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... clix - that if the measures of Mr. Pitt's last administra- tion had been adhered to , the carrying trade would have been gradually regained , & c . Resolution that the principle of the bill was an abandon- I CONTENTS .
... clix - that if the measures of Mr. Pitt's last administra- tion had been adhered to , the carrying trade would have been gradually regained , & c . Resolution that the principle of the bill was an abandon- I CONTENTS .
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... carrying Trade from which " they are now excluded , and we moreover enjoy a con- " siderable proportion in the carriage of the produce " of the United States . " The increase of our Trade and Naval strength has kept pace with that of ...
... carrying Trade from which " they are now excluded , and we moreover enjoy a con- " siderable proportion in the carriage of the produce " of the United States . " The increase of our Trade and Naval strength has kept pace with that of ...
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... carrying on the fisheries , being much nearer the fishing banks than the ports of New England , that there is no doubt but they will have a confiderable share in this commerce ; and it appeared , that great advantages will be derived ...
... carrying on the fisheries , being much nearer the fishing banks than the ports of New England , that there is no doubt but they will have a confiderable share in this commerce ; and it appeared , that great advantages will be derived ...
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... carrying on the com- merce between the British Weft India iflands and North America , were American ; and they produced two accounts , by which it appeared , that the number of fhips fo employed in the year 1772 , amounted to 1208 ; of ...
... carrying on the com- merce between the British Weft India iflands and North America , were American ; and they produced two accounts , by which it appeared , that the number of fhips fo employed in the year 1772 , amounted to 1208 ; of ...
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... carrying trade . - Many feamen have lately been difcharged from the fhips of war , and many mercantile vef- fels , with their crews , difmiffed from the public fervice ; and the committee have been affured , that , from the cir ...
... carrying trade . - Many feamen have lately been difcharged from the fhips of war , and many mercantile vef- fels , with their crews , difmiffed from the public fervice ; and the committee have been affured , that , from the cir ...
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Page lxxxvi - Payment well and truly to be made we bind ourselves and every of us, jointly and severally, for and in the whole, our Heirs, Executors, and Administrators, and every of them, firmly by these Presents.
Page 155 - Whereas it is necessary for the support of government, for the discharge of the debts of the United States, and the encouragement and protection of manufactures, that duties be laid on goods, wares, and merchandises imported: Be it enacted, etc.
Page lxxxvi - Ireland king, defender of the faith, in the sum of pounds, of good and lawful money of Great Britain, to be paid to...
Page i - It is good also not to try experiments in states, except the necessity be urgent, or the utility evident ; and well to beware that it be the reformation that draweth on the change ; and not the desire of change that preteudeth the reformation.
Page ccxv - ... powers. This was to be expected, and was just. But in addition we find in some parts of Europe monopolizing discriminations, which, in the form of duties, tend effectually to prohibit the carrying thither our own produce in our own vessels. From existing amities, and a spirit of justice, it is hoped that friendly discussion will produce a fair and adequate reciprocity.
Page lxxx - ... above or below the main wales, exclusive of all manner of doubling planks that may be wrought upon the sides of the ship ; then multiplying the length of the keel by the breadth so taken, and that product by half the breadth, and dividing the whole by ninetyfour, the quotient shall be deemed the true contents of the tonnage.
Page 155 - An act making further provision for the payment of the debts of the United States,
Page 155 - SEC. 5. A discount of 10 per cent on all the duties imposed by this act shall be allowed on such goods, wares, and merchandises as shall be imported in vessels built in the United States and which shall be wholly the property of a citizen or citizens thereof...
Page 155 - Upon every gallon of those spirits, more than twenty, and not more than forty per cent. above proof, according to the same hydrometer, twenty cents.
Page lxxxvi - KNOW all Men by these Presents, That we, are held and firmly bound unto our Sovereign...