AMERICA

AND

HER RESOURCES;

OR

A VIEW

OF

THE AGRICULTURAL, COMMERCIAL,

MANUFACTURING, FINANCIAL, POLITICAL, LITERARY,

MORAL AND RELIGIOUS CAPACITY

AND CHARACTER

OF THE

AMERICAN PEOPLE.

BY JOHN BRISTED,

COUNSELLOR AT LAW,

AUTHOR OF THE RESOURCES OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE.

Εν δε φαει και ολεσσον!

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR HENRY COLBURN,

PUBLIC LIBRARY, CONDUIT STREET, HANOVER SQUARE.

1818.

B. CLARKE, Printer, Well-street, London,

DEDICATION.

TO THE

HON. JAMES KENT,

CHANCELLOR OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK.

SIR,

WILL you permit me to place under your protection the following pages, in which it is attempted to present a brief outline of the Resources and Character of a Country, whose public weal you have so powerfully upheld by your judicial talents and learning; whose private interests have been promoted, and whose private relations have been uniformly gladdened, by your social and domestic virtues?

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your much obliged

And most obedient Servant,

JOHN BRISTED.

New-York, 1818.