OF SUPPLY.
  • CHAPTER VI. A CONCISE GENERAL VIEW OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR THE INFORMATION OF MIGRATORS FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
    • Notes concerning the United States of America, &c.
  • CHAPTER VII. CONCERNING THE DISTILLERIES OF THE UNITED STATES.
    • Reflections on the present situation of the distilleries of the United States heretofore employed on foreign materials.
  • CHAPTER VIII. STATEMENTS, RELATIVE TO THE AGRICULTURE, MANU|FACTURES, COMMERCE, POPULATION, RESOURCES AND PUBLIC HAPPINESS OF THE UNITED STATES, IN REPLY TO THE ASSERTIONS AND PREDICTIONS OF LORD SHEF|FIELD.
    • A Brief examination of Lord Sheffield's Observa|tions on the Commerce of the United States, with two supplementary notes on American manufac|tures.
      • SECTION 1.
        • THE CARRYING TRADE.
        • BEEF AND PORK,
        • TEAS.
        • SALT FROM EUROPE.
        • SHOES,
        • PAPER.
        • RUM.
    • The idea that the United States are a country, sui generis.
      • SECTION II.
        • LUMBER.
        • NOVA-SCOTIA AND CANADA.
        • LINSEED OIL.
        • PAINTERS' COLOURS.
        • COACHES AND OTHER CARRIAGES.
        • subsection
        • NAILS, SPIKES, AND OTHER MANUFACTURES OF IRON AND THOSE OF STEEL,
        • FLOUR AND WHEAT.
        • GUNPOWDER,
        • THE ABILITY OF GREAT-BRITAIN TO MAKE HER SHIPS THE CARRIERS FOR THE UNITED STATES.
      • SECTION III.
        • FINE AND COARSE HATS.
        • BOOKS.
        • THAT THE AMERICANS WILL IN FUTURE GIVE A PREFE|RENCE TO BRITISH MANUFACTURES BEFORE ALL OTHERS —THAT IT WILL BE A LONG TIME BEFORE THE AMERI|CANS WILL MANUFACTURE FOR THEMSELVES—AND THAT OUR DEMAND FOR BRITISH GOODS WILL INCREASE IN PROPORTION TO OUR POPULATION.
        • THAT IT WOULD BE IMPOLITIC IN GREAT-BRITAIN, TO AD|MIT AMERICAN VESSELS INTO HER WEST-INDIA ISLANDS.
        • THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR BRITAIN TO GIVE UP THE ISLANDS THAN THEIR CARRYING TRADE.
        • THAT THE SHIPPING GREAT-BRITAIN GAINS, BY EXCLUD|ING THE AMERICANS, WILL BE AT HAND.
        • THAT AMERICA COULD NEVER BE UNITED AGAIN,
      • SECTION IV.
        • NAVAL STORES.
        • POT AND PEARL ASHES.
        • HORSES.
        • THAT FRANCE WILL NOT SUFFER AMERICA TO HER WITH SHIPS,
        • THAT THE NAVIGATION ACT GAVE, AND THAT AN ADHERENCE TO IT, WILL SECURE TO GREAT-BRITAIN THE COMMERCE OF THE WORLD.
        • THAT IT MUST ALWAYS BE THE SITUATION OF THE UNITED STATES TO COURT GREAT-BRITAIN.
        • THAT IT WILL NOT BE THE INTEREST OF ANY OF THE GREAT MARITIME POWERS TO PROTECT THE AMERICAN VESSELS FROM THE BARBARY STATES.
        • THAT THE BRITISH ISLANDS WOULD BE CROUDED WITH DUTCH, FRENCH, AND OTHER FOREIGN VESSELS, IF THEY WERE TO BE LAID OPEN.
      • SECTION V.
        • POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES.
        • EMIGRATION.
        • KENTUCKY AND THE WESTERN TERRITORY.
        • THAT NO AMERICAN ARTICLES ARE SO NECESSARY TO GREAT-BRTIAIN, AS THE BRITISH MANUFACTURES, &c. ARE TO THE AMERICANS.
        • THE QUALITY OF AMERICAN DISTILLED SPIRITS.
