Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Compressed View of the Points to Be Discussed: In Treating With the United States of America; A. D. 1814; With an Appendix and Two Maps
The importance of our possessions in North America, has never been duly estimated. Though the abundant supplies of timber, masts, Sic. Which our navy has, for years, derived from Canada, have, as to that point, now Opened the eyes of the country; though the nursery for our seamen, which the fisheries on those coasts have constituted, has long been acknowledged, as almost a vital part of our naval existence; yet are there other advantages to be derived from the productions of nature and industry, which encouragement and protection from the mother country would incessantly call into action, that have been mostly overlooked, or greatly uhder-rated.
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