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Opinions on interesting subjects of public law and commercial policy; arising from American Independence. - 1. The question answered- Whether the Citizens of the United States are considered by the Law of England as Aliens; what Privileges are they entitled to within the Kingdom; what Rights can they claim in the remaining Colonies of Britain. - 2. The Regulations for opening the American Trade considered; Faults found; and Amendments proposed. How the late Proclamations affect the United States discussed: Objections pointed out; and Alterations suggested. - 3. How far the British West Indies were injured by the late Proclamation fully investigated; the Amount of their Wants discovered; Modes of Supply shewn; And the Policy of admitting the American Vessels into their Ports amply argued. - 4. An Enquiry how far a Commercial Treaty with the American States is necessary, or would be advantageous: What the Laws of England have already provided on this Subject; and the fundamental Laws of the United States compared with them. By George Chalmers, author of Political annals of the revolted colonies, and of An estimate of the comparative strength of Britain.
Chalmers, George, 1742-1825.Date: 1785- Journals
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Foreign policy bulletin : the documentary record of United States foreign policy.
Date: [1990]-©2012- Books
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An ordinance, to amend an ordinance, entitled, "An ordinance for establishing courts for the trial of piracies and felonies committed on the high seas."
United States.Date: 1783]- Books
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A digest of the laws of the United States of America. Being a complete system, (alphabetically arranged) of all the public acts of Congress now in force - from the commencement of the federal government, to the end of the third session of the fifth Congress, which terminated in March 1799, inclusive. By Thomas Herty, editor of an abridgment of the laws of Maryland.
Herty, Thomas.Date: 1800- Books
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Message from the president of the United States, accompanying an extract of a letter from the minister plenipotentiary of the United States at London, to the secretary of state, dated the 16th of November, 1798, and an edict (or arrete) of the Executive Directory of the French Republic, of the 29th of October, 1798. 28th January, 1799. Ordered to lie on the table.
France. Directoire exécutif.Date: 1799- Books
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A Report of the opinions of the judges in the important cause of Penhallow et al. against Doane's administrators, delivered in the Supreme Court of the United States, at February term, 1795, on an appeal from the Circuit Court for the District of New Hampshire. Taken by permission, from the notes of the judges.
Date: 1795- Books
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Translation of the Edict of the Executive Directory of the French Republic of 29th of October, 1798; referred to in the Message of the president of the United States, of the 28th January, 1799. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States.
France. Directoire exécutif.Date: 1799- Books
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Letters from Paris, to the citizens of the United States of America, on the system of policy hitherto pursued by their government relative to their commercial intercourse with England and France, &c. By Joel Barlow.
Barlow, Joel, 1754-1812.Date: 1800- Books
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Letter, from the Hon. Harrison G. Otis, to the Hon. William Heath, as chairman of the Roxbury committee, for petitioning Congress, against permitting merchant vessels to arm.
Otis, Harrison Gray, 1765-1848.Date: April 1798- Books
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The ship-master's assistant and owner's manual: Containing complete information, as well to merchants, masters of ships, and persons employed in the merchant service, as to officers and others in the Royal Navy, relative to the mercantile and maritime laws and customs. In the course of which, the following subjects are particularly elucidated: I. Disbursements, & other ship-accounts. 2. Instructions for the officers in the Royal Navy. 3. Tables useful in martime affairs. 4. Exchanges. 5. Real and imaginary monies of the world. 6. Owners. 7. Masters. 8. Seamen and seamen's wages. 9. Impressing. 10. Articles of regulation for the Royal Navy. 11. Freight, charter-parties, & demurrage. 12. Ballast. 13. Pilots and pilotage. 14. Marine insurances. 15. Averages. 16. Bottomry and respondentia 17. Privateers. 18. Bills of exchange. 19. Quarantine. 20. Navigation-acts. 21. Smuggling-acts. 22. Manifest-act. 23. Fisheries in the Greenland Sea and Davis's streights. 24. Southern whale-fishery. 25. British fisheries. 26. Newfoundland fisheries. 27. Oyster-fishers. 28. Regulation of seamen in the coasting-trade. 29. Slave-trade. 30. Act for consolidation of the duties. 31. Duties in the Unites States of America. 32. Duties at the sound. The fourth edition, considerably improved and enlarged. The whole compiled from undoubted authority, and the acts of Parliament faithfully abridged, by a Gentlemam of the Inner Temple.