        • IF THE AMERICAN STATES SHOULD ATTEMPT TO PAY THEIR DEBTS, THE LANDS OF THE FARMERS MUST FOR SOMETIME LIE UNDER VERY HEAVY IMPOSITIONS.
        • THAT THE AMERICANS COULD NOT HAVE TRADED WITH THE FRENCH BEFORE THE REVOLUTION TO HALF THE EXTENT THEY DID, HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE SPECIE THEY TOOK FROM THE BRITISH ISLANDS.
        • THAT THE UNITED STATES LOST MUCH BY THE SEPARA|TION FROM GREAT-BRITAIN.
      • SECTION VI.
        • SHIPS BUILT FOR ORDINARY COMMERCE AND FOR SALE.
        • THAT THE IMPOTS AND EXPORTS OF THE UNITED STATES WILL CONTINUE FOR A LONG TIME THE SAME.
        • THE CAPACITY OF THE UNITED STATES TO SUPPLY EU|ROPE WITH GRAIN AND FLOUR.
      • SECTION VII. CONTAINING A TABLE OF THE PRINCIPAL RESTRICTIONS, IMPOSITIONS AND PROHIBITIONS SUSTAINED BY THE UNITED STATES, IN THEIR TRADE WITH THE BRITISH DOMINIONS, AND OF THOSE SUSTAINED BY GREAT-BRI|TAIN IN HER TRADE WITH THE DOMINIONS OF THE UNITED STATES: ALSO SOME REMARKS ON CERTAIN PREVALENT TOPICS, RELATIVE TO THE GENERAL BUSI|NESS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES.
      • SECTION VIII. A SUPPLEMENTARY NOTE, CONCERNING THE PROGRESS AND PRESENT STATE OF AMERICAN DOMESTIC, OR HOUSEHOLD MANUFACTURES.
      • SECTION IX. AN ADDITIONAL NOTE. CONCERNING AMERICAN MANUFACTURES IN GENERAL.
        • I.
        • II.
        • III.
        • IV.
        • V.
        • VI.
        • VII.
        • VIII.
        • IX.
        • X.
        • XI.
        • XII.
        • XIII.
        • XIV.
        • XV.
  • CHAPTER IX. REFLEXIONS ON THE STATE OF THE AMERICAN UNION IN THE YEAR M,DCC,XCII.
    • SECTION I.
      • CONCERNING THE EXPORTS OF THE UNITED STATES.
      • CONCERNING THE MANUFACTURES OF THE UNITED STATES.
    • SECTION II. CONCERNING THE MANUFACTURES OF THE UNITED STATES.
      • CONCERNING THE MANUFACTURES OF THE UNITED STATES, AS THEY AFFECT THE MERCANTILE INTEREST.
    • SECTION III. A CONTINUATION OF THE REFLEXIONS ON THE MANUFACTURES OF THE UNITED STATES AS THEY AFFECT THE MERCANTILE INTEREST.
      • A FEW GENERAL REFLECTIONS ON AMERICAN MANUFAC|TURES.
      • CONCERNING THE IMPORTS OF THE UNITED STATES.
      • A SKETCH OF THE GENERAL TRADE OF THE UNITED STATES.
      • THE IMPORTANCE OF THE AMERICAN FISHERIES CONSIDER|ED AS A PART OF THE INSTRUMENTS OF NATIONAL DE|FENCE.
    • SECTION IV. CONCERNING THE BANKS ESTABLISHED IN THE UNITED STATES
      • CONCERNING THE NATIONAL INDUSTRY.
      • CONCERNING THE LAWS WHICH INTRENCH UPON THE RIGHTS OF PROPERTY.
      • CONCERNING THE PUBLIC DEBTS.
    • SECTION V. CONCERNING THE FOREIGN DEBTS OF THE UNITED STATES.
      • THE CONCLUSION: BEING MISCELLANEOUS THOUGHTS ON THE GOVERNMENT.
  • CHAPTER X. SOME IDEAS CONCERNING THE CREATION OF MANUFACTUR|ING TOWNS AND VILLAGES IN THE UNITED STATES, AP|PLIED, BY WAY OF EXAMPLE, TO A POSITION ON THE RIVER SUSQUEHANNAH.
