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 Ships commonly docked along riverside plantations on the Elizabeth River, James River, Potomac River, Rappahannock River, and York River.
-Ports and eastern seaboard towns were divided into customs districts. In 1770, there were six:
-*Accomack District
-*James River Lower District
-*James River Upper District
-*South Potomac District
-*Rappahannock District
-*York River District<ref>Lester J. Cappon, Barbara Bartz Petchenik, and John H. Long, ''Atlas of Early American History: The Revolutionary Era, 1760-1790'' (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1976), Plate 40. {{FHL|90443|item|disp=FHL Book 973 E7ae}}.</ref>
 === Colonial Period  ===