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Page 34
Incoming vessels from foreign ports would lie - to or anchor off the spot , send
their contraband ashore , and with a cargo fully entered on their manifests , sail to
New London or other ports . Later , the contraband would be smuggled in by
small ...
Incoming vessels from foreign ports would lie - to or anchor off the spot , send
their contraband ashore , and with a cargo fully entered on their manifests , sail to
New London or other ports . Later , the contraband would be smuggled in by
small ...
Page 46
They could not enter the tiny coves and inlets that afforded the smugglers refuge ,
they could not hope to escape notice , and to surreptitiously land a ship ' s full
cargo was beyond the capabilities of even the most daring and accomplished ...
They could not enter the tiny coves and inlets that afforded the smugglers refuge ,
they could not hope to escape notice , and to surreptitiously land a ship ' s full
cargo was beyond the capabilities of even the most daring and accomplished ...
Page 53
Then , entering the cabin with the captain , he explained in a few words that a
real cutter was following in his wake , and that he had adopted this ruse of posing
as a government officer in order to provide an alibi for the skipper of the
JOHANNA ...
Then , entering the cabin with the captain , he explained in a few words that a
real cutter was following in his wake , and that he had adopted this ruse of posing
as a government officer in order to provide an alibi for the skipper of the
JOHANNA ...
Page 56
These fellows would run alongside of incoming ships , receive goods that had not
been entered on manifests or bill - of - lading , and which the captains intended
for the smugglers , and with their contraband concealed under loads of hay , fish
...
These fellows would run alongside of incoming ships , receive goods that had not
been entered on manifests or bill - of - lading , and which the captains intended
for the smugglers , and with their contraband concealed under loads of hay , fish
...
Page 68
This prohibited the use of vessels of less than fifteen tons burden for trade , -
evidently with the idea that by this means the Owlers could be prevented from
using craft capable of entering the shoal rivers and creeks of the marsh district .
This prohibited the use of vessels of less than fifteen tons burden for trade , -
evidently with the idea that by this means the Owlers could be prevented from
using craft capable of entering the shoal rivers and creeks of the marsh district .
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Smugglers and Smuggling |
| Author | Alpheus Hyatt Verrill |
| Publisher | Duffield, 1924 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 26 Oct 2007 |
| Length | 327 pages |
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