The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 47William B. Dana F. Hunt, 1862 |
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... fifty to five hundred barrels . When one became exhausted , the supply was often renewed by drilling a little deeper . In Ohio , not far from the Pennsylvania border , the people had noticed a strong taste of oil in the water of the ...
... fifty to five hundred barrels . When one became exhausted , the supply was often renewed by drilling a little deeper . In Ohio , not far from the Pennsylvania border , the people had noticed a strong taste of oil in the water of the ...
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... fifty feet , and within six months after this , there had been seven hundred wells sunk . Ritchie and Wirt Counties , in Virginia , have also been found to produce good oil . The first attempt of the kind in New York was made about a ...
... fifty feet , and within six months after this , there had been seven hundred wells sunk . Ritchie and Wirt Counties , in Virginia , have also been found to produce good oil . The first attempt of the kind in New York was made about a ...
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... fifty feet in length , and long before we could finish our project , they could be made twice that size . With , therefore , Canadian locks forty - five feet wide , and hence capable of passing vessels of about that width , how can we ...
... fifty feet in length , and long before we could finish our project , they could be made twice that size . With , therefore , Canadian locks forty - five feet wide , and hence capable of passing vessels of about that width , how can we ...
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... fifty - three banks in Ohio , viz . Six independent banks , eleven free banks , and thirty - six branches of the State Banks . Amount of capital of branches ........ Independent and free ...... Whole amount paid in ...... .... VOL ...
... fifty - three banks in Ohio , viz . Six independent banks , eleven free banks , and thirty - six branches of the State Banks . Amount of capital of branches ........ Independent and free ...... Whole amount paid in ...... .... VOL ...
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... fifty - third section of the act " to provide increased revenue from imports , to pay interest on the public debt , and for other purposes , " approved August 5 , 1861 , allowing such portion of the tax as may be assessed by any State ...
... fifty - third section of the act " to provide increased revenue from imports , to pay interest on the public debt , and for other purposes , " approved August 5 , 1861 , allowing such portion of the tax as may be assessed by any State ...
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Page 96 - And the better to accomplish the object of this act, namely, to promote the public interest and welfare by the construction of said railroad and telegraph line, and keeping the same in working order, and to secure to the government at all times (but particularly in time of war) the use and benefits of the same for postal, military and other purposes, Congress may, at any time, having due regard for the rights of said companies named herein, add to, alter, amend, or repeal this act.
Page 530 - That if any person or persons shall make, sign, or issue, or cause to be made, signed, or issued, any instrument, document, or paper of any kind or description whatsoever, without the same being duly stamped, for denoting the tax hereby imposed thereon, or without having thereupon an adhesive stamp to denote said tax...
Page 206 - The commissioner of Internal revenue under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury...
Page 19 - In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaster of the wall of the king's palace ; and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote. Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
Page 87 - An act [to amend an act entitled an act] to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the Government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes, approved July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two," approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.
Page 247 - ... or interest, therein, transferred by deed, grant, bargain, sale or gift, made or intended to take effect in possession or enjoyment after the death of the grantor or bargainer, to any person or persons, or to any body or bodies, politic or corporate, in trust or otherwise, shall be, and hereby are, made subject to a duty or tax, to be paid to the United States...
Page 88 - Company"; and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and shall be able to sue and to be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended, in all courts of law and equity within the United States, and may make and have a common seal; and the said corporation is hereby authorized and empowered to lay out, locate, construct, furnish, maintain, and enjoy a continuous railroad and telegraph...
Page 305 - An Act to Provide Internal Revenue to Support the Government, to pay Interest on the Public Debt, and for Other Purposes...
Page 351 - Bill of exchange (foreign) or letter of credit (including orders by telegraph or otherwise for the payment of money issued by express or other companies or any person or persons), drawn in but payable out of the United States, if drawn singly or otherwise than in a set of three or more...
Page 118 - Sir, believe me, upon my relation for what I tell you, the world shall not reprove. I have been in the Indies, where this herb grows, where neither myself, nor a dozen gentlemen more of my knowledge, have received the taste of any other nutriment in the world, for the space of one and twenty weeks, but the fume of this simple only: therefore, it cannot be, but 'tis most divine.