Statistics for occurrence #1 of “George Washington” in alphabetic letter N, entry group 1, entry navigation-acts of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:
...92 as one of the foundation-stones of our domestic polity for all time, and wholly indifferent to mere economic conditions of the day in which they lived.
During the years that have elapsed since George Washington approved the Navigation Law, the conditions of shipbuilding in America, relatively to those prevailing abroad, have undergone many vicissitudes.
At any time between 1790 and 1840 the conditions set...
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