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Excerpt from The History of the British Plantations in America, Vol. 1 There is one thing more, for which I am sorry there should be any Occasion to make an Apology namely The Want of a distinct and particular Account of the Exports and Imports in Trade, to, and from Virginia; for after a most assiduous and respectful Application to the proper Offices from whence these Accounts only can be had, it was told me, in a very civil Manner, That such Things could not be granted without Orders from Above; which I had no Room to expect, because I could not he favoured with Access to view the Books and Papers relating to the Plantations in any of our public Offices or to receive the least Assistance of that Kind in the Prosecution of this well-intended and (as it is presumed) useful Work, About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.