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Naval Stores Motives In American Plantations
An old report notes that American settlers, who lacked water transport and markets, turned to coarse linen and wool goods for family use. The document argues wages and labor costs abroad deterred local linen manufacture, warning such pursuits draw away from naval stores and harm Great Britain’s trade, urging renewed encouragement for naval store production in the plantations.
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