He has not mentioned tobacco as a crop, but describes it fully a few pages after. In Maryland as in Virginia it was the currency. Thus in 1638 an act authorized the erection of a water-mill to supersede hand-mills for grinding grain, and the cost was limited to 20,000 lbs. of tobacco.—McSherry’s History of Maryland, p. 56. The Labadists in their Travels (p. 216) describe the cultivation at length. Tobacco at this time paid two shillings English a cask export duty in Maryland, and two-pence a pound duty on its arrival in England, besides weighing and other fees.
Note 41, page [66].
The Parson of Pancras is unknown to me: but the class he represents is certainly large.
Note 42, page [66].
The buffalo was not mentioned in the former list, and cannot be considered as synonymous with elk.
Note 43, page [67].
For satisfactory and correct information of the present commerce and condition of Maryland, the reader is referred to the Census of the United States in 4 vols., 4to, published at Washington, 1865. {117}
Note 44, page [69].
This is a curious observation as to New England trade. A century later Hutchinson represents Massachusetts as receiving Maryland flour from the Pennsylvania mills, and paying in money and bills of exchange.—Hist. of Massachusetts, p. II, 397.