Journal Article Philadelphia and the Embargo of 1808 Get access Louis Martin Sears Louis Martin Sears Purdue University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 35, Issue 2, February 1921, Pages 354–359, https://doi.org/10.2307/1883892 Published: 01 February 1921

The Embargo a weapon of offense, 88. — Times favored the trial, 89. — Hardships inflicted on British labor, 91. — An incentive to smuggling, 94. — Stagnation gives way to revival in other trade routes, 95. — Cotton a test of the Embargo, 97. — Linen, 101. — Effect of Embargo on British food supply, 102; and consequent ban upon distilleries, 103. — Tables of imports and exports, with comments, 106. — Foreign exchange, 110. — Estimates of loss, 111. — Conclusion and general observations, 112.