Lex Mercatoria: Or, A Complete Code of Commercial Law; Being a General Guide to All Men in Business ... With an Account of Our Mercantile Companies; of Our Colonies and Factories Abroad; of Our Commercial Treaties with Foreign Powers; of the Duty of Consuls, and of the Laws Concerning Aliens, Naturalization, and Denization. To which is Added, an Account of the Commerce of the Whole World; Describing the Manufactures and Products of Each Country, with Tables of the Correspondence and Agreement of Their Respective Coins, Weights, and Measures. The Whole Equally Calculated for the Information and Service of the Merchant, Lawyer, Member of Parliament, and Private Gentleman, Volume 2F. C. and J. Rivington, 1813 - Commerce |
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... thousand fodders of lead , eight hundred furnaces of iron , and as many tons of alum ; of all which great quantities are exported , to the value at least of 500,000l . per annum . We transport also annually from our plantations in ...
... thousand fodders of lead , eight hundred furnaces of iron , and as many tons of alum ; of all which great quantities are exported , to the value at least of 500,000l . per annum . We transport also annually from our plantations in ...
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... thousand nine hundred and thirteen parishes , seven hundred and fifty great towns , and twenty - five cities ; though the anonymous author of The present State of Great - Britain differs from both , by making the cities to be twenty ...
... thousand nine hundred and thirteen parishes , seven hundred and fifty great towns , and twenty - five cities ; though the anonymous author of The present State of Great - Britain differs from both , by making the cities to be twenty ...
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... thousand ton of cheese , the half by land carriage , and the other moiety by barges , from Lechlade , Abingdon , Newbury , and Reading , and in return are furnished with salt butter in firkins from that city to supply the deficiency of ...
... thousand ton of cheese , the half by land carriage , and the other moiety by barges , from Lechlade , Abingdon , Newbury , and Reading , and in return are furnished with salt butter in firkins from that city to supply the deficiency of ...
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... thousand firkins of butter , which are chiefly shipped at Newcastle , though some from Blyth ; and these two counties produce besides , between two and three thousand firkins , which are sent directly into Kent . At Carlisle is a good ...
... thousand firkins of butter , which are chiefly shipped at Newcastle , though some from Blyth ; and these two counties produce besides , between two and three thousand firkins , which are sent directly into Kent . At Carlisle is a good ...
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... thousand constantly feeding . They are reckoned amongst the largest and best brought to the London market , and scarce in- ferior to the Banstead Downs mutton . 11. DURHAM - Produces great quantities of coals , shipped at Sunderland ...
... thousand constantly feeding . They are reckoned amongst the largest and best brought to the London market , and scarce in- ferior to the Banstead Downs mutton . 11. DURHAM - Produces great quantities of coals , shipped at Sunderland ...
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Page 86 - and from thence in •a due west course to the river Mississippi: thence by a line to be drawn along the middle of the said river Mississippi, until it shall intersect the northernmost part of the 31st degree of north latitude. South by a line to be drawn due east, from the
Page 86 - the said river Mississippi, until it shall intersect the northernmost part of the 31st degree of north latitude. South by a line to be drawn due east, from the termination of the line last mentioned, in the latitude of 31 degrees north of the equator, to the middle of the river Apalachicola, or
Page 85 - Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, to be free, sovereign, and independent states j that he treats with them as such.; and for himself, his heirs and successors, relinquishes all claims to the government,; propriety, and territorial rights of the same.
Page 86 - province of Nova Scotia. ART. III. It is agreed, that the people of the United States shall continue to enjoy, unmolested, the right to take fish of every kind on the grand bank, and on all the other banks of Newfoundland ; also in
Page 86 - to the legislatures of the respective states, to provide for the restitution of all estates, rights, and properties, which have been confiscated, belonging to real British subjects ; and also of the estates, rights, and properties, of persons resident in districts in the possession of his
Page 86 - straight to the head of St. Mary's river; and thence down along the middle of St. Mary's River to the Atlantic Ocean. East, by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth in the bay of Fundy, to its source ; and from its source, directly north to the said highlands, which divide the rivers
Page 86 - said highlands, which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic Ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence ; comprehending all islands within twenty leagues of any part of the shore of the United States, and lying between
Page 86 - IV. It is agreed, that creditors on either side shall meet with no lawful impediment to the recovery of the full value, in sterling money, of all bona Jide debts heretofore contracted.
Page 85 - ART. II. And that all disputes which might arise in future, on the subject of the boundaries of the said United States may be prevented, it is hereby agreed and declared, that the following are and shall be their boundaries, viz. from the north-west angle of Nova Scotia, to that angle which is formed by a line drawn due north, from the source of
Page 87 - further loss or damage, either in his person, liberty, or property ; and that those who may be in confinement on such charges at the time of the ratification of this treaty in America, shall be immediately set at liberty, and