The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-03-04
TUE TRADE OF THE
COLONIES IN 1879
ro,M Collector Of Customs Writes
from Boston About Trade With
%lbpmarle County.

colonial Records OF North tarOllnA,
editcd by William L.. Saunders, is an
oficial report to the commissioners OF
customs by Robert Holden. n Of
,hs royal collectors in the colonies. 1t
u,ll be remembered that while the
,radc Of the colonies was by law, un-
drr the British mercantile system,
,nntined pretty closely to direct com
mercc With England, there was much
aEuggiing.
Uoldcn'S report will serve as a re-
hinder that in the early period there
as = very active trade between Mas
~sachusetts ~ the Caroiinas.l
Hayeing met with divers
,rformations tending To my place
thcro lAlbemarle County, Carolina &
,he frauds used by the traders here
lEnstonI about Tobacco transported
thence 10 his place and else where,
Il is my duty (& by the greatest in
m~uctivo tie devised) to give informa-
ton Of all ~affaires thereunto relating
IS ALSO by SEVERAL articles In my In
siructions IL ami required in such
negotiations to serve the King faith
fully in the miSd emeanOurS OF his
subjects about the defrauding OF Gus
tonnes &c. The subwritten accOmpt of
such a~fraires in Lis] here inserted.
About " dozen traders of this place
with their aclcomplices receive the
greatest part OF the production Of to-
hacco in the County of Albemarle in
the Province OF CAROLINA annually &
BY means Of a person whom through
heir interest with the people [theyl
have factiously made II one Mr..
Culpeper Ca Gentleman / Know not)
IL tho Collector Of his MajeSty's
Customcs. by which meancs they &
ne have played such notorious pranlls
with the specious pretences of doing
justice and preserving the Kings
rights that q people and CuStOnes
were never more infatuated.
cheated and exhausted in
these parts Of New England
And as the Tobacco trade lcurrent,
ic. now going on1 ca1seth their con-
course thither: 4 their Wages TO len
late Ilessen1 the impost (Which the
other subjects Of the King pay) rest
rth ~Istoppethl not there, for from
thence tsuch ways are1 brought
hither. they have liberty without far
Their examination here TO carry the
game To Ireland, Holland, France
Spain or any other place. under the
notion lnamel of fish and such like
goods. by which the trade is SO di-
Nerted from the true rules OF Com
lnerce that trafique in this Western
y - UC O1A1C III III
commodity only to New England, &
tho rest Of His Majesty's people 81
trading must become BoStOniz'd or re
iinquish dealing il special care i
not had thereto & a settlement O
Customes Gmade1 here with the King
Officers.
That the Canary trade in like ma
'ure ia carried on: Ships from henc
20 hither IL load wines. touch a
haderas or some other of the West
Srn Islands a. there take about a tul
II their wines which they put in tn
hatchvay coming home; From whenc
your ship? From Maderas. with thei
.ading Wines. e so draw off the uppe
Caskes for 2 taste Il SO the Who'll
snip under this notion is unlade
Without further enquiry. + was tol
this by one who saLilled in II shi
that pra ctiSed it,.
That the Scottish Trade by the Liz
iHgerde'nain jogles Itricksl is driver
4 ship at Newcastle Berwick o
~c. toucheth taketh in Goals or sOT
light goods, goes for Scotland an
there receives great quantities Of line
4 other Scottish goods what they thin
oHst 10 bring a. coming here by III
English ciearings ut the Porte a.
aDovesaid passeth for current Will
"ut farther inquisition.
The French. Spanish & what Coul
Try eiSo EuroDean trade in like natu1
paSscth nome under the pretcnce
French or Spanish salt &c. by viii.
rom France they import all til
country wares, as Linen, Wines. r
bans tribbons1, Silks &c. from Spail
wines. fruits, oyle loil:l Portuga
the like goods &c. from hence tran
port as aforesd I~aforesaidl under Il
notion of fish to all these places VIII
viii turn to account.
ftere is just now n ship return
from Madagascar; by the way p
~Serau Negroes ON shore at JaInait
She touched I hear at SEVERAL pal
NJ East India & besides hath broug
elephant teeth where she got the
Knows not lis not known, She ha
''en Il year x u out. -.
For my part l have thought this I
lV'y both to my King & yourself
u that place which (under yc
iaFor) | enjoy. to advise that tht