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COMMERCIAL PRODUCTIONS.

ARTICLES. Quantity. Price in Dollars.  Amount in Dollars. 




 Tobacco,   55,000 hhds. of 1,000 ℔.   at 30 d. per hhd. $1,650,000  
 Wheat,  800,000 bushels.  at 5/6 d. per bushel. 666,666⅔ 
 Indian corn,  600,000 bushels.  at ⅓. d. per bushel.  200,000  
 Shipping, 100,000  
 Masts, planks, scantling, shingles, staves,  66,666⅔ 
 Tar, pitch, turpentine,   30,000 barrels.  at 1⅓ d. per barrel. 40,000  
 Peltry,[1]      180 hhds. of 600 ℔.  at 5/12 d. per ℔. 42,000  
 Pork,    4,000 barrels.  at 10 d. per barrel. 40,000  
 Flax seed, hemp, cotton, 8,000  
 Pit coal, Pig iron, 6,666⅔ 
 Peas,    5,000 bushels.  at ⅔ d. per bushel. 3,333⅓ 
 Beef,    1,000 barrels.  at 3⅓ d. per barrel. 3,333⅓ 
 Sturgeon, white shad, herring, 3,333⅓ 
 Brandy[2] and whiskey, 1,666⅔ 
 Horses, 1,666⅔ 


This sum is equal to £850,000 Virginia money, 607,142 guineas. $2,833,333⅓ 
  1. viz: skins of deer, beavers, otters, muskrats, raccoons, foxes
  2. from peaches and apples