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had access. The public debt is brought down to the 20th of February, A. D. 1815, when it was ascertained to be, about one hundred and eight millions of dollars. From late official documents, it appears, that up to the 1st of October following, it had increased, to about one hundred and twenty millions.

The following collection, therefore, may be resorted to, by all, who may wish to be acquainted with the exports and imports of the United States, and the quantity and value of the various articles exported and imported, with the general commerce of the United States, and the amount of their trade with particular nations, with the amount of their tonnage, public debt, revenues, and expenditures, at different periods, since the establishment of the present government.

We have added, by way of appendix, an account of the coinage of the extensive kingdom of New-Spain, which adjoins the U. States on the West, and an authentic sketch of its commerce, in 1810, particularly that part carried on from the port of La Vera Cruz, on the Gulph of Mexico; also a statistical view of the finances, trade, and commerce of Great-Britain and Ireland, from 1804 to 1813, which was laid before Parliament, in July, 1813, in the form of resolutions, by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Many of the tables, in this collection, were obtained directly from the Treasury books, and have never been published; and great pains have been taken, that the tables and calculations should be correct. In such a number of figures and calculations, however, some errors will, probably, be found. It is hoped, they will be few and unimportant.

In making the collection, we have aimed at fidelity and impartiality; and in presenting it to the public, our object is, to give, as far as the subject admits, a condensed and connected view of the wealth and resources of the American nation at different periods. Should it meet the approbation of the public, and serve, in some degree, to lay the foundation of more extensive and useful enquiries on the subject, in future, we shall be satisfied. JANUARY, 1816.

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