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Page 13
The liberty of subscription was made general , and letters patent were issued by
the gov . ernment , at the request of the bank authorities , which declared that the
securities belonging to , and the funds deposited by foreigners , should be ...
The liberty of subscription was made general , and letters patent were issued by
the gov . ernment , at the request of the bank authorities , which declared that the
securities belonging to , and the funds deposited by foreigners , should be ...
Page 14
Mr. Law did not hesitate to declare in public that a banker merited the punishment
of death , if he issued notes without an exact equivalent in his vaults . The most
favorable exposition was made at the first general court of the prospects of the ...
Mr. Law did not hesitate to declare in public that a banker merited the punishment
of death , if he issued notes without an exact equivalent in his vaults . The most
favorable exposition was made at the first general court of the prospects of the ...
Page 15
He laid his hands upon the colonies , the revenues , the prerogatives of the
crown , as a capital in gross upon which there was to be issued a currency which
should be in essence irredeemable . A five livre note might be emitted on the
basis of ...
He laid his hands upon the colonies , the revenues , the prerogatives of the
crown , as a capital in gross upon which there was to be issued a currency which
should be in essence irredeemable . A five livre note might be emitted on the
basis of ...
Page 16
By an edict issued a short time after he came of age , he declared that he was
responsible in person for his administration to God alone , and with so great a
weight upon his neck , he was determined in no instance to transfer his duties
from ...
By an edict issued a short time after he came of age , he declared that he was
responsible in person for his administration to God alone , and with so great a
weight upon his neck , he was determined in no instance to transfer his duties
from ...
Page 17
There were a series of idlers in Paris , who made it their business to slide
themselves in every commission that was issued for the collection of the revenue
; and as one noble army was struck down on the Rhine , or another melted away
in the ...
There were a series of idlers in Paris , who made it their business to slide
themselves in every commission that was issued for the collection of the revenue
; and as one noble army was struck down on the Rhine , or another melted away
in the ...
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Page 451 - A DICTIONARY, Practical, Theoretical, and Historical, of Commerce and Commercial Navigation.
Page 179 - And where, on the death of any person holding real estate within the territories of the one party, such real estate would, by the laws of the land, descend on a citizen or subject of the other, were he not disqualified by alienage, such citizen or subject shall be allowed a reasonable time to sell the same, and to withdraw the proceeds without molestation and exempt from all duties of detraction, on the part of the Government of the respective States.
Page 179 - But if not sent back within three months from the day of their arrest, they shall be set at liberty, and shall not be again arrested for the same cause.
Page 179 - Vice-Consuls, or Commercial Agents, and may be confined in the public prisons, at the request and cost of those who shall claim them, in order to be sent to the vessels to which they belonged, or to others of the same country.
Page 275 - If either party shall hereafter grant to any other nation any particular favor in navigation or commerce, it shall immediately become common to the other party, freely, where it is freely granted to such other nation, or on yielding the same compensation when the grant is conditional.
Page 253 - An unconditional promise in writing to accept a bill before it is drawn is deemed an actual acceptance in favor of every person who, upon the faith thereof, receives the bill for value.
Page 273 - They shall be at liberty to sojourn and reside in all parts whatsoever of said territories, in order to attend to their affairs, and they shall enjoy, to that effect, the same security and protection as natives of the country wherein they reside, on condition of their submitting to the laws and ordinances there prevailing, and particularly to the regulations in force concerning commerce.
Page 253 - Where an acceptance is written on a paper other than the bill itself, it does not bind the acceptor except in favor of a person to whom it is shown and who, on the faith thereof, receives the bill for value.
Page 273 - States than are or shall be payable on the like articles, being the growth produce or manufacture of any other foreign country...
Page 364 - Facts in Mesmerism, with Reasons for a Dispassionate Inquiry into it.
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| Title | The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 5 Library of American civilization |
| Contributors | Freeman Hunt, Thomas Prentice Kettell, William B. Dana, Isaac Smith Homans |
| Publisher | F. Hunt, 1841 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 14 Sep 2007 |
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