Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 5F. Hunt, 1841 - Commerce |
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... foreign powers , it was controlled by that arbi- trary colonial policy which formerly characterized the nations of Europe , and more particularly the British empire . Although the country possessed a fertile soil , prolific in all the ...
... foreign powers , it was controlled by that arbi- trary colonial policy which formerly characterized the nations of Europe , and more particularly the British empire . Although the country possessed a fertile soil , prolific in all the ...
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... foreign commerce of the American colonies could have traversed the ocean , when its surface was dotted by the ships of the most formidable maritime power of Europe , with which we were then at war ; or that much of domestic trade would ...
... foreign commerce of the American colonies could have traversed the ocean , when its surface was dotted by the ships of the most formidable maritime power of Europe , with which we were then at war ; or that much of domestic trade would ...
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... foreign growth and man- ufacture imported , with the exception of certain articles , and the amount thus raised should be appropriated to the payment of the principal and in- terest of whatever debts had been contracted , or should be ...
... foreign growth and man- ufacture imported , with the exception of certain articles , and the amount thus raised should be appropriated to the payment of the principal and in- terest of whatever debts had been contracted , or should be ...
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... foreign nations and among the seve- ral states and with the Indian tribes , every branch of industry began to revive . The fields began to wave with harvests , manufactures began to attract the attention of the country , and the snowy ...
... foreign nations and among the seve- ral states and with the Indian tribes , every branch of industry began to revive . The fields began to wave with harvests , manufactures began to attract the attention of the country , and the snowy ...
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... foreign trade , found their way to Europe in American bottoms . Besides , the extension of the agricultural resources of the nation contrib- uted in no small degree to that result , as most of our agricultural pro- ducts commanded at ...
... foreign trade , found their way to Europe in American bottoms . Besides , the extension of the agricultural resources of the nation contrib- uted in no small degree to that result , as most of our agricultural pro- ducts commanded at ...
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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.