The Wonders of Nature and Art: Or, A Concise Account of Whatever is Most Curious and Remarkable in the World; Whether Relating to Its Animal, Vegetable and Mineral Productions, Or to the Manufactures, Buildings and Inventions of Its Inhabitants, Compiled from Historical and Geographical Works of Established Celebrity, and Illustrated with the Discoveries of Modern Travellers, Том 10J. Walker, 1804 |
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... exported from any state . No prefer ence shall be given by any regulation of commerce or revenue , to the ports of one state over those of another ; nor shall vessels bound to or from one state ; be obliged to pay duties in another . No ...
... exported from any state . No prefer ence shall be given by any regulation of commerce or revenue , to the ports of one state over those of another ; nor shall vessels bound to or from one state ; be obliged to pay duties in another . No ...
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... trade . The quantities of fur exported from the northern parts of America to Great Britain , have amounted annually to upwards of forty thousand pounds sterling , estimated from the freight during the years 1768 , 1769 and 1770. The ...
... trade . The quantities of fur exported from the northern parts of America to Great Britain , have amounted annually to upwards of forty thousand pounds sterling , estimated from the freight during the years 1768 , 1769 and 1770. The ...
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... trade of New Hampshire , was formerly with the West India sugar islands , to which they exported all the various kinds of lumber- horses , cattle , sheep , poultry , salted provisions , pot and pearl ashes , dried fish , & c , and ...
... trade of New Hampshire , was formerly with the West India sugar islands , to which they exported all the various kinds of lumber- horses , cattle , sheep , poultry , salted provisions , pot and pearl ashes , dried fish , & c , and ...
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... exported produce and commodities from this state , before the revolu- tion , was reckoned at two hundred thousand pounds per annum . But as no accurate estimate has been made under the republican form of go vernment , it is impossible ...
... exported produce and commodities from this state , before the revolu- tion , was reckoned at two hundred thousand pounds per annum . But as no accurate estimate has been made under the republican form of go vernment , it is impossible ...
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... exports and imports has never been made public . The staple commodity of this state is wheat , of which six hundred and seventy- seven thousand bushels were exported in the year 1775 , besides two thousand five hundred tons of bread ...
... exports and imports has never been made public . The staple commodity of this state is wheat , of which six hundred and seventy- seven thousand bushels were exported in the year 1775 , besides two thousand five hundred tons of bread ...
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