The progress of this trade, from 1791 to 1816, may be seen from the following account of the quantities of the principal articles of foreign produce or manufacture, exported from the United States in each year, viz. sugar, coffee, pepper, cocoa, and goods principally paying duties ad valorem : It will be perceived that, in consequence of the peace concluded at Amiens in the fall of 1801, and which continued about eighteen months, the exports of foreign produce were less than in the years preceding. Most of the foreign articles, which were not then in the United States, went directly to the places of their destination, without first coming to this country. On the renewal of the war, however, in 1803, and until the commencement of our commercial prohibitions, our trade in articles of foreign produce and manufacture again increased, and exceeded that of any former years. In each of the years 1806 and 1807, more than one hundred and forty-three millions of pounds of sugar, were exported from the United States, making, at one thousand pounds a hogshead, one hundred and forty-three thousand hogsheads. Nearly the whole of this was imported, and again exported in American vessels, and must have employed about seventy thousand tons of shipping. The freight of these cargoes, in the two different voyages, could not be less than between three and four millions of dollars. The whole quantity of sugar imported into the United States in the same years, was as follows, viz.— In 1806 1807 Pounds. 200,737,940 215,836,202 In 1807, the following quantities of sugar were imported from the different quarters of the world, and from places in each belonging to particular nations, in American and foreign bottoms :— Sugar imported in Amer- Sugar imported in foreign From particular Sugar imported in Amer. Sugar imported in foreign & American Co-41,933,784 40,729,222 3,319,946 1,779,877 lonies, Tables Nos. I. and II. shew the countries and places to which sugar was exported from 1800 to 1816. From these it will be seen, that previous to 1808, it was principally shipped to France, Holland, Hamburg and Bremen, Spain, and Italy, and that, during our commercial restrictions, it was generally shipped to Denmark and Norway, Sweden and Russia. In 1807, it was shipped to the following countries, viz. In 1816, seventeen millions five hundred thirty-six thousand four hundred and sixteen pounds of sugar was exported from the United States, and principally to the following places : The quantity of coffee exported, on an average of the years 1804, 1805, 1806, and 1807, exceeded forty-five millions of pounds. The whole quantity imported, in 1807, was fifty-eight millions eight hundred twenty-four thousand eight hundred and twenty-one pounds, and principally from the following places, viz. Pounds. Bourbon and Mauritius 4,470,846 Dutch East-Indies, 8,842,832 Mocha, Aden, and other ports on the Red-Sea, 1,709,533 French West-Indies and American Colonies, 16,461,478 9,753,976 Table No. III. shews the places to which coffee was shipped from 1800 to 1816. Previous to 1808, it was shipped principally to Holland, France, Great-Britain, Hamburg and Bremen, and Italy. While our commercial restrictions were in force, it was cleared out for the northern ports in Europe. In 1806, 1807, and 1810, the greatest part was shipped to the following places, viz. In 1816, eight millions nine hundred forty-eight thousand seven hundred and thirteen pounds of coffee was exported to the following places, viz. |