Publication Date
12-1-1987
Document Type
Article
First Page
114
Last Page
141
Abstract
The article discusses the important role played in the surreptitious trade in wheat to the British Empire during the Napoleonic Wars. Its European supplies choked off by tariffs and embargoes, Britain turned to Ireland and to the United States for grain.
Recommended Citation
Eves, Jamie H.. "“The Poor People had Suddenly Become Rich” A Boom in Maine Wheat, 1793-1815." Maine History 27, 3 (1988): 114-141. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainehistoryjournal/vol27/iss3/2