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... tion of our new country but stands a living and noble monument to show that " Peace hath her victories No less renowned than war . " The vast and incalculable prospects of the great West in their general bearings have been , from time ...
... tion of our new country but stands a living and noble monument to show that " Peace hath her victories No less renowned than war . " The vast and incalculable prospects of the great West in their general bearings have been , from time ...
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... tion , exhibit the commerce of Michigan for the year 1847 , it being pre- mised that the collection district of Detroit comprises the whole of Michigan : - Tonnage of 38 steamboats enrolled at the custom - house , Detroit ...... 66 of 5 ...
... tion , exhibit the commerce of Michigan for the year 1847 , it being pre- mised that the collection district of Detroit comprises the whole of Michigan : - Tonnage of 38 steamboats enrolled at the custom - house , Detroit ...... 66 of 5 ...
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... tion are found within a few miles of the waters of either side of the peninsula . The government surveyors , on the section lines of their surveys running along the sides of each mile square , have already dis- covered many cliffs and ...
... tion are found within a few miles of the waters of either side of the peninsula . The government surveyors , on the section lines of their surveys running along the sides of each mile square , have already dis- covered many cliffs and ...
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... tion because lying within a single State - though the energies of the whole west were cramped and paralyzed , and merchants and mariners alike the victims of every storm . The same speaker , soaring in imagination , stretched the ...
... tion because lying within a single State - though the energies of the whole west were cramped and paralyzed , and merchants and mariners alike the victims of every storm . The same speaker , soaring in imagination , stretched the ...
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... tion of the facilities for transporting the products to a market . He might , in his next advertisement of sales , add an N. B. to this effect : - " Half a million of dollars ' worth of ore lies exhumed on Lake Superior because the ...
... tion of the facilities for transporting the products to a market . He might , in his next advertisement of sales , add an N. B. to this effect : - " Half a million of dollars ' worth of ore lies exhumed on Lake Superior because the ...
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Page 364 - And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah : and I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship...
Page 410 - States, than are or shall be payable on the like articles being the growth, produce, or manufacture of any other foreign country...
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Page 207 - It shall likewise be lawful for the subjects and inhabitants aforesaid, to sail with the ships and merchandises aforementioned, and to trade with the same liberty and security from the places, ports, and havens...
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Page 205 - The two high contracting parties, being likewise desirous of placing the commerce and navigation of their respective countries on the liberal basis of perfect equality and reciprocity, mutually agree that the citizens of each may frequent all the coasts and countries of the other, and reside and trade there...
Page 205 - Granada in its own vessels, may be also imported in vessels of the United States; and that no higher or other duties upon the tonnage of the vessel and her cargo shall be levied or collected, whether the importation be made in vessels of the one country or of the other.
Page 208 - The articles of contraband, before enumerated and classified, which may be found in a vessel bound for an enemy's port, shall be subject to detention and confiscation, leaving free the rest of the cargo and the ship, that the owners may dispose of them as they see proper. No vessel of either of the two nations shall be detained on the high seas on account of having on board articles of contraband, whenever the master, captain or supercargo of said vessel, will deliver up the articles of contraband,...
Page 211 - The present treaty of peace, amity, commerce, and navigation shall be approved and ratified by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof...
Page 209 - Granada, shall be respected and maintained in the full enjoyment of their personal liberty and property, unless their particular conduct shall cause them to forfeit this protection, which, in consideration of humanity, the contracting parties engage to give them.