The Western Journal, of Agriculture, Manufactures, Mechanic Arts, Internal Improvement, Commerce, and General Literature, Volume 5M. Tarver and T.F. Risk, 1851 - Missouri |
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... Gold shipped from Sept. 1st , 1849 , to Dec. 13 , 1850. Tonnage arrived — İm- portations , & c . , 329 . Commerce of Canada . Imports into the port of Buffalo for the year 1850 , 330 . Cotton , quantity received at and export- ed from ...
... Gold shipped from Sept. 1st , 1849 , to Dec. 13 , 1850. Tonnage arrived — İm- portations , & c . , 329 . Commerce of Canada . Imports into the port of Buffalo for the year 1850 , 330 . Cotton , quantity received at and export- ed from ...
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... gold and silver , and the properties which fit them for measures of value and for currency , though they do not furnish an invaluable standard of value the quantity of pure silver and gold , and of alloy , in the coin of the Uni- ted ...
... gold and silver , and the properties which fit them for measures of value and for currency , though they do not furnish an invaluable standard of value the quantity of pure silver and gold , and of alloy , in the coin of the Uni- ted ...
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... Gold and silver have an intrinsic value in the public estimation , to the full amount at which they pass as money ... gold was equal in value in Europe to about ten ounces of silver.- The American mines have produced in quantity about ...
... Gold and silver have an intrinsic value in the public estimation , to the full amount at which they pass as money ... gold was equal in value in Europe to about ten ounces of silver.- The American mines have produced in quantity about ...
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... gold to be coined into a dollar ; or else silver coin , being relatively more valuable to export than to use in this country , will be rapidly exported . British coin , both gold and silver , is made of eleven parts pure metal , and one ...
... gold to be coined into a dollar ; or else silver coin , being relatively more valuable to export than to use in this country , will be rapidly exported . British coin , both gold and silver , is made of eleven parts pure metal , and one ...
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... gold , and silver is sold in quantities at less than its legal val- ue , as compared with gold , and the tenth part of an American eagle is worth only 4s . 1 1-2d . sterling , in British gold , we may fairly reckon a dollar at 4s . 2d ...
... gold , and silver is sold in quantities at less than its legal val- ue , as compared with gold , and the tenth part of an American eagle is worth only 4s . 1 1-2d . sterling , in British gold , we may fairly reckon a dollar at 4s . 2d ...
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