The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 1Houghton, Mifflin, 1887 - Legislators |
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... Commerce , the most ancient treaty of the United States , executed on the 6th of February , 1778 . It stipulated [ Art . 1 ] a firm , inviolable , universal , and perpetual peace . [ Art . 2. ] That all commercial privileges to be ...
... Commerce , the most ancient treaty of the United States , executed on the 6th of February , 1778 . It stipulated [ Art . 1 ] a firm , inviolable , universal , and perpetual peace . [ Art . 2. ] That all commercial privileges to be ...
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... commerce has changed its haunts . The commerce of the country has concentrated , and the commerce of the world is con- centrating , at New York . The government must accommodate itself to the change of times and of circumstances , or ...
... commerce has changed its haunts . The commerce of the country has concentrated , and the commerce of the world is con- centrating , at New York . The government must accommodate itself to the change of times and of circumstances , or ...
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... commerce of the Erie canal , which bears into the commercial emporium of this country a larger volume of freight than any other channel of communication , unless it is the Mississippi ; and that the commerce to which this is tributary ...
... commerce of the Erie canal , which bears into the commercial emporium of this country a larger volume of freight than any other channel of communication , unless it is the Mississippi ; and that the commerce to which this is tributary ...
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BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR PAGE Xiij | ix |
SPEECHES IN THE SENATE OF NEW YORK | 1 |
SPEECHES IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES | 51 |
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