“The Poor People had Suddenly Become Rich” A Boom in Maine Wheat, 1793-1815

Authors

  • Jamie Eves Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/NaN

Keywords:

agricultural census, corn, wheat, Penobscot County, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Great Britain, Continental System, re-export, Passamaquoddy Bay, smugglers, Eastport, Joseph Leavitt

Abstract

The article discusses the important role played in the surreptitious trade in wheat to the British Empire during the Napoleonic Wars. Its European supplies choked off by tariffs and embargoes, Britain turned to Ireland and to the United States for grain.

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Published

1987-12-01

Issue

Vol. 27 No. 3 (1987): Maine History Journal

Section

Articles