Trade of the Delaware District Before the Revolution
Trade of the Delaware District Before the Revolution
Mary Alice Hanna
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Peter Randolph entered suit and was upheld by the court. ^^^ The most serious charges, however, brought against the Del- aware district was that of carrying on illicit trade with the enemy in time of war. During the War of the Spanish Succes- sion, a flourishing trade existed with the Dutch and Spanish West Indies via the French West Indies, which nominally obtained their provisions from France.^^^ The northern colonies exported to Curagoa from 1200 to 1500 tons of bread and flour annually, and... imported in return quantities of rigging sail, canvas, goods for weaving, cocoa, linen, muslins and silks. ^^^ Monte Christi^^s and St. Eustatiusi^-i were notorious smug- gling centers, where trade with foreign colonies was carried on with as much ease as if it were not prohibited by law. The mar- ket in the northern colonies was so glutted with French sugars, that the honest trader could not import sugars from the British West Indies, except at a great disadvantage and loss.^^^ The "" Pa. Hist.
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