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today's treat is richard rolt's new dictionary of trade and commerce : compiled from the information of the most eminent merchants, and from the works of the best writers on commercial subjects, in all languages ... (london : osborne & shipton, 1756). under the heading "british america" and the sub-heading "new england" we have the following:

"the massachusetts colony is superior to the rest in opulence, trade and number of inhabitants; its principal town being boston, situated on a peninsula at the bottom of a fine bay, being a very commodious and flourishing port."

it's a handsome volume, in great condition after 252 years.