| General note | For the first volume, up to the discovery of America, Macpherson is wholly responsible. In the second and part of the third volumes (1492-1760) he merely edits and alters Adam Anderson's History of commerce. The remainder of the work, bringing the history down to 1801, was compiled by Macpherson from official records. |
| General note | "The antient part composed from the most authentic original historians and public records, printed and in manuscript; and the modern part from materials of unquestionable authenticity (mostly unpublished) extracted from the records of Parliament, the accounts of the Custom-house, the Mint, the Board of Trade, the Post-Office, the East-India Company, the Bank of England, &c. &c." |
| General note | Errata at beginning of v. 1. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from Kress Library of Business and Economics, Harvard University. |
| General note | Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 19000. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited to licensing agreements. |
