Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Resources and Prospects of America Ascertained During a Visit to the States in the Autumn of 1865
Let me add, however, that in arriving at conclusions with reference to those statistics, I have by no means permitted myself to be led blindly by the Census Reports, or by the feeling prevailing in America which in many cases they re?ect. On the contrary, it will be observed that, on several very important topics, I have recorded my entire dissent from the conclu sions arrived at by the Commissioners, and especially from those relating to the manufacturing industry and commerce of the country.
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