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ARTICLES.	Quantity.	Price in Dollars.	Amount in Dollars.
Tobacco,	55,000 hhds. of 1,000 ℔.	at 30 d. per hhd.	$1,650,000
Wheat,	800,000 bushels.	at 5/6 d. per bushel.	666,666⅔
Indian corn,	600,000 bushels.	at ⅓. d. per bushel.	200,000
Shipping,	———	——	100,000
Masts, planks, scantling, shingles, staves,	———	——	66,666⅔
Tar, pitch, turpentine,	30,000 barrels.	at 1⅓ d. per barrel.	40,000
Peltry,[1]	180 hhds. of 600 ℔.	at 5/12 d. per ℔.	42,000
Pork,	4,000 barrels.	at 10 d. per barrel.	40,000
Flax seed, hemp, cotton,	———	——	8,000
Pit coal, Pig iron,	———	——	6,666⅔
Peas,	5,000 bushels.	at ⅔ d. per bushel.	3,333⅓
Beef,	1,000 barrels.	at 3⅓ d. per barrel.	3,333⅓
Sturgeon, white shad, herring,	———	——	3,333⅓
Brandy[2] and whiskey,	———	——	1,666⅔
Horses,	———	——	1,666⅔
This sum is equal to £850,000 Virginia money, 607,142 guineas.			$2,833,333⅓

1. viz: skins of deer, beavers, otters, muskrats, raccoons, foxes
2. from peaches and apples