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===Trading center=== As provincial capital and site of the [[The Old Gaol|Royal Gaol]] (Jail), York prospered. Numerous [[wharf|wharves]] and [[warehouse]]s serviced trade with the [[West Indies]]. Agricultural products and [[lumber]] were shipped in exchange for [[sugar]], [[molasses]] and other commodities. One notable [[merchant]] was [[John Hancock]], whose establishment is now a museum.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://oldyork.org/visit.html|title = Museums of Old York}}</ref> Following the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolution]], however, President [[Thomas Jefferson|Thomas Jefferson's]] [[Embargo Act of 1807]] crippled trade. York, bereft of status as capitol, would not again be prosperous until after the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], when its sea breezes and colonial charm, including old homes like the [[John Sedgley Homestead]], attracted tourists.<ref>{{Citation | last = Varney | first = George J. | title = Gazetteer of the state of Maine. York | place = Boston | publisher = Russell | year = 1886 | url = http://history.rays-place.com/me/york-me.htm }} </ref>
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