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Page 304
There are , as of course Honorable Gentlemen are aware , various branches of
our commerce , loaded on the one hand with high duties upon the importation ,
and which , in an opposite direction , are encumbered with restrictions and ...
There are , as of course Honorable Gentlemen are aware , various branches of
our commerce , loaded on the one hand with high duties upon the importation ,
and which , in an opposite direction , are encumbered with restrictions and ...
Page 316
A comparison of existing duties , with those proposed on the wool and on the
cloth , will show how this part of the case stands . At present , a duty of thirty per
cent . ad valorem is laid on all wool costing ten cents per pound , or upwards ;
and a ...
A comparison of existing duties , with those proposed on the wool and on the
cloth , will show how this part of the case stands . At present , a duty of thirty per
cent . ad valorem is laid on all wool costing ten cents per pound , or upwards ;
and a ...
Page 318
It is now my painful duty to take notice of another part of the bill , which I think in
the highest degree objectionable and unreasonable ; I mean the extraordinary
augmentation of the duty on hemp . I cannot well conceive anything more unwise
or ...
It is now my painful duty to take notice of another part of the bill , which I think in
the highest degree objectionable and unreasonable ; I mean the extraordinary
augmentation of the duty on hemp . I cannot well conceive anything more unwise
or ...
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Discourse delivered at Plymouth in Commemoration of the first Settlement | 25 |
DISCOURSE in Commemoration of the Lives and Services of John Adams | 71 |
Speech delivered at a Meeting of Citizens of Boston held in Faneuil Hall | 97 |
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