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ART.

CONTENTS OF NO. IV., VOL. XVIII.

ARTICLES.

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I. MERCANTILE BIOGRAPHY.-MEMOIR OF THE LATE PATRICK TRACY JACK-
SON. By JOHN AMORY LOWELL, Esq., of Massachusetts.......
.......... 355
II. THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES.-CHAPTER IV.-Im-
provements in Progress or Projected-National Monument to Washington-Mount Vernon-
Monument to Jackson-Society-Smithsonian Institution-Canal-Expense of Living, and
Compensation to Public Officers-Health-Will the Seat of Government be removed? By
J. B. VARNUM, Jun., Esq., of the New York Bar.....

IL COMMERCIAL CITIES OF EUROPE.-No. III.-BORDEAUX.-Location-Thorough-
fares-Public Buildings-Bridge formed by Napoleon-Bordeaux in the time of Augustus-
Institutions-Hotels and Bathing-Place-Rivers-Gironde-Wealthy Spanish Americans-
Exports of Bordeaux-Imports-Past Changes The Wine Trade-Brandy-Fruits, etc.-
Bank of Bordeaux-Exchange Brokers-Insurance, etc., etc......

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IV. MASSACHUSETTS RAILROADS. By DAVID M. BALFOUR, Esq., of Massachusetts....... 381
V. MORTGAGES OF SHIPS. By F. O. DORR, Esq., of the New York Bar..............
VI. DESTINY. PROGRESS, By Hon. THOMAS G. CARY, of Massachusetts........
VII. COMMERCIAL CITIES AND TOWNS OF THE UNITED STATES.-No. VIII.-

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POUGHKEEPSIE.........

VIII. A GENERAL STATISTICAL SOCIETY FOR THE UNITED STATES. By L. A. HINE, Esq., Editor of the "Herald of Truth," Ohio.....

MERCANTILE LAW CASES.

Important Legal Decision-Actions of Trover....

Action to Recover Damages for a Breach of Warranty in the Sale of Opium.....
Verbal Promises to pay another's Debts in certain cases void.--Claims against Ships and Vessels.
Partnership Creditors.....

COMMERCIAL CHRONICLE AND REVIEW,

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EMBRACING A FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL REVIEW OF THE UNITED STATES, ETC., ILLUSTRATED WITH TABLES, ETC., AS FOLLOWS:

Political Events, and their Influence upon International Commerce-Treaty with Mexico, and the French Revolution-Capacity of France to consume American Productions-The French Tariff of 1787-State of Affairs in England-Condition of the Bank-Commercial Affairs of the United States-Increase of Capital in the United States-Railroad Investments of New England-Government Loans-Prices of United States Stocks in New York, etc., etc.........

COMMERCIAL STATISTICS.

408, 412

Exports of Various Articles from the United Kingdom to the United States, from 1840 to 1846....... 413 Imports of Merchandise from the United States into the United Kingdom, from 1840 to 1846......... 413 Estimated Increase of the Tonnage each year, from 1846 to 1857.........

...... 415 ............. 416

Imports and Exports of the United States, from 1821 to 1847, showing the excesses....
Comparative View of Imports and Exports of the United States, in 1846 and 1847.................. 416
Trade and Commerce of Algeria, from 1840 to 1845...
Import and Export Trade of Russia, in 1846.............

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