The Old Merchants of New York City, Volume 3Thomas R. Knox & Company, 1885 - Business enterprises |
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... merchant , and sent his ships to India . What a row he kicked up in this city in 1808 ! It was at a time when the embargo of Mr. Jefferson was in full blast . Not an oyster boat was allowed to go outside of Sandy Hook . Every merchant ...
... merchant , and sent his ships to India . What a row he kicked up in this city in 1808 ! It was at a time when the embargo of Mr. Jefferson was in full blast . Not an oyster boat was allowed to go outside of Sandy Hook . Every merchant ...
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... merchants smelt the mice . A rival house then wrote a letter to the President ( Jefferson ) , and told him that the great Chinese per- sonage was no Mandarin - that he was not even a Hong merchant , or a licensed Security merchant- that ...
... merchants smelt the mice . A rival house then wrote a letter to the President ( Jefferson ) , and told him that the great Chinese per- sonage was no Mandarin - that he was not even a Hong merchant , or a licensed Security merchant- that ...
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... merchant's service , and the voyage not to the West Indies , but to the antipodes . Let us observe the progress of this affair ; if the trade is safe , and can be prosecuted consistently with the public interests , let all who are ...
... merchant's service , and the voyage not to the West Indies , but to the antipodes . Let us observe the progress of this affair ; if the trade is safe , and can be prosecuted consistently with the public interests , let all who are ...
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... merchant Willett , there were two kinds of money in vogue in the city . Colonial paper money , before 1774 , and Conti- nental paper money after 1775 . It will be interesting at this time , when greenbacks have become depreciated from a ...
... merchant Willett , there were two kinds of money in vogue in the city . Colonial paper money , before 1774 , and Conti- nental paper money after 1775 . It will be interesting at this time , when greenbacks have become depreciated from a ...
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... average of $ 2,500,000 , which to a population of three millions would make , in point of fact , a poll - tax of about one dollar to each . " CHAPTER III . Cornelius Kortright was a merchant in New 18 THE OLD MERCHANTS.
... average of $ 2,500,000 , which to a population of three millions would make , in point of fact , a poll - tax of about one dollar to each . " CHAPTER III . Cornelius Kortright was a merchant in New 18 THE OLD MERCHANTS.
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Page 132 - Mr. Harris entered upon the practice of law, and before his death in 1803 he had won an enviable reputation in his profession. He was regarded as one of the most promising young men in the State. The last of the trio, Mr. Holmes, resigned in 1798.
Page 5 - Queen Street, Next door, but one, to the Friends' Meeting House, Has for sale an assortment of Piano Fortes of the Newest Construction, made by the best makers in London, which he will sell at reasonable terms.
Page 227 - that a great deal of bad seawant, nasty rough things, imported from other places," was in circulation, while " the good splendid seawant, usually called Manhattan's seawant, was out of sight or exported, which must cause the ruin of the country!
Page 223 - An act relative to improvements touching the laying out of streets and roads in the city of New- York, and for other purposes," passed April 3, 1807; and the map or plan of said city is hereby altered accordingly.
Page 128 - Characters — beg leave to represent to your Excellencies— That we bear true allegiance to our Rightful Sovereign George the Third as well as warm affection to his sacred person Crown and Dignity.
Page 136 - The times of a few servants for sale on board of said ship. Also, Irish beef, in tierces, of the best quality; with a few firkins of butter. Apply to W. Neilson." Those "servants" were redemptionists. Some of our best families in this city came over to this country under these circumstances: For instance, the correspondent of William Neilson at Dublin, said to an Irishman who was poor, "Well, Michael, you wish to go to New York, but have no money. Now, I will...
Page 137 - Some of our best families in this city came over to this country under these circumstances. For instance, the correspondent of William Neilson at Dublin, said to an Irishman who was poor, " Well, Michael, you wish to go to New York, but have got no means. Now, I will advance you .£100, and give you your passage and for your family also. " The result would be that Michael would accept, and work out his <£100, whether it was for one, two, or three years, according to the terms of the agreement. As...
Page 23 - ... that I am old enough to be your father, and that a man with grown-up daughters ought not to think of making so young a girl his wife, but in spite of my being well over forty, my sympathies and affections are as keen as if I were twenty years younger, and if you will accept me, it shall be the study of my life to make you happy.