    • REFLECTIONS ON THE AFFAIRS OF THE UNITED STATES, OCCA|SIONED BY THE PRESENT WAR IN EUROPE, RECOMMENDED TO AMERICAN AND FOREIGN CAPITALISTS.
    • A PLAN FOR ENCOURAGING AGRICULTURE, AND INCREAS|ING THE VALUE OF FARMS IN THE MIDLAND AND MORE WESTERN COUNTIES OF PENNSYLVANIA, APPLICABLE TO SEVERAL OTHER PARTS OF THAT STATE, AND TO MANY PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES.
  • CHAPTER XI. ABSTRACT of Goods, Wares, and Merchandize, exported from the United States, from the 1st of Octber, 1790, to 30th Sep|tember 1791.
  • CHAPTER XII.
  • CHAPTER XIII. A RETURN OF THE IMPORTS INTO THE UNITED STATES, FOR ONE YEAR, ENDING ON THE 30th DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1790.
  • CHAPTER XIV. AN ACCOUNT OF THE TONNAGE OF VESSELS, ON WHICH THE DUTY WAS PAID, IN THE UNITED STATES, FROM THE 1st OF OCTOBER 1789, TO THE 30th SEPTEMBER 1790, INCLUSIVELY.
  • CHAPTER XV. GENERAL ABSTRACT OF DUTIES, ARISING ON THE TONNAGE OF VESSELS ENTERED INTO THE UNITED STATES, FROM THE 1st OF OCTOBER 1790, TO 30th SEPTEMBER 1791.
  • CHAPTER XVI. CONTAINING A SUMMARY STATEMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL FACTS, WHICH CHARACTERIZE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, AND THEIR COUNTRY OR TERRITORY.
• BOOK II.
  • CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
  • CHAPTER II. REFLECTIONS UPON THE BEST MODES OF BRINGING THE FOREST LANDS OF THE UNITED STATES INTO CULTIVA|TION AND USE.
    • A METHOD OF CLEARING A FARM LOT OF NEW WOODLAND, EASILY PRACTICABLE BY PERSONS HAVING NO MORE MO|NEY OR PROVISIONS THAN ARE SUFFICIENT TO PROVIDE THE FOOD AND CLOTHING OF THEIR FAMILIES, DURING THE FIRST YEAR OF THEIR SETTLEMENT.
  • CHAPTER III. CONTAINING THE TARIFF OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR THE INFORMATION OF MERCHANTS AND MANUFACTUR|ERS.
    • [PAPER Z.]
  • CHAPTER IV. A STATEMENT OF THE TONNAGE OF VESSELS, WHICH HAVE PAID DUTY IN THE PORTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AME|RICA, BETWEEN THE 1st DAY OF OCTOBER, 1791, AND THE 30th DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1792, INCLUDING THE COASTING AND FISHING VESSELS.
  • CHAPTER V. AN ABSTRACT OF GOODS, WARES, AND MERCHANDIZE, EX|PORTED FROM THE UNITED STATES, FROM THE 1st OCTO|BER, 1792, TO 30th SEPTEMBER, 1793.
  • CHAPTER VI. MISCELLANEOUS FACTS AND OBSERVATIONS CONCERNING THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, SUPPLEMENTARY TO THE FOURTH CHAPTER OF THE FIRST BOOK.
  • CHAPTER VII. CONTAINING A VIEW OF THE SUBJECT OF FOREIGN DISTILLED SPIRITS, EXTRACED FROM A PUBLICATION IN THE YEAR 1789.
    • [PAPER T.]
  • CHAPTER VIII. CONCERNING THE PUBLIC DEBTS, AND REVENUES OF THE UNITED STATES.
  • CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS REFLECTIONS UPON CERTAIN IMPORTANT FACTS AND CONSIDERATIONS, WHICH OCCUR, AT THE PRE|SENT TIME, IN THE AFFAIRS OF THE UNITED STATES INTENDED AS A CONCLUSION TO THIS COLLECTION.