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... British post office , for the want of a friend or an agent in a foreign country to advance the postage due upon them . The consul should be directed to advance the postage out of money which could be placed in his hands for that purpose ...
... British post office , for the want of a friend or an agent in a foreign country to advance the postage due upon them . The consul should be directed to advance the postage out of money which could be placed in his hands for that purpose ...
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... British steam packet touching at a port for the sole purpose of landing or taking in passengers , provided she is ... British con- sul , by giving to the deputy postmasters in the United States authority to receive not only the postage ...
... British steam packet touching at a port for the sole purpose of landing or taking in passengers , provided she is ... British con- sul , by giving to the deputy postmasters in the United States authority to receive not only the postage ...
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... British rate at present , no such allowance , I may venture to state , would be acceded to . I need not inform you , sir , that , unless facilities are afforded through the United States post office , opportunities will be sought , so ...
... British rate at present , no such allowance , I may venture to state , would be acceded to . I need not inform you , sir , that , unless facilities are afforded through the United States post office , opportunities will be sought , so ...
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... BRITISH TERRITORIES IN EUROPE AND THE EAST INDIES . A convention to regulate commerce between the territories of the United States and His Britannic Majesty , was concluded on the 3d of July , 1815 ; the principal provisions of which ...
... BRITISH TERRITORIES IN EUROPE AND THE EAST INDIES . A convention to regulate commerce between the territories of the United States and His Britannic Majesty , was concluded on the 3d of July , 1815 ; the principal provisions of which ...
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... British territories ; but the vessels of the said States , having in the first instance proceeded to one of the said principal settlements of the Brit- ish dominions in the East Indies , and then going with their original car- goes , or ...
... British territories ; but the vessels of the said States , having in the first instance proceeded to one of the said principal settlements of the Brit- ish dominions in the East Indies , and then going with their original car- goes , or ...
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Page 1 - It is hereby ordained and declared, by the authority aforesaid That the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact between the original states, and the people and states, in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent, to wit: ARTICLE I.
Page 269 - ... Philosophical and scientific apparatus, utensils, instruments, and preparations, including bottles and boxes containing the same, specially imported in good faith for the use and by order of any society or institution incorporated or established solely for religious, philosophical, educational, scientific, or literary purposes, or for the encouragement of the fine arts, or for the use or by order of any college, academy, school or seminary of learning in the United States, or any State or public...
Page 7 - It is also understood that the permission granted by this article is not to extend to allow the -vessels of the United States to carry on any part of the coasting trade of the said British territories...
Page 9 - ... to be recovered by any person who will sue for the same in any Court of Record in this State, in the name of the Governor of the Commonwealth.
Page 56 - ... and port charges, as well as to the fees and perquisites of public officers, and all other duties and charges, of whatever kind or denomination, levied in the name or to the profit of the Government, the local authorities, or of any private establishment whatsoever.
Page 107 - Sykes's hydrometer, and so in proportion for any greater or less strength than the strength of proof, and for any greater or less quantity than a gallon, viz.
Page 11 - Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety seven and in the one hundred and twenty first year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America.
Page 19 - An Act for enrolling and licensing ships or vessels to be employed in the coasting trade and fisheries, and for regulating the same.