The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser

A writer in the London Public Ledger, of Feb. 2, after speaking of the grievances which the English Seamen are subjected to; and predicted their emigration to the several parts of the world, in American Bottoms, says, I will not, Mr. Printer, pretend to say, nor have I present science sufficient to foresee how far we may, at a future period be affected (with respect to our own seamen) by the American revolution; but this I will venture to affirm, (after having traversed both hemispheres, and twice gone round the globe) that there is not another country on the surface of this planet, possessed of such natural advantages for an extended commerce, nor can boast of such extensive internal navigation, as the United States of America; who are as yet but in their infancy, but who may hereafter find too remote employment, and afford too great encouragement for our seamen, so as to be, by no means propitious, either to the interest or safety of Britain.