An Historical and Chronological Deduction of the Origin of Commerce, from the Earliest Accounts: Containing an History of the Great Commercial Interests of the British Empire. To which is Prefixed an Introduction, Exhibiting a View of the Ancient and Modern State of Europe; of the Importance of Our Colonies; and of the Commerce, Shipping, Manufactures, Fisheries, &c., of Great-Britain and Ireland; and Their Influence on the Landed Interest. With an Appendix, Containing the Modern Politico-commercial Geography of the Several Countries of Europe, Volume 3J. White, 1801 - Commerce |
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... most happily established . On the fixteenth of September , ( N. S. ) in this fame year 1701 , the late unhappy King James the Second died at St. Germain in France : and , thereupon , the French King having declared his pretended fon to ...
... most happily established . On the fixteenth of September , ( N. S. ) in this fame year 1701 , the late unhappy King James the Second died at St. Germain in France : and , thereupon , the French King having declared his pretended fon to ...
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... most fertile province of Livonia , fo commodiously fituated for commerce , as well in refpect of its bays , ports , lakes , and rivers , as for a communication with the Ruffian inland provinces , and with Lithuania , for its excel- lent ...
... most fertile province of Livonia , fo commodiously fituated for commerce , as well in refpect of its bays , ports , lakes , and rivers , as for a communication with the Ruffian inland provinces , and with Lithuania , for its excel- lent ...
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... most " of the traders therein are freeholders , and have frequent occafions to borrow money upon " their eftates , for managing their faid trade ; but , for want of a regifter , find it difficult to give fecurity to the fatisfaction of ...
... most " of the traders therein are freeholders , and have frequent occafions to borrow money upon " their eftates , for managing their faid trade ; but , for want of a regifter , find it difficult to give fecurity to the fatisfaction of ...
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... most important tranfaction that had ever happened in Great Britain was finally and legally compleated at the clofe of the year 1706 , viz . a confolidating union of the two Britannic kingdoms of England and Scotland , after their crowns ...
... most important tranfaction that had ever happened in Great Britain was finally and legally compleated at the clofe of the year 1706 , viz . a confolidating union of the two Britannic kingdoms of England and Scotland , after their crowns ...
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... most moderate of them taking at least thirty per cent . and fome twice as much ; this produced an application to the crown , for a charter to incorporate a number of perfons of credit , which they obtained , in the year 1708 , under the ...
... most moderate of them taking at least thirty per cent . and fome twice as much ; this produced an application to the crown , for a charter to incorporate a number of perfons of credit , which they obtained , in the year 1708 , under the ...
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Page 60 - ... or other thing or things whatsoever, or by any deceitful way or means, or by any covin, engine, or deceitful conveyance, for the forbearing or giving day of payment for one whole year, of and for their money or other thing, above the sum of...
Page 330 - Britannic Majesty shall cause to be demolished all the fortifications which His subjects shall have erected in the Bay of Honduras, and other places of the Territory of Spain in that part of the world...
Page 45 - House, by themselves or some agent or agents for that purpose duly authorised, signify to the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, or to the Governor and Company of Merchants of Great Britain trading to the South Seas...
Page 269 - Colonies in America, and to prevent the Erection of any Mill or other Engine for slitting or rolling of Iron, or any plating Forge to work with a Tilt Hammer, or any Furnace for making Steel...
Page 206 - ... be made by deed indented, sealed, and delivered in the presence of two or more credible witnesses, twelve calendar months at least before the death of such donor or grantor, (including the days of the execution and death,) and be enrolled in his Majesty's High Court of Chancery within six calendar months next after the execution thereof...
Page 188 - ... work, without which they could not subsist. No report is made from Carolina, the Bahama or the Bermuda Isles. "From the foregoing state, it is observable that there are more trades carried on and manufactures set up in the Provinces on the continent of America to the northward of Virginia, prejudicial to the trade and manufactures of Great Britain, particularly in New England, than in any other of the British Colonies...
Page 329 - ... the confines between the dominions of His Britannic Majesty, and those of His Most Christian Majesty, in that part of the world, shall be fixed irrevocably by a line drawn along the middle of the river Mississippi, from its source to the river Iberville, and from thence, by a line drawn along the middle of this river, and the lakes Maurepas and Pontchartrain, to the sea...
Page 331 - ... criminal profecutions: the term limited for this emigration being fixed to the fpace of eighteen months, to be computed from the day of the exchange of the ratifications of the prefent treaty.
Page 186 - That the greatest part of the woollen and linen clothing worn in this province was imported from Great Britain, and sometimes from Ireland...
Page 333 - Articles fhall he expedited in good and due form, and exchanged in the fpace of one month, or fooner if it can be done, to be computed from the day of the •fignature of the prefent articles.