5066. MARKETS, Fish oil.—[continued].
You have heard of the
Arret of September 28th [1788] excluding
foreign whale oils from the ports of this
country [France]. I have obtained the
promise of an explanatory Arret to declare
that that of September 28th was not meant
to extend to us. Orders are accordingly
given in the ports to receive ours, and the
Arret will soon be published. This places
us on a better footing than ever, as it gives us
a monopoly of this market in conjunction
with the French fishermen.—
To Thomas Paine. Washington ed. ii, 549.
(P.
1788)
