Forward, W.; et al. Tobacco (Doc. No. 235) Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting Statements showing the exports and imports of tobacco, with the import of Great Britain, &c. Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1842. [11659]
Removed, 8 3/4 x 5 5/8 inches, 93 clean pp. Good. Pamphlet.
27th Congress, Second Session, House of Representatives, Doc. No. 235.
This report gives all of the information available on the "progress of cultivation, manufacture, and consumption of tobacco in the United States and other countries," with comparisons of value and quality, and duties collected. It relates a brief history of tobacco from colonial times until the 1840s, and shows charts of the tobacco trade with England and Scotland beginning with the year 1761. Pages 31-80 describe tobacco use and regulations in Sweden and Norway, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, England, Scotland, Ireland, Gibralter, Malta, Spain on the Atlantic, France, Portugal, Italy, Sicily, Triests, Prussia, Hanse Towns, and a few other places. Pp. 81-93 includes several letters of interest on tobacco, including a chemical analysis.
