Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 23F. Hunt, 1850 - Commerce |
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... river Ganges to Calcutta , and sold on set market days by auction to merchants at prices from $ 500 to $ 600 per chest , being about four times its first cost , or 400 per cent . The Indian government thus receives annually an immense ...
... river Ganges to Calcutta , and sold on set market days by auction to merchants at prices from $ 500 to $ 600 per chest , being about four times its first cost , or 400 per cent . The Indian government thus receives annually an immense ...
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... River , about ten miles from the entrance of this river into the Chesapeake Bay , of which it is for this distance an arm . By ship channel it is about 200 miles from the ocean , in 39 ° 17 ′ 23 ′′ north latitude , and longitude 0 ° 26 ...
... River , about ten miles from the entrance of this river into the Chesapeake Bay , of which it is for this distance an arm . By ship channel it is about 200 miles from the ocean , in 39 ° 17 ′ 23 ′′ north latitude , and longitude 0 ° 26 ...
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... river , bay , and surrounding country , for the enjoyment of which it is much visited by strangers . This monument cost upwards of $ 100,000 , which was raised by means of a lottery . The monument next in importance is " Battle Monument ...
... river , bay , and surrounding country , for the enjoyment of which it is much visited by strangers . This monument cost upwards of $ 100,000 , which was raised by means of a lottery . The monument next in importance is " Battle Monument ...
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... River , after traversing the whole of central . Pennsylvania , leads into the head of this bay , bringing thither ( whence it finds speedy and sure transport to Baltimore ) the lumber and other products of this region , as well as a ...
... River , after traversing the whole of central . Pennsylvania , leads into the head of this bay , bringing thither ( whence it finds speedy and sure transport to Baltimore ) the lumber and other products of this region , as well as a ...
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... river alone is sufficient to create a large city , wherever it shall center . It embraces a tract of almost unrivalled richness in all the elements of nat- ural greatness , four hundred and fifty miles in length , and , including its ...
... river alone is sufficient to create a large city , wherever it shall center . It embraces a tract of almost unrivalled richness in all the elements of nat- ural greatness , four hundred and fifty miles in length , and , including its ...
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