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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American fishermen American vessels barrels Bay of Fundy boats Boston bounty Britain Brunswick Canada Cape Ann Cape Breton Captain captured catch citizens claim coast of Nova cod-fishery colonial colonists commenced convention of 1818 crew Crown cure fish duty employed England English exclusive exported fifty fish fisheries fishermen fishing vessels fishing-grounds fishing-vessels foreign France French governor Gulf of St Halifax harbors headland hundred important inhabitants John Labrador land Lord Aberdeen Lord Falkland mackerel Magdalene Islands Maine Majesty Majesty's government Marblehead markets Massachusetts master ment merchants minister nations naval navigation Newfoundland Nova Scotia officers Parliament peace persons pickled Plymouth port possession province quintals remarks right of fishing sail salt says schooner seamen season Secretary seized seizure ships shore stipulations Strait of Canso thousand three miles tion tons town trade treaty of 1783 treaty of 1818 undersigned United voyage whale whole