. The Pennsylvania-German Society : [Publications]. ?.> ft r *«# <. Si. The Business Pronounced Lucrative. 220 The following letters from the then British Consul inPhiladelphia, are of exceeding interest. They show notonly that this traffic was still active at the time they werewritten, but give actual figures indicating that while the ar-rival of German Redemptioners had greatly declined, thosefrom Ireland were pouring in more numerously than ever. Philadelphia, September 22, the Duke of Leeds: * * * Few indentured servants have arrived sincethe Peace till the present year,—In t
. The Pennsylvania-German Society : [Publications]. ?.> ft r *«# <. Si. The Business Pronounced Lucrative. 220 The following letters from the then British Consul inPhiladelphia, are of exceeding interest. They show notonly that this traffic was still active at the time they werewritten, but give actual figures indicating that while the ar-rival of German Redemptioners had greatly declined, thosefrom Ireland were pouring in more numerously than ever. Philadelphia, September 22, the Duke of Leeds: * * * Few indentured servants have arrived sincethe Peace till the present year,—In the course of whichmany hundreds have arrived in the Delaware from Irelandalone and more are expected. Some have been importedinto Maryland but not in so great a proportion as into Penn-sylvania. The trade is a lucrative one and will be pursuedeagerly unless proper obstacles are thrown in the waywhich I humbly presume may be done upon principlesperfectly consistent with the (English) constitution; hav-ing in view so humane a purpose as the providing for theconvenience and
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