Excerpt from An Historical and Statistical Account of the Foreign Commerce of the United States: Showing the Foreign Commerce of Each State, With the Aggregate Imports From, and Exports To, Each Foreign Nation, From the Year 1820 to the Year 1856<br><br>This volume of Commercial Statistics of the United States has been prepared for the purpose of exhibiting, in a condensed manner, the commerce of the United States from the year 1820 up to the present time. First, to exhibit the commerce of each State separately, by giving the domestic and foreign exports, and the total exports and imports, with the amount of bullion and Specie exported and imported each year from 1820. Secondly, to show the commerce of the United States with every maritime country and important colony in the world from the year 1820 to the present time, giving the domestic and foreign exports, the total exports and imports, the bullion and specie exported and imported, and the domestic and foreign tonnage that cleared. In addition, the aggregate for every ten years is shown. These statistics Show, in a comprehensive manner, the progressive importance of the trade of each State, and the great increase Of the trade of the United States.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.