Cod and Whale Fisheries: Report of Hon. Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State, on the Subject of Cod and Whale Fisheries, Made to the House of Representatives, February 1, 1791. Also, Report of Lorenzo Sabine, Esq., on the Principal Fisheries of the American Seas, Being Part of House Executive Document No. 23, of the Second Session, Thirty-second Congress |
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