Senate Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Public Documents and Executive Documents: 14th Congress, 1st Session-48th Congress, 2nd Session and Special Session, Volume 16 |
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... at 27 cents 100 blankets , at $ 1 93 50 pair white kersey drawers , at $ 1 10 $ 94 00 468 00 461 50 27 00 193 00 55 00 1,298 50 Provisions . 2 boxes tea , weighing 50 pounds , at 81 cents - 40 63 1,338 13 JULY 24 , 1846 .
... at 27 cents 100 blankets , at $ 1 93 50 pair white kersey drawers , at $ 1 10 $ 94 00 468 00 461 50 27 00 193 00 55 00 1,298 50 Provisions . 2 boxes tea , weighing 50 pounds , at 81 cents - 40 63 1,338 13 JULY 24 , 1846 .
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To two hundred and seventy head of beef cattle , averaging each five hundred pounds net weight , left by Alexander Godey , at different points , in the valley of the San Joaquin for the use of the Indians , agreeably to the treaties ...
To two hundred and seventy head of beef cattle , averaging each five hundred pounds net weight , left by Alexander Godey , at different points , in the valley of the San Joaquin for the use of the Indians , agreeably to the treaties ...
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Do ..... Chenery & Hubbard ... Do. . Groceries , & c .... Bill of 4,012 pounds hard bread Flour ... Contracted for at 8 cents per pound , or $ 40 per head , average 500 pounds . DISBURSING AGENCY INDIAN DEPARTMENT IN CALIFORNIA ...
Do ..... Chenery & Hubbard ... Do. . Groceries , & c .... Bill of 4,012 pounds hard bread Flour ... Contracted for at 8 cents per pound , or $ 40 per head , average 500 pounds . DISBURSING AGENCY INDIAN DEPARTMENT IN CALIFORNIA ...
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It is known to every cattle dealer that Spanish cattle in droves or herds average only about 400 pounds net . In the spring of 1851 , when in that country , I had occasion to purchase for the board some 3 or 400 head of large picked ...
It is known to every cattle dealer that Spanish cattle in droves or herds average only about 400 pounds net . In the spring of 1851 , when in that country , I had occasion to purchase for the board some 3 or 400 head of large picked ...
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The letter of Mr. McCorkle , representative from California , stating the price of beef in 1851 , at Sacramento , to be 25 cents per pound , and out in the mining districts for 30 to 50 cents per pound . of 6. Statement from Mr. Henry ...
The letter of Mr. McCorkle , representative from California , stating the price of beef in 1851 , at Sacramento , to be 25 cents per pound , and out in the mining districts for 30 to 50 cents per pound . of 6. Statement from Mr. Henry ...
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Page 6 - The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war ; 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective ; that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Page 3 - Privateering is, and remains abolished. 2. The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war. 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under the enemy's flag.
Page 5 - DECLARATION RESPECTING MARITIME LAW, SIGNED BY THE PLENIPOTENTIARIES OF GREAT BRITAIN, AUSTRIA, FRANCE, PRUSSIA, RUSSIA, SARDINIA, AND TURKEY, ASSEMBLED IN CONGRESS AT PARIS, APRIL 16, 1856.
Page 5 - That free ships make free goods' — that is to say, that the effects or goods belonging to subjects or citizens of a Power or State at war are free from capture and confiscation when found on board of neutral vessels, with the exception of articles contraband of war. 2* That the property of neutrals on board an enemy's vessel is not subject to confiscation, unless the same be contraband of war.
Page 3 - Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under the enemy's flag. 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective — that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Page 1 - The Secretary of State, to whom has been referred a resolution of the House of Representatives...
Page 11 - It is, in the opinion of this Government, to be seriously apprehended that if the use of privateers be abandoned, the dominion over the seas will be surrendered to those Powers which adopt the policy and have the means of keeping up large navies. The one which has a decided naval superiority would be potentially the mistress of the ocean, and by the abolition of privateering that domination would be more firmly secured.
Page 20 - An act to provide for the ascertainment and satisfaction of claims of American citizens for spoliations committed by the French prior to the 31st day of July, 1801," which was presented to me on the 6th instant, with my objections to its becoming a law.
Page 127 - Wherefore I, the said notary, at the request aforesaid, have protested, and by these presents do solemnly protest, as well against the...
Page 2 - ... who had agreed, and those who should afterwards accede to it, should, after the adoption of the same, enter into no arrangement on the application of maritime law in time of war without stipulating for a strict observance of the four points resolved by the declaration. The...
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| Title | Senate Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Public Documents and Executive Documents: 14th Congress, 1st Session-48th Congress, 2nd Session and Special Session, Volume 16 United States congressional serial set |
| Author | United States. Congress. Senate |
| Published | 1856 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 7 Dec 2006 |
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