The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 46William Buck Dana Freeman Hunt, 1862 |
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... Treasury note bill . 477 53 Long dock company .. 471 66 census for 1861 . 48 66 drinking and pauperism in , 50 , 54 Lucifer matches , manufacture of .... 193 Lumber trade of Albany ... 216 " L " population of .. decay of ........ • 53 ...
... Treasury note bill . 477 53 Long dock company .. 471 66 census for 1861 . 48 66 drinking and pauperism in , 50 , 54 Lucifer matches , manufacture of .... 193 Lumber trade of Albany ... 216 " L " population of .. decay of ........ • 53 ...
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... Treasury certificates , official order .. 480 " 76 decisions .. 399 46 85 note and loan bill . 477 64 66 66 between Bristol and N. Y. 70 Cunard Atlantic ..... 66 80 notes by the cart - load .... 293 regulations , trade on the 66 66 ...
... Treasury certificates , official order .. 480 " 76 decisions .. 399 46 85 note and loan bill . 477 64 66 66 between Bristol and N. Y. 70 Cunard Atlantic ..... 66 80 notes by the cart - load .... 293 regulations , trade on the 66 66 ...
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... Treasury rejected by vote of 28 to 18 . Abolition of slavery in British West Indies . Baltimore and Ohio Rail- Road opened for travel to Harper's Ferry , 1st December . Bank of Maryland failed , 24th March . 1835. French Indemnity bill ...
... Treasury rejected by vote of 28 to 18 . Abolition of slavery in British West Indies . Baltimore and Ohio Rail- Road opened for travel to Harper's Ferry , 1st December . Bank of Maryland failed , 24th March . 1835. French Indemnity bill ...
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... Treasury direct . BRITISH AND AMERICAN POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS . The contrast between the British and American postal reports is pe- culiarly striking in some particulars . The British people send by mail in a year 564,000,000 letters , or ...
... Treasury direct . BRITISH AND AMERICAN POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS . The contrast between the British and American postal reports is pe- culiarly striking in some particulars . The British people send by mail in a year 564,000,000 letters , or ...
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... Treasury have , by warrant , directed that the postage upon such correspondence shall be increased . All letters , therefore , for Penang , Singapore , Hong Kong and other parts of China , Japan , Java , the Philippine Islands , La ...
... Treasury have , by warrant , directed that the postage upon such correspondence shall be increased . All letters , therefore , for Penang , Singapore , Hong Kong and other parts of China , Japan , Java , the Philippine Islands , La ...
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Page 477 - ... lawful money and a legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, within the United States, except duties on imports and interest as aforesaid.
Page 354 - The naval force to be maintained upon the American lakes by His Majesty and the Government of the United States shall henceforth be confined to the following vessels on each side, that is — On Lake Ontario, to one vessel not exceeding one hundred tons burden, and armed with one eighteen pound cannon. On the Upper Lakes, to two vessels not exceeding like burden each, and armed with like force.
Page 168 - Majesty shall judge capable of being converted into or made useful in increasing the quantity of military or naval stores, provisions, or any sort of victual which may be used as food by man, and if any goods so prohibited shall be exported from the United Kingdom or carried coastwise, or be water-borne to be so exported or carried, they shall be forfeited.
Page 550 - An act further to provide for the collection of duties on imports, and for other purposes...
Page 102 - I deem it of importance that the loyal regions of east Tennessee and western North Carolina should be connected with Kentucky and other faithful parts of the Union by railroad. I therefore recommend, as a military measure, that Congress provide for the construction of such road as speedily as possible.
Page 7 - The case of dispatches is very different ; it is impossible to limit a letter to so small a size as not to be capable of producing the most important consequences in the operations of the enemy. It is a service, therefore, which, in whatever degree it exists, can only be considered in one character, as an act of the most noxious and hostile nature.
Page 88 - ... made up or manufactured, wholly or in part, by the tailor, seamstress, or manufacturer...
Page 7 - ... persons whatsoever do commit any act, matter, or thing whatsoever, contrary to the provisions of the said statute, upon pain of the several penalties by the said statute imposed, and of our high displeasure. And we do hereby further warn all our loving subjects, and all persons whatsoever entitled to our protection, that if...
Page 400 - Manufactures of cotton, linen, silk, wool, or worsted, if embroidered or tamboured in the loom or otherwise, by machinery, or with the needle or other process. Manufactures, articles, vessels, and wares, of glass, or of which glass shall be a component material, not otherwise provided for.
Page 351 - I also in the same connection ask the attention of Congress to our great lakes and rivers. It is believed that some fortifications and depots of arms and munitions, with harbor and navigation improvements, all at well-selected points upon these, would be of great importance to the national defense and preservation.