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... peace prices of sundry ships , ascer- tained by actual sales in each period Comparative statement of prices of provisions , materials , and wages , in 1783 and 1784 , compared with the same in 1802 , being in time of peace Statement of ...
... peace prices of sundry ships , ascer- tained by actual sales in each period Comparative statement of prices of provisions , materials , and wages , in 1783 and 1784 , compared with the same in 1802 , being in time of peace Statement of ...
Page xiv
... peace * the Mother Country and its dependencies were adequate to all the necessary Supplies in British Ships of the West India Colonies , which consequently narrowed the subject so as to make it a mere question of Price . The great body ...
... peace * the Mother Country and its dependencies were adequate to all the necessary Supplies in British Ships of the West India Colonies , which consequently narrowed the subject so as to make it a mere question of Price . The great body ...
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... Peace then concluded . It will appear by reference to the Reports of the Board of Trade in 1784 and 1791 , that the same with the continuations were intended , as a temporary expedient , not warranted even by the then actual situation ...
... Peace then concluded . It will appear by reference to the Reports of the Board of Trade in 1784 and 1791 , that the same with the continuations were intended , as a temporary expedient , not warranted even by the then actual situation ...
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... Peace they availed themselves of the opportunity , and in the short period which intervened between the late and the present War , they made frequent applications to Government during Mr. Addington's ad- ministration , which proving ...
... Peace they availed themselves of the opportunity , and in the short period which intervened between the late and the present War , they made frequent applications to Government during Mr. Addington's ad- ministration , which proving ...
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... Peace . Such a Use of our maritime power as the State of Europe and the World would abundantly justify , " and as the late Conduct of the Enemy invites , would give us means of " 6 maintaining the Contest for fifty years , if necessary ...
... Peace . Such a Use of our maritime power as the State of Europe and the World would abundantly justify , " and as the late Conduct of the Enemy invites , would give us means of " 6 maintaining the Contest for fifty years , if necessary ...
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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...