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... give to Michigan the upper peninsula as a sop , the people of Michigan almost spurned the concession , intended as a bribe . They little dreamed of its incalculable value . Even the trade between the upper and lower peninsula must be ...
... give to Michigan the upper peninsula as a sop , the people of Michigan almost spurned the concession , intended as a bribe . They little dreamed of its incalculable value . Even the trade between the upper and lower peninsula must be ...
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... give an exhibit of the whole navigation of Lake Superior to this time . For this detail , and much valu- able information relative to Lake Superior , the reader is indebted to the late lamented Col , Wm . F. P. Taylor , of Buffalo ...
... give an exhibit of the whole navigation of Lake Superior to this time . For this detail , and much valu- able information relative to Lake Superior , the reader is indebted to the late lamented Col , Wm . F. P. Taylor , of Buffalo ...
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... give extracts from every German , even of celebrity , who has written prose - not a collection , but such a selection from the leading writers - from Luther , who died in 1546 , to Von Chamisso , who died in 1839 , and of pieces of such ...
... give extracts from every German , even of celebrity , who has written prose - not a collection , but such a selection from the leading writers - from Luther , who died in 1546 , to Von Chamisso , who died in 1839 , and of pieces of such ...
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... give shade to his posterity . He abhors as a theft all gain which is contrary to the general good of commerce . He seeks by wise undertakings , to attract to the country new branches of trade . He supports and upholds the old , which ...
... give shade to his posterity . He abhors as a theft all gain which is contrary to the general good of commerce . He seeks by wise undertakings , to attract to the country new branches of trade . He supports and upholds the old , which ...
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... give their expounders cunning . Hence those nurseries of old customs , to whose service certain houses are more ... gives security to its course , as the light house , by which the wandering mariner directs his path , and at whose sight ...
... give their expounders cunning . Hence those nurseries of old customs , to whose service certain houses are more ... gives security to its course , as the light house , by which the wandering mariner directs his path , and at whose sight ...
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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.