History of Savannah, Ga.; From Its Settlement to the Close of the Eighteenth Century 2
The book History of Savannah, Ga.; From Its Settlement to the Close of the Eighteenth Century 2 was written by author Jones, Charles Colcock, 1831-1893 Here you can read free online of History of Savannah, Ga.; From Its Settlement to the Close of the Eighteenth Century 2 book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is History of Savannah, Ga.; From Its Settlement to the Close of the Eighteenth Century 2 a good or bad book?
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Pretty much the same relation existed between patriotism and the pocket-book that is declared to exist now. Almost to a man the im- porters were against any interruption of business, while the consumers were for resistance. Affairs ran on in an unsatisfactory way until the breaking out of the Revolution. The town grew, but there was a feel- ing of uneasiness. In 1773 the exports were valued at $379,422, very nearly double the value of the exports ten years before. A bill passed by the General A...ssembly early in 1774 indicates that the trade of the city was enlarging, for it explains that " whereas the increase of trade and quantity of produce brought for sale to the several ports of this province requires a regulation in the rates of wharfage and storage, and the number of vessels resorting to the said ports, and in particular to the port of Savannah, makes it necessary to have some person appointed to overlook and regulate such vessels while in the said port." By this act owners and lessees of wharfs were allowed to charge and demand certain fees which were then fixed.
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