Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 39F. Hunt, 1858 |
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... trade of Virginia , the 213 Canal - boats , lien on .. 478 Chiccory cultivation .. 358 Chile , progress of railroads ... trade , statistics of the 758 645 66 coal tra le , statistics of the 757 Atlantic telegraph cable , extension of ...
... trade of Virginia , the 213 Canal - boats , lien on .. 478 Chiccory cultivation .. 358 Chile , progress of railroads ... trade , statistics of the 758 645 66 coal tra le , statistics of the 757 Atlantic telegraph cable , extension of ...
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... trade five hundred years ago , the ...... 649 " consumption of , in the lake regions .... 383 " trade , progress of ..... 518 66 railways .... 503 66 railroads , accidents on 249 66 dead letter office 502 631 66 " area , estimates of ...
... trade five hundred years ago , the ...... 649 " consumption of , in the lake regions .... 383 " trade , progress of ..... 518 66 railways .... 503 66 railroads , accidents on 249 66 dead letter office 502 631 66 " area , estimates of ...
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... trade of Pennsylvania .. 226 66 66 of New York city . 66 in Massachusetts . 374 499 66 แ manufac . of , in St. Anthony , Minn .. trade of Bangor ... 252 227 66 66 frauds ... 66 marine .... 66 in Bremen .. 66 240 374 743 stocks , N. Y. ...
... trade of Pennsylvania .. 226 66 66 of New York city . 66 in Massachusetts . 374 499 66 แ manufac . of , in St. Anthony , Minn .. trade of Bangor ... 252 227 66 66 frauds ... 66 marine .... 66 in Bremen .. 66 240 374 743 stocks , N. Y. ...
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... trade and commerce , St. Ives Bay , W. coast of Eng . , light - vessel in 111 St. Paul , Minnesota , finances of Stade dues 63.3 Steam propulsion , considerat'ns in relat'n to . 275 753 66 boilers .... 750 Steel , production of , in ...
... trade and commerce , St. Ives Bay , W. coast of Eng . , light - vessel in 111 St. Paul , Minnesota , finances of Stade dues 63.3 Steam propulsion , considerat'ns in relat'n to . 275 753 66 boilers .... 750 Steel , production of , in ...
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... trade 362 66 progress of the iron trade of .. 756 v . Valuation of property and tax in St. Louis .. 722 Vegetable oil , & c . , duty of ..... ...... 110 Velvets , manufacture on ... ....................................... ... 512 ...
... trade 362 66 progress of the iron trade of .. 756 v . Valuation of property and tax in St. Louis .. 722 Vegetable oil , & c . , duty of ..... ...... 110 Velvets , manufacture on ... ....................................... ... 512 ...
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Page 323 - ... a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.
Page 270 - Our first and fundamental maxim should be, never to entangle ourselves in the broils of Europe. Our second, never to suffer Europe to intermeddle with cisatlantic affairs, America, North and South, has a set of interests distinct from those of Europe and peculiarly her own. She should therefore have a system of her own, separate and apart from that of Europe. While the last is laboring to become the domicile of despotism, our endeavor should surely be to make our hemisphere that of freedom.
Page 270 - Great Britain is the nation which can do us the most harm of any one, or all on earth ; and with her on our side we need not fear the whole world.
Page 363 - Convention to be made public, to the end that the same and every clause and article thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington, this...
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Page 271 - Nor is the occasion to be slighted which this proposition offers, of declaring our protest against the atrocious violations of the rights of nations, by the interference of any one in the internal affairs of another, so flagitiously begun by Bonaparte, and now continued by the equally lawless alliance, calling itself holy.
Page 95 - The State may contract debts to supply casual deficits or failures in revenues, or to meet expenses not otherwise provided for; but the aggregate amount of such debts, direct and contingent, whether contracted by virtue of one or more acts of the General Assembly, or at different periods of time, shall never exceed the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars...
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Page 271 - ... be made to our system of States. The control which, with Florida Point, this island would give us over the Gulf of Mexico, and the countries and isthmus bordering on it, as well as all those whose waters flow into it, would fill up the measure of our political well-being. Yet, as I am sensible that this can never be obtained, even with her own consent, but by war...
Page 387 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be granted to the several States, for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, an amount of public land, to be apportioned to each State a quantity equal to thirty thousand acres for each Senator and Representative in Congress to which the States are respectively entitled by the apportionment under the census of eighteen hundred and sixty: Provided, That no mineral lands shall be...