ABSTRACT
Ever since Charles Whitworth first published his volume on the State of the Trade of Great Britain in 1776, scholars have used his figures to evaluate England’s balance of trade with the rest of the world. 1 Among those most interested in this endeavor have been historians of colonial America who have related Whitworth’s numbers to the changing fortunes of the Continental Colonies and, naturally, to the American Revolution. 2 They have not been alone, for England traded with the world, and others have used his data in discussions of the trade of Scandinavia, Southern Europe, Africa, and the East Indies.
