Annual Report of the Boston Board of Trade, Merchants Exchange ..., Volume 12Boston Board of Trade, 1866 |
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... ton , through her enlightened and liberal Board of Trade , is the first to extend civilities , the tendency of which is to establish intimate social and commercial relations between her people and those of cities and States far away ...
... ton , through her enlightened and liberal Board of Trade , is the first to extend civilities , the tendency of which is to establish intimate social and commercial relations between her people and those of cities and States far away ...
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... ton , which were heartily given ; and the band played " Auld Lang Syne , " as the company retired from the hall . We met the Delegates for the last time , on Saturday , June 10 , for the special purpose of an interchange of views upon ...
... ton , which were heartily given ; and the band played " Auld Lang Syne , " as the company retired from the hall . We met the Delegates for the last time , on Saturday , June 10 , for the special purpose of an interchange of views upon ...
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... tons ' cargo carrying capacity , to pass from Port Colburn , Canada West , to tide - water ; that we con- gratulate the merchants and citizens generally of the towns and cities on the Mississippi , and especially those of St. Louis , on ...
... tons ' cargo carrying capacity , to pass from Port Colburn , Canada West , to tide - water ; that we con- gratulate the merchants and citizens generally of the towns and cities on the Mississippi , and especially those of St. Louis , on ...
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... tons , and thus enable the West to trade direct to all the markets of the world ; that , these improve- ments completed , a ship might reach Quebec as quick as a canal - boat could reach Albany ; that Quebec is many hundred miles nearer ...
... tons , and thus enable the West to trade direct to all the markets of the world ; that , these improve- ments completed , a ship might reach Quebec as quick as a canal - boat could reach Albany ; that Quebec is many hundred miles nearer ...
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... ton and Chicago in about six days each way . Its route is by the Boston and Worcester , Western , New - York Central , Buffalo and Erie , Cleveland and Erie , Cleveland and Toledo , and Michigan Southern Rail- roads . Where no time is ...
... ton and Chicago in about six days each way . Its route is by the Boston and Worcester , Western , New - York Central , Buffalo and Erie , Cleveland and Erie , Cleveland and Toledo , and Michigan Southern Rail- roads . Where no time is ...
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Page 4 - The purest treasure mortal times afford Is spotless reputation ; that away, Men are but gilded loam or painted clay.
Page 62 - ... every alternate section of public land, not mineral, designated by odd numbers, to the amount of twenty alternate sections per mile, on each side of said railroad line, as said company may adopt, through the Territories of the United States...
Page 66 - But in regulating commerce with foreign nations, the power of congress does not stop at the jurisdictional lines of the several states. It would be a very useless power, if it could not pass those lines. The commerce of the United States with foreign nations is that of the whole United States. Every district has a right to participate in it. The deep streams which penetrate our country in...
Page 125 - Association, with all the powers and privileges, and subject to all the duties, liabilities, and restrictions, set forth in the forty-fourth chapter of the Revised Statutes ; and...
Page 47 - The long and very frank discussion so cleared the atmosphere that at its close the following resolution was adopted by unanimous vote: "Resolved, That this convention do respectfully request the President of the United States...
Page 127 - Government may appoint, a majority of the members present being necessary to constitute an election, and such officers shall continue in office for the term of one year, or until their successors are elected and qualified to take their places.
Page 66 - Commerce, undoubtedly, is traffic, but it is something more ; it is intercourse/^ It describes the commercial intercourse between nations, and parts of nations, in all its branches, and is regulated by prescribing rules for carrying on that intercourse.
Page 127 - SECTION 1. It shall be the duty of the president or, in his absence, of one of the vice-presidents...
Page 19 - Texas by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Page 36 - ... court-martial shall adjudge ; and any person who shall contract to furnish supplies of any kind or description for the army or navy he shall be deemed and taken as a part of the land or naval forces of the United States...