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... employed between Great Britain and the United States Observations thereon Tables shewing the proportions of shipping so employed Account of vessel employed between Great Britain and the remaining British colonies in America · - 68 - 71 ...
... employed between Great Britain and the United States Observations thereon Tables shewing the proportions of shipping so employed Account of vessel employed between Great Britain and the remaining British colonies in America · - 68 - 71 ...
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... employed in the trade to America , and the great de- crease therein of British ships No. 25. Observations and ... employ- ment of British shipping , & c . ccxlv cclxi - ccxciv ERRATA , & c . Supplement - p . xl dele twice the words " and ...
... employed in the trade to America , and the great de- crease therein of British ships No. 25. Observations and ... employ- ment of British shipping , & c . ccxlv cclxi - ccxciv ERRATA , & c . Supplement - p . xl dele twice the words " and ...
Page xv
... employ as many native " Mariners , as possible . To induce , and sometimes to " force them , to this application of their Capitals , restric- ❝tions and prohibitions were devised . These affected 66 not only Foreigners but Natives ...
... employ as many native " Mariners , as possible . To induce , and sometimes to " force them , to this application of their Capitals , restric- ❝tions and prohibitions were devised . These affected 66 not only Foreigners but Natives ...
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... employed in the circuitous Trade from the Mother Country to America , and from thence to the British West India Settlements have been entirely driven out of it , which has since been carried on by Neutrals , to the manifest injury of ...
... employed in the circuitous Trade from the Mother Country to America , and from thence to the British West India Settlements have been entirely driven out of it , which has since been carried on by Neutrals , to the manifest injury of ...
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... employed . This observation is considered the more necessary from recent inquiries which have been made to ascertain who the Ship - owners were , they never having been before considered distinct from the Merchants , and that the ...
... employed . This observation is considered the more necessary from recent inquiries which have been made to ascertain who the Ship - owners were , they never having been before considered distinct from the Merchants , and that the ...
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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...