The experience of now near half a century in the middle colonies has convinced them of it among themselves; by the great increase of their settlements, numbers, buildings, improvements, agriculture, shipping, and commerce.
He reflects on the growth and improvements in the middle colonies over the past fifty years, attributing it to their experiences.
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