granted. And prove it they never can,
'till they shall have first demonstrated, that the _Americans_ will no
longer adhere to their own Interest, when they shall be disunited from
us. A difficult Task this! In regard to which, they will find all the
World to be Unbelievers. Indeed I have already so effectually silenced
this Plea in my Fourth Tract from Page 203 to Page 220, [2d Edit. printed
for RIVINGTON, &c.] that I hope I may be excused from repeating the same
Things. And as the Arguments there urged have never been attempted to be
answered, notwithstanding so much Good-Will to do it, and that my
Opponents most certainly would do it, if they could, the natural
Conclusion is, _that they are_ UNANSWERABLE.

Therefore I now enter upon the Subject itself; and as the Trade to
_Holland_ and _Germany_ (and _more particularly to_ Hanover) hath been
frequently represented as being very inconsiderable, and of small
Importance; I have for this very Reason, selected this Trade from others,
to make it the Subject of our Comparison with the Trade to all the
revolted Provinces of _North-America_.

An Account of the Value of the Exports from _England_ to _Germany_ and
_Holland_; and also to those _North-American_ Provinces, which are now
under the Dominion of the Congress, for nine Years successively, viz. from
_Christmas_ 1763 to _Christmas_ 1772, distinguishing each Country, and
each Year.

From Christmas 1763 |
to Christmas 1764. | 1765. |
-------------------------+-------------------+
_Value of Exports._ |_Value of Exports._|
-------------------------+-------------------+
L. s. d. | L. s. d. |
Germany 2,264,315 3 9 | 1,869,465 18 8 |
Holland 2,040,467 9 9 | 2,026,772 16 11 |

The REVOLTED PROVINCES of _North-America_.

Carolina 305,808 1 6 | 334,709 12 8 |
New-England's four Provinces 459,765 0 11 | 451,299 14 7 |
New-York 515,416 12 1 | 382,349 11 1 |
Pensilvania 435,191 14 0 | 363,368 17 5 |
Virginia and Maryland 515,192 10 6 | 383,224 13 0 |

| 1766. | 1767. | 1768. |
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