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The outbreak of the American War of Independence in 1775 ended the British Monopoly in the places to stay on mull trade, and many Scottish merchants suffered serious losses. They quickly recovered, however, and developed their trade with the West Indies in sugar, rum and cotton. A reasonable level of trade with the United States was still maintained, but the West Indies now became the main centre for Scottish places to stay on mull trade in the later years of the eighteenth century. From the 1720s, too, there had been considerable developments in the linen industry. In 1727, a body known as the ‘Commissioners and Trustees for Improving Fisheries and Manufactures in Scotland’ was established and it began distributing small grants to places to stay on mull companies in this field. The industry steadily developed in areas round Glasgow, in Renfrewshire and in Angus. Between 1728 and 1750 the linen cloth stamped places to stay on mull for sale increased from 2 million yards to over seven and a half million yards.
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