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America, Russia, Hemf, and Nayoleonimmense quantities of colonial goods bulging the warehousesof that city drugged the market, and sugar and coffee were ascheap as dirt in Gothenburg for the duration of the ContinentalSystem. Whe n Captain Osgood brought the "Mary" intoGothenburg in June, 1809, he discovered that her cargo ofindigo, cotton, sugar, coffee, and pepper, worth a king's ransomon the Continent, would not even attract an offer in Sweden.36The news was that the demand for such goods was high inRussia and that the captain who could manage to get his cargothere was assured of a great voyage. But there was the problemof the Danish privateers, and, in addition, there was the problemof the war between Sweden and Russia. Until those twomade peace, an American arriving at Kronstadt from Gothenburgmight simply be making a gift of his vessel and cargo tothe Russian government. "I wish 'twas in m y power to go toRussia," longed Captain Osgood, "but should I go under existingcircumstances, the vessel and cargo would be condemnedas coming from an enemy port." 3rTh e situation of the American captains and supercargoes atGothenburg was exasperating in the extreme. Prospects ofenormous profit and total failure tormented their imaginations.The only thing the Americans were sure of was that theycouldn't remain in Gothenburg. In Sweden there was nochance of selling their cargoes, and the trickle of daily expenseswas slowly bleeding away all chance of a successful voyage.In Russia the merchants were as anxious for the arrival ofAmericans as the Americans were anxious to arrive. In July aletter arrived in Gothenburg from St. Petersburg, dated 27June, in which the writer stated that only a miniscule 109136