Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 21F. Hunt, 1849 - Commerce |
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... hand , be little reason for fearing that they would not sit long enough . Still the provision , as it now stands , has its advantages -members are compelled to speak to the point , and not too long , if they would forward their favorite ...
... hand , be little reason for fearing that they would not sit long enough . Still the provision , as it now stands , has its advantages -members are compelled to speak to the point , and not too long , if they would forward their favorite ...
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... hand to prove it , we are confident this decrease in number has been thus compen- sated by the larger size and increased tonnage of the vessels which have done our carrying trade for the year 1848 . Art . IV . MERCANTILE BIOGRAPHY . THE ...
... hand to prove it , we are confident this decrease in number has been thus compen- sated by the larger size and increased tonnage of the vessels which have done our carrying trade for the year 1848 . Art . IV . MERCANTILE BIOGRAPHY . THE ...
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... hand and introduced at once to the most select society . Among his warm friends was the late Hon . Oliver Wolcott , then engaged in commercial pursuits , and the late Archibald Gracie . General Matthew Clarkson was also among his early ...
... hand and introduced at once to the most select society . Among his warm friends was the late Hon . Oliver Wolcott , then engaged in commercial pursuits , and the late Archibald Gracie . General Matthew Clarkson was also among his early ...
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... hand so ready to acknowledge the greetings of a most extensive circle of acquaintances ? I know nothing of his more substan- tial services to the suffering and the needy . He was not a man to allow his left hand to know what his right hand ...
... hand so ready to acknowledge the greetings of a most extensive circle of acquaintances ? I know nothing of his more substan- tial services to the suffering and the needy . He was not a man to allow his left hand to know what his right hand ...
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... hand presses , five . It was in this estab- lishment that steam power was first introduced in the United States , as an auxiliary of the press , by the late Shadrach Van Benthuysen , in the year 1824 . MANUFACTURES . Albany has become ...
... hand presses , five . It was in this estab- lishment that steam power was first introduced in the United States , as an auxiliary of the press , by the late Shadrach Van Benthuysen , in the year 1824 . MANUFACTURES . Albany has become ...
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Page 178 - Every such action shall be brought by, and in the names of the personal representatives of such deceased person, and the amount recovered in every euch action shall be for the exclusive benefit of the widow and next of kin of such deceased person, and shall be distributed to such widow and next of kin in the proportions provided by law in relation to the distribution of personal property left by persons dying intestate...
Page 178 - Be it therefore enacted, that whensoever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect or default, and the act, neglect or default is such as would (if death had not ensued) have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof...
Page 62 - In pleading the performance of conditions precedent in a contract, it shall not be necessary to state the facts showing such performance; but it may be stated generally that the party duly performed all the conditions on his part...
Page 605 - ... it is of infinite moment, that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national union, to your collective and individual happiness ; that you should cherish a cordial, habitual and immovable attachment to it ; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity...
Page 504 - Fifthly, upon any agreement that is not to be performed within one year from the making thereof; unless the promise, contract or agreement, upon which such action shall be brought, or some memorandum or note thereof, shall be in writing, and signed by the party to be charged therewith, or by some person by him lawfully authorized.
Page 504 - That no contract for the sale of any goods, wares, and merchandise, for the price of ten pounds sterling or upwards, shall be allowed to be good, except the buyer shall accept part of the goods so sold, and actually receive the same, or give something in earnest to bind the bargain, or in part payment...
Page 692 - God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked : that there should be no schism in the body ; but that the members should have the same care one for another. And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it ; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
Page 473 - ... has removed, or is about to remove, property from the State, with intent to defraud his or its creditors; or has assigned, disposed of, or secreted, or is about to assign, dispose of, or secrete property, with the like intent...
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Page 68 - And we do not see how a better test can be applied to the question whether reasonable or not, than by considering whether the restraint is such only as to afford a fair protection to the interests of the party in favour of whom it is given, and not so large as to interfere with the interests of the public.