History of Domestic and Foreign Commerce of the United States, Issue 215, Part 1, Volume 2Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1915 |
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... History , Commercial Functions , and Influence upon American Commerce ..... 267 Duties performed by consuls , 1776 to 1789 , 267. The pre - constitutional consular service , 268. Treaty of amity and commerce with France , 1778 , 268 ...
... History , Commercial Functions , and Influence upon American Commerce ..... 267 Duties performed by consuls , 1776 to 1789 , 267. The pre - constitutional consular service , 268. Treaty of amity and commerce with France , 1778 , 268 ...
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... For the most part , the industrial activities of the American people , in 1790 , were the same as they had been throughout the eighteenth century . Most people were engaged in agriculture . In 4 History of Domestic and Foreign Commerce .
... For the most part , the industrial activities of the American people , in 1790 , were the same as they had been throughout the eighteenth century . Most people were engaged in agriculture . In 4 History of Domestic and Foreign Commerce .
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Page 220 - Islands, on the Western and Northern Coast of Newfoundland, from the said Cape Ray to the Quirpon Islands, on the shores of the Magdalen Islands, and also on the Coasts, Bays, Harbours and Creeks from Mount Joly on the Southern Coast of Labrador...
Page 220 - Parties, that the inhabitants of the said United States shall have forever, in common with the subjects of His Britannic Majesty, the liberty to take fish of every kind...
Page 137 - The governments of the United States and Great Britain, having not only desired, in entering into this convention, to accomplish a particular object, but also to establish a general principle, they hereby agree to extend their protection, by treaty stipulations, to any other practicable communications, whether by canal or railway, across the isthmus which connects North and South America...
Page 327 - ... (c) To establish maximum proportional rates by rail to and from the ports to which the traffic is brought, or from which it is taken by the water carrier, and to determine to what traffic and in connection with what vessels and upon what terms and conditions such rates shall apply.
Page 138 - The canal shall be free and open to the vessels of commerce and of war of all nations observing these Rules, on terms of entire equality...
Page 132 - There shall be between the territories of the high contracting parties a reciprocal liberty of commerce and navigation. The inhabitants of their respective states shall mutually have liberty to enter the ports, places, and rivers of the territories of each party, wherever foreign commerce is permitted.
Page 326 - America in congress assembled, that the provisions of this act shall apply to any common carrier or carriers engaged in the transportation of passengers or property wholly by railroad, or partly by railroad and partly by water when both are used, under a common control, management or arrangement, for a continuous carriage or shipment...
Page 31 - Americans will pay, which the exhausted state of the continent renders very unlikely ; and because it was well worth while to incur a loss upon the first exportation, in order, by the glut, to stifle in the cradle those rising manufactures in the United States, which the war had forced into existence contrary to the natural course of things.
Page 228 - American fishermen shall be admitted to enter such bays or harbours for the purpose of shelter and of repairing damages therein, of purchasing wood, and of obtaining water, and for no other purpose whatever. But they shall be under such restrictions as may be necessary to prevent their taking, drying or curing fish therein, or in any other manner whatever abusing the privileges hereby reserved to them.
Page 224 - Parties that British subjects shall have, in common with the citizens of The United States, the liberty to take fish of every kind, except shell-fish, on the...