Scope and Contents Commonplace book on commerce, including a collection of 193 Company ordinances, statistics of trade and manufacture, political documents affecting trade, descriptions of manufacturing, handy lists. Added to irregularly. Perhaps compiled in the early 18th century by a member of the Company as a vade-mecum, or by a contemporary economist. Provides notes on, abstracts of, and charts of import-export statistics, tariffs, laws, and treaties, particularly for England, France, and the...