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Page 17
And aside from ordinary smuggling the Louisianians carried on a brisk and
lucrative trade with the pirates and privateersmen of the Gulf , who disposed of
seized and stolen cargoes at bargain prices and left it to the purchasers to
smuggle the ...
And aside from ordinary smuggling the Louisianians carried on a brisk and
lucrative trade with the pirates and privateersmen of the Gulf , who disposed of
seized and stolen cargoes at bargain prices and left it to the purchasers to
smuggle the ...
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But so inimical to British interests did the contraband trade in the Dutch islands
become , that , despite possible consequences , the English naval vessels seized
all the ships and goods in St . Eustatius and St . Martins thus effectually putting ...
But so inimical to British interests did the contraband trade in the Dutch islands
become , that , despite possible consequences , the English naval vessels seized
all the ships and goods in St . Eustatius and St . Martins thus effectually putting ...
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In Philadelphia in 1769 , a revenue officer , John Swift , seized a cargo of
Madeira wine and placed the confiscated liquor in a warehouse . But just as the
Hawkhurst gangand present - day rum runners - broke into the storehouse and ...
In Philadelphia in 1769 , a revenue officer , John Swift , seized a cargo of
Madeira wine and placed the confiscated liquor in a warehouse . But just as the
Hawkhurst gangand present - day rum runners - broke into the storehouse and ...
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counterband she will be seized . ” Then , after speaking of his voyage , he added
. “ It is very dangerous coming to New York with counterband . The manofwarship
has seized five vessels with cargoes and has them all chained alongside the ...
counterband she will be seized . ” Then , after speaking of his voyage , he added
. “ It is very dangerous coming to New York with counterband . The manofwarship
has seized five vessels with cargoes and has them all chained alongside the ...
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Under date of June 1st , 1823 , the following appears in a Baltimore paper : " The
brigantine SPRAY of Norfolk , seized by the government cruiser THESPIS on the
19th , Ult . , was sold at auction by the United States Marshall yesterday at 2 p ...
Under date of June 1st , 1823 , the following appears in a Baltimore paper : " The
brigantine SPRAY of Norfolk , seized by the government cruiser THESPIS on the
19th , Ult . , was sold at auction by the United States Marshall yesterday at 2 p ...
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Page 71 - ... restores him to health; on the ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal; on the poor man's salt, and the rich man's spice; on the brass nails of the coffin and the ribands of the bride; at bed or board; couchant or levant we must pay.
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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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