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Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University, 1959. Hardcover. VG/G+ (series of white scuffs to cover edge. rubbing to corners w/ lower corners bumped. spine ends rubbed. interior clean. dustjacket has edge-wear & chips; back edge torn, creased & worn; flap clipped; interior foxed). burgundy cloth w/ gilt emblem; gilt spine printing. 145 pgs w/ tables. burgundy, illustrated dustjacket w/ white printing; protective plastic cover. This authoritative statistical analysis of a Colonial American shipping register provides revealing information about the magnitude of mercantile life in early New England. In thirty-three tables, the authors present in statistical form one of the few remaining fragments of the contents of the Massachusetts Register for the years 1697-1714. This register of colonial American shipping reveals that the Massachusetts fleet was surprisingly large—in fact third in size in the English-speaking world, exceeded only by London and Bristol. The tables and their… Read More