History of Domestic and Foreign Commerce of the United States, Issue 215, Part 1, Volume 2Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1915 |
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... extended from 1790 to 1807 , were unique in that there has never been since , in the history of the United States , a period of such length in which the foreign trade so completely absorbed the attention of a large portion of the people ...
... extended from 1790 to 1807 , were unique in that there has never been since , in the history of the United States , a period of such length in which the foreign trade so completely absorbed the attention of a large portion of the people ...
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... extended the policy of shipping protection by levying a " light money " tonnage duty of 50 cents per ton on foreign vessels.3 After the adoption of the Federal Constitution , moreover , foreign nations could no longer scorn requests for ...
... extended the policy of shipping protection by levying a " light money " tonnage duty of 50 cents per ton on foreign vessels.3 After the adoption of the Federal Constitution , moreover , foreign nations could no longer scorn requests for ...
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... extended European wars , which began in 1793 , shortly after the outbreak of the French Revolution , and were not finally concluded until 1814. At first these wars concerned chiefly Great Britain and France , but gradually nearly all ...
... extended European wars , which began in 1793 , shortly after the outbreak of the French Revolution , and were not finally concluded until 1814. At first these wars concerned chiefly Great Britain and France , but gradually nearly all ...
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... extended to other distant countries . As early as 1790 a small trade was conducted as far north as Japan ; and direct trade with the Philip- pine Islands began about 1796 , when Elias Hasket Derby , of Salem , obtained a cargo of sugar ...
... extended to other distant countries . As early as 1790 a small trade was conducted as far north as Japan ; and direct trade with the Philip- pine Islands began about 1796 , when Elias Hasket Derby , of Salem , obtained a cargo of sugar ...
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... the United States continued to grow , the crest of the tide not being reached until 1807 . When , in 1806 , England extended her paper blockade The First Quarter Century , 1790 to 1815 . 29 Decline of foreign trade and shipping, 1807-1815,
... the United States continued to grow , the crest of the tide not being reached until 1807 . When , in 1806 , England extended her paper blockade The First Quarter Century , 1790 to 1815 . 29 Decline of foreign trade and shipping, 1807-1815,
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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...