80/91 314, 315.) "The oppressive system," says Palfrey, "was further extended by an Act which confined the import trade of the colonists to a direct commerce with England, forbidding them to bring _from_ any other or _in_ any other than English ships, the products not only of England but of any European state." (History of New England, Vol.II., B.ii., Chap. 445.) Palfrey adds in a note: "Salt for New England fishermen, wines from Madeira and the Azores, and provisions from Scotland and Ireland, were, however, exempted."-- _Ib._] [Footnote 167: Hutchinson's Collection, etc., pp. |