Price : American Port Towns

185

i

12

4

2

5

C. Food and drink processing

D. Shipbuilding

E. Metal crafts

F. Furniture trades

G. Miscellaneous trades

IV. Commerce (maritime) and fisheries

A. Mariners, etc.	24
B. Merchants and supporting service    36

I-IV

V. Other (occupation unknown)

A. Men and boys	221
B. Women and girls                           206

60 (23.26%)

258 (100%)

427

Newfoundland
Canada
Nova Scoria
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia

APPENDIX  F
Colonial Shipbuilding, 1769-1771

TS = top sail ships, snows, etc.
S+S=sloops and schooners


	1769
	
	
	1770
	
	
	1771
	

TS
	S+S
	tons
	TS
	S+S
	tons
	rs
	s+s
	tons

o
	i
	30
	o
	o
	O
	o
	4
	50

o
	i
	60
	0
	i
	15
	4
	3
	233

o
	3
	no
	i
	2
	200
	i
	3
	140

16
	29
	2,452
	27
	2O
	3,58i
	15
	40
	4,991

40
	97
	8,013
	3i
	118
	7,274
	42
	83
	7,704

8
	31
	1,428
	16
	49
	2,035
	15
	60
	2,148

7
	43
	1,542
	5
	41
	1,522
	7
	39
	1,483

5
	H
	955
	8
	10
	960
	9
	28
	1,698

i
	3
	83
	o
	o
	o
	o
	2
	70

U
	8
	1,469
	18
	8
	2,354
	15
	6
	1,307

9
	11
	1,344
	7
	10
	1,545
	10
	8
	1,645

6
	21
	1,269
	6
	15
	1,105
	10
	9
	1,678

3
	9
	607
	o
	5
	125
	o
	8
	241

4
	8
	789
	o
	3
	52
	3
	4
	560

o
	2
	50
	o
	3
	57
	2
	4
	543

souHCE:John Baker Holroyd, ist earl of Sheffield, Observations on tlie Commerce of the American
States, 6th ed. (London, 1784), p. 96.