Steel, David.Date: M.DCC.XCII. [1792]- Books
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The ship-master's assistant and owner's manual: Containing complete information, as well to merchants, masters of ships, and persons employed in the merchant-service, as to officers and others in the Royal Navy, relative to the mercantile and maritime laws and customs. In the course of̀ which, the following subjects are particularly elucidated: 1. Disbursements, & other ship-accounts. 2. Instructions for the officers in the Royal Navy. 3. Exchanges. 4. Real and imaginary monies of the world; and tables of the agreement which the weights and measures o the principal places of Europe have with each other. 5. Of captures by His Majesty's ships and private vessels of war. 6. Privateers. 7. Owners. 8. Masters. 9. Seamen and seamen's wages. 10. Impressing. 11. Articles of regulation for the Royal Navy. 12. Freight, charter-parties, & demurrage. 13. Ballast. 14. PIots and pilotage. 15. Marine insurances. 16. Averages. 17. Bottomry and respondentia 18. Bills of exchange. 19. Quarantine. 20. Navigation-Acts. 21. Smuggling-Acts. 22. Manifest-Act. 23. Fisheries in the Greenland seas and davis's streights. 24. Southern whale-fishery. 25. British fisheries. 26. Newfoundland fisheries. 27. Oyster-fisheries. 28. Regulation of seamen in the coasting-trade. 29. Slave-trade. 30. Act for consolidation of the duties. 31. Duties in the United States of America. 32. Duties at the sound. The fifth edition, considerably improved and enlarged. The whole compiled from undoubted authority, and the Acts of Parliament faithfully abridged, by a gentleman of the Inner Temple.
Steel, David.Date: M.DCC.XCIV. [1794]- Books
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Report on trichinae and trichinosis / United States Marine Hospital Service ; prepared, under direction of the supervising Surgeon-General, by W.C.W. Glazier.
United States. Marine Hospital Service.Date: 1881- Books
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The ship-Master's assistant and owner's manual: containing complete information, as well to merchants, masters of ships, and persons employed in the merchant-service, as to Officers and others in the Royal Navy, relative to the mercantile and maritime laws and customs. In The Course Of Which, The following Subjects are particularly elucidated: 1. Disbursements, & Other Ship-Accounts. With Accounts fot the Coal-Trade, and valuable Remarks thereon. 2. Instructions for the Officers in the Royal Navy. 3. Exchanges. 4. Real and imaginary Monies of the World; and Tables of the Agroement which the Weights and Measures of the principal Places of Europe have with each other. 5. Of Captures by his Majesty's Ships and private Vessels of War. 6. Privateers. 7. Owners. 8. Masters. 9. Seamen and Seamen's Wages. 10. Impressing. 11. Articles of Regulation for the Royal Navy. 12. Freight, Charter-Parties, & Demurrage. 13. Ballast. 14. Pilots and Pilotage. 15. Marine Insurances. 16. Averages. 17. Bottomry and Respondentia 18. Bills of Exchange. 19. Quarantinf. 20. Navigation-Acts. 21. Smuggling-Acts. 22. Manifest-Act. 23. Fisheries in the Greenland Seas and Davis's Streights. 24. Southern Whale-Fishery. 25. British Fisheries. 26. Newfoundland Fisheries. 27. Oister-Fisheries. 28. Regulation of Seamen in the Coasting-Trade. 29. Slave-Trade. 30. Act for Registering Boats, Barges, &c. 31. Act for Consolidation of the Duties. 32. Duties in the United States of America. 33. Duties at the Sound. The sixth edition, considerably improved and enlarged. The whole compiled from undoubted authority, and the acts of Parliament faithfully abridged, by a gentleman of the Inner Temple.
Steel, David.Date: M.DCC.XCV. [1795] [1796]- Books
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The ship-Master's assistant and owner's manual: containing complete information, as well to merchants, masters of ships, and persons employed in the merchant-service, as to Officers and other in the Royal Navy, relative to the mercantile and maritime laws and customs. In The Course Of Which, The following Subjects are particularly elucidated: 1. Disbursements, & Other Ship-Accounts. With Accounts for the Coal-Trade, and valuable Remarks thereon. 2. Instructions for the Officers in the Royal Navy. 3. Exchanges. 4. Real and Imaginary Monies of the World: and Tables of the Agreement which the Weights and Measures of the principal Places of Europe have with each other. 5. Of Captures by his Majesty's Ships and private Vessels of War. 6. Privateers. 7. Owners. 8. Masters. 9. Seamen and Seamen's Wages. 10. Impressing. 11. Articles of Regulation for the Royal Navy. 12. Freight, Charter-Parties, & Demurrage. 13. Ballast. 14. Pilots and Pilotage, and Rates of Pilotage in the Royal Navy. 15. Marine Insurances. 16. Averages. 17. Bottomby and Respondentia 18. Bills of Exchange. 19. Quarantine. 20. Navigation-Acts. 21. Smuggling-Acts. 22. Manifest-Act. 23. Fisheries in the Greenland Seas and Davis's Streights. 24. Southern Whale-Fishery. 25. British Fisheries. 26. Newfoundland Fisheries. 27. Oister-Fisheries. 28. Regulation of Seamen in the Coasting-Trade. 29. Slave-Trade. 30. Act for Registering Boats, Barges, &c. 31. Act for Consolidation of the Duties. 32. Duties in the United States of America. 33. Duties at the Sound. The seventh edition, considerably improved and enlarged. The whole compiled from undoubted authority, and the Acts of Parliament faithfully abridged, by a gentleman of the Inner Temple.
Steel, David.Date: M.DCC.XCVI. [1796]- Books
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Lex mercatoria rediviva: or, a complete code of commercial law. Being a general guide to all men in business; Whether as Traders, Remitters, Owners, Freighters, Captains, Insurers, Brokers, Factors, Super Cargoes, