The first is that the Royal Navy attached slight weight to American naval stores. Many studies dealing with the naval stores trade and the naval stores policy assert that the navy undervalued American naval stores except for great masts, a large quantity of which was imported from New England until the independence of America, and that the navy preferred Swedish pitch and tar to American commodities on the ground of the good quality of Swedish
The first is that the Royal Navy attached slight weight to American naval stores. Many studies dealing with the naval stores trade and the naval stores policy assert that the navy undervalued American naval stores except for great masts, a large quantity of which was imported from New England until the independence of America, and that the navy preferred Swedish pitch and tar to American commodities on the ground of the good quality of Swedish