A comparison between the British sugar colonies and New England

Anonymous indicates that the author of this 1732 political-economic pamphlet has not been definitively identified. The writer demonstrates detailed familiarity with British colonial commerce, parliamentary debates, customs records, sugar production, shipping, fisheries, manufacturing, and trade between New England and the West Indies. The work was published in London by James Roberts and was written during a period of intense debate over British mercantilist policy and the regulation of colonial commerce. Although the author’s identity remains unknown, the pamphlet survives as a valuable primary document reflecting contemporary arguments about the economic relationship between Great Britain, its Caribbean sugar colonies, and New England.