History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I
In New York, at the time of which we write, as far as the great body of the Colonists in the rural Counties were concerned, there does not appear to have been any noticeable change -- the farmers had not been disturbed in their labors, during 1774; and the surplus of their ])roductions, which had found early markets, had undoubtedly been disposed of at those better than ordinary prices which are known to have prevailed, in consequence of the increased demand which had been i)roduced, early in the Autumn, by the approaching embargo. In the City, the suspen-
' Till" full liiippliog of p<i<«ls, of p\ery ilcpci iption, wliicli wcri> Nlii|i|iril to Boston, with llic kiioMlcdgo of olliocrs wlio oociipiod plai is in
tlio (iovcrnnii-nf, on TninKport Sliips nncl diwgniscil ns Stores for the liojal Arinv -- eonii'tinu's paiil for, a» Slori'.s for tlic .Vrniv, by tlie KinK's Tria.inrer-- .subscijuoiitl.v bocanio a suliji'it of scanliinK iiivistipition before tlie Ilonsu of Commons. The Sclu dnles of (ioods tlins shipped afford amnsin^ evidence of what were oflicially eonsidered a^ Army StoreH ; tliey clearly show, also, the relative weight of morality and immorality, whenever the profits of trade are considered, and how Ta.-itly more the Profit ami Iaisb .Vccounis, on their respei tivc LeilKerw, will influence the morals and the religion anil the doings of " Men in Biisi- " ness," Merchants and others, than anything which their Mothers have tanght them, anything which their Bibles have presented to llicir consideration, or anything which their consciences have brought before them