| Item Description: | "Account of goods re-shipt to Great-Britain."--p. [53]-59. - "State of the importations for 1770. [Continued]"--p. 61-88. - A continuation of: Mein, John. A state of the importations from Great-Britain into the Port of Boston, from the beginning of January 1769, to August 17th 1769 (Boston : Printed by Mein and Fleeming, 1769). Frequently attributed to John Mein; but Mein left America in November 1769. Consists of cargo manifests only, compiled by Thomas Irving. Cf. McCusker, John J. "Colonial civil servant and counterrevolutionary: Thomas Irving (1738?-1800) in Boston, Charleston, and London." Perspectives in American history 12 (1979): 328-335. - Adams, T.R. Amer. pamphlets, 83c. - English Short Title Catalog, W14436. - Error in paging: p. 79-88 misnumbered 78-87. - Evans, 11744. - Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford). - The third of three known issues. Cf. Adams. A fourth issue, of which no copy has been located, may also have been printed. Cf. McCusker, p. 330-331 |
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