Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 10F. Hunt, 1844 - Commerce |
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Page 243 - The United States in congress assembled shall also have the sole and exclusive right and power of regulating the alloy and value of coin struck by their own authority, or by that of the respective states..
Page 540 - Provided, however, and it is further understood and declared, that the boundaries of these three States shall be subject so far to be altered, that if Congress shall hereafter find it expedient, they shall have authority to form one or two States in that part of the said Territory which lies north of an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend or extreme of Lake Michigan.
Page 451 - He came, however, to this country in 1783, and engaged in trade, and has resided in this country till 1797. During that time he was, undoubtedly, to be considered as an English trader; for no position is more established than this, that if a person goes into another country and engages in trade, and resides there, he is, by the law of nations, to be considered as a merchant of that country.
Page 360 - And provided, That all manufactures of cotton, or of which cotton shall be a component part, not dyed...
Page 541 - Royale and the northwestern main land, to the mouth of Pigeon River, and up the said river, to and through the north and south Fowl Lakes, to the lakes of the height of land between Lake Superior and the Lake of the Woods...
Page 159 - But with our industry we must likewise be steady, settled, and careful, and oversee our own affairs with our own eyes, and not trust too much to others; for, as Poor Richard says, I never saw an oft-removed tree, Nor yet an oft-removed family, That throve so well as those that settled be.
Page 343 - The lender is not presumed to lend upon the faith of any particular appropriation of the money ; and if it were otherwise, his security could not be avoided by any misapplication of the fund, where the risk was bond fide run upon other goods, and it was not a mere contract of wager and hazard.
Page 377 - In an action by the plaintiff against the borough to recover damages for the loss of the services of his...
Page 565 - Any policy of insurance made by any insurance company on the life of any person, expressed to be for the benefit of a married woman...
Page 533 - I represent has a substantial position in world trade, and we have many opportunities to observe conditions in other parts of the world as well as in the United States.