The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 35F. Hunt, 1856 - Commerce |
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... nearly 2,000 years before Christ , we find the Patriarch buying the field of Machpelah , and paying Ephron for it " 400 shekels of silver , current money with the merchant ; " showing , not only the existence of merchants as a class ...
... nearly 2,000 years before Christ , we find the Patriarch buying the field of Machpelah , and paying Ephron for it " 400 shekels of silver , current money with the merchant ; " showing , not only the existence of merchants as a class ...
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... nearly quadruple the number of subjects found in Great Britain and Ireland together . This mighty monopoly , for good or for evil , is the result of merchant minds ⚫ Goodman's Social History of Great Britain , & c . , i . , 222 . + ...
... nearly quadruple the number of subjects found in Great Britain and Ireland together . This mighty monopoly , for good or for evil , is the result of merchant minds ⚫ Goodman's Social History of Great Britain , & c . , i . , 222 . + ...
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... nearly £ 300,000 , Penn- sylvania currency , payable in gold and silver , were obtained , with which bonds , every one of which was honored , the bank called the Pennsylvania Bond Bank , went into operation , on the 17th of July , 1780 ...
... nearly £ 300,000 , Penn- sylvania currency , payable in gold and silver , were obtained , with which bonds , every one of which was honored , the bank called the Pennsylvania Bond Bank , went into operation , on the 17th of July , 1780 ...
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... nearly 500 years before Christ , we discover the fact that merchants were banded to- gether in one fraternity , and that , too , for a very honorable purpose ; for it is said in the record of the rebuilding of Jerusalem , after the ...
... nearly 500 years before Christ , we discover the fact that merchants were banded to- gether in one fraternity , and that , too , for a very honorable purpose ; for it is said in the record of the rebuilding of Jerusalem , after the ...
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... nearly all the commerce of Eng- land was in the hands of the Steel - yard merchants , or " Easterling - Gild , " as Stowe calls it , for nearly four hundred years . In the reign of Edward III . , these guilds , which then were numerous ...
... nearly all the commerce of Eng- land was in the hands of the Steel - yard merchants , or " Easterling - Gild , " as Stowe calls it , for nearly four hundred years . In the reign of Edward III . , these guilds , which then were numerous ...
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Page 109 - 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 416 - Covenant and combine ourselves together into a Civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid ; and by virtue hereof, to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Page 683 - ... breakings -down. They will here meet with ruts, which I actually measured, four feet deep, and floating with mud only from a wet summer.
Page 35 - It is directly concerned with the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat, the materials upon which we expend our labor, and the things which we buy and sell.
Page 227 - fire and marine" insurance. SEC. 9. Any person violating the provisions of this act within this state, shall upon conviction thereof, in any court of competent jurisdiction, be fined in any sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail not more than thirty days, or both, at the discretion of the court.
Page 416 - King, defender of the faith, etc., having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith, and honor of our King and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God, and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid...
Page 543 - ... all objects of art and of foreign and curious research, and all objects of natural history, plants, and geological and mineralogical specimens, belonging, or hereafter to belong, to the United States, which may be in the city of Washington, in whosesoever custody the same may be, shall be delivered to such persons as may be authorized by the board of regents to receive them, and shall be arranged in such order, and so classed, as best [to] facilitate the examination and study of them...
Page 361 - ... if any false statement be made in such certificate or affidavit, all the persons interested in such partnership shall be liable for all the engagements thereof as general partners.
Page 109 - Convinced that the maxims which they now proclaim cannot but be received with gratitude by the whole world, the undersigned Plenipotentiaries doubt not that the efforts of their Governments to obtain the general adoption thereof will be crowned with full success. The present Declaration is not and shall not be binding, except between those Powers who have acceded, or shall accede, to it.
Page 355 - Act, either in person or through another, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred nor more than two thousand dollars; and...