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... ships and vessels of the people of the United States had , while they were British subjects , been admitted into the ports of Great Britain with all the privileges and advantages of British built ships ; that , by the then existing ...
... ships and vessels of the people of the United States had , while they were British subjects , been admitted into the ports of Great Britain with all the privileges and advantages of British built ships ; that , by the then existing ...
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... ships . This order was dated 2d July , 1783 , and it was continued by annual acts of Parliament and orders in council till February , 1788 , when the prohibition was es- tablished by a permanent statute , which took effect from the 2d ...
... ships . This order was dated 2d July , 1783 , and it was continued by annual acts of Parliament and orders in council till February , 1788 , when the prohibition was es- tablished by a permanent statute , which took effect from the 2d ...
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... ship- ping interests of the country were soon made manifest by the rapid in- crease of British colonial ships in the American ports , and their successful competition in the carrying trade between England and the British pos- sessions ...
... ship- ping interests of the country were soon made manifest by the rapid in- crease of British colonial ships in the American ports , and their successful competition in the carrying trade between England and the British pos- sessions ...
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... ships , for a participation in the foreign and colonial trade . The petitions which have at different periods been presented to Congress on this question from the shipping interest , and the extract from the memorial of the Boston Board ...
... ships , for a participation in the foreign and colonial trade . The petitions which have at different periods been presented to Congress on this question from the shipping interest , and the extract from the memorial of the Boston Board ...
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... ships . The ports of St. John , New Brunswick , Quebec , and Halifax , have been visited this year by a comparatively large number of American and other foreign vessels , correct lists of which will be found in the ap pendix ; some with ...
... ships . The ports of St. John , New Brunswick , Quebec , and Halifax , have been visited this year by a comparatively large number of American and other foreign vessels , correct lists of which will be found in the ap pendix ; some with ...
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Page 53 - It is agreed that the people of the United States shall continue to enjoy unmolested the right to take fish of every kind on the Grand Bank, and on all the other banks of Newfoundland ; also, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and at all other places in the sea, where the inhabitants of both countries used at any time heretofore to fish...
Page 53 - ... all other of his Britannic Majesty's dominions in America ; and that the American fishermen shall have liberty to dry and cure fish in any of the unsettled bays, harbours and creeks of Nova Scotia, Magdalen Islands, and Labrador, so long as the same shall remain unsettled...
Page 89 - A Report to the Navy Department of the United States on American Coals, Applicable to Steam Navigation, and to other purposes.
Page 53 - American fishermen shall have liberty to dry and cure fish in any of the unsettled bays, harbours, and creeks of Nova Scotia, Magdalen Islands, and Labrador, so long as the same shall remain unsettled; but so soon as the same or either of them shall be settled, it shall not be lawful for the said fishermen to dry or cure fish at such settlement, without a previous agreement for that purpose with the inhabitants, proprietors, or possessors of the ground.
Page 53 - ... where the inhabitants of both countries used at any time heretofore to fish. And also that the inhabitants of the United States shall have liberty to take fish of every kind on such part of the coast of Newfoundland as British fishermen shall use (but not to dry or cure the same on that island) and also on the coasts, bays and creeks of all other of His Britannic Majesty's dominions in America...
Page 449 - Household effects, old and in use, of persons or families from foreign countries, if used abroad by them, and not intended for any other person or persons, or for sale.
Page 4 - And whereas it is highly expedient that the intercourse between Great Britain and the United States should be established on the most enlarged principles of reciprocal benefit to both countries, but, from the distance between Great Britain and America, it must be a considerable time before any convention or treaty for establishing and regulating the trade and intercourse between Great Britain and the United States of America upon a permanent foundation can be concluded...
Page 54 - American fishermen shall also have liberty forever to dry and cure fish in any of the unsettled bays, harbors, and creeks of the southern part of the coast of Newfoundland hereabove described...
Page 384 - WATERS of all sorts, viz. for every gallon of such spirits or strong waters of any strength not exceeding the strength of proof by Sykes's hydrometer, and so in proportion for any greater strength than the strength of proof, and for any greater or less quantity than a gallon, viz.
Page 628 - Majesty's Customs to make and appoint such other Regulations for the carrying coastwise of any Goods, or for the removing of any Goods for Shipment, as to them shall appear expedient; and that all Goods laden, Waterborne or unladen, contrary to the Regulations of this Act. or contrary to any Regulations so made and appointed, shall be forfeited.