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197 Quantity of Soap made in Great Britain in 1840 ................................... 197
Exportation of Cocoa from Guayaquil ..... 197 Production of Coffee in the World ....
. 198 Production of Sugar in the World ... 198 Commerce of Cuba in 1840 .
197 Quantity of Soap made in Great Britain in 1840 ................................... 197
Exportation of Cocoa from Guayaquil ..... 197 Production of Coffee in the World ....
. 198 Production of Sugar in the World ... 198 Commerce of Cuba in 1840 .
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Yet the Americans imported more than their usual quantity during the years
immediately preceding the rebellion , because they were preparing themselves
for their non - importation agreements , and during the first years of peace we
cannot ...
Yet the Americans imported more than their usual quantity during the years
immediately preceding the rebellion , because they were preparing themselves
for their non - importation agreements , and during the first years of peace we
cannot ...
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... the present time it contributes no inconsiderable a part to the amount of our
American freights , notwithstanding an extensive quantity is annually shipped by
the Hudson's Bay Company , from the Columbia , as also from the port of Quebec
.
... the present time it contributes no inconsiderable a part to the amount of our
American freights , notwithstanding an extensive quantity is annually shipped by
the Hudson's Bay Company , from the Columbia , as also from the port of Quebec
.
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Even in the articles of silks and satins , laces , velvets , merinoes , and other
fabrics of that kind , what a vast quantity must be annually expended , as well as
in those finer broadcloths which are worn here by the other sex ! Now we do not ...
Even in the articles of silks and satins , laces , velvets , merinoes , and other
fabrics of that kind , what a vast quantity must be annually expended , as well as
in those finer broadcloths which are worn here by the other sex ! Now we do not ...
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Hay is the growth of the western shore counties , and consists chiefly of timothy ,
with some clover ; but the quantity made never exceeds the home demand . The
same counties are better adapted to the growth of fruit — apples and peaches in
...
Hay is the growth of the western shore counties , and consists chiefly of timothy ,
with some clover ; but the quantity made never exceeds the home demand . The
same counties are better adapted to the growth of fruit — apples and peaches in
...
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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...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 5 Library of American civilization |
| Contributors | Freeman Hunt, Thomas Prentice Kettell, Isaac Smith Homans, William B. Dana |
| Publisher | Freeman Hunt, 1841 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 14 Sep 2007 |
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