Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 5F. Hunt, 1841 - Commerce |
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Page 44
... increase the profits of our national commerce , growing out of the wars in Europe , immediately succeeding our own revolution . The French gov . ernment , inflamed by the military genius of Napoleon , after the king had been beheaded ...
... increase the profits of our national commerce , growing out of the wars in Europe , immediately succeeding our own revolution . The French gov . ernment , inflamed by the military genius of Napoleon , after the king had been beheaded ...
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... increase of the number of seamen of the country , and the extending population and enterprise of the nation , our commerce has advanced to its present state . † On the termination of the war of 1812 , new vigor was infused into every ...
... increase of the number of seamen of the country , and the extending population and enterprise of the nation , our commerce has advanced to its present state . † On the termination of the war of 1812 , new vigor was infused into every ...
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... increase of our population and the numerous forms of mechan- ical enterprise which are beginning to be extended among us , is likely to be augmented , would doubtless furnish a profitable sale to the ship - owners of this branch of ...
... increase of our population and the numerous forms of mechan- ical enterprise which are beginning to be extended among us , is likely to be augmented , would doubtless furnish a profitable sale to the ship - owners of this branch of ...
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... increased but ten per cent on the business of 1830 to 1839 , it would have increased the aggregate $ 570,000 ; from which deduct the actual nett loss of these years , viz , $ 76,706 , and it will be perceived that there would remain ...
... increased but ten per cent on the business of 1830 to 1839 , it would have increased the aggregate $ 570,000 ; from which deduct the actual nett loss of these years , viz , $ 76,706 , and it will be perceived that there would remain ...
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... increase of business to those re- gions , and the better quality of the vessels traversing the Gulf , and the ... increased to $ 300,000 , and it has added to that , by an accumulation of profits , $ 200,000 , and now ad- vertises * a ...
... increase of business to those re- gions , and the better quality of the vessels traversing the Gulf , and the ... increased to $ 300,000 , and it has added to that , by an accumulation of profits , $ 200,000 , and now ad- vertises * a ...
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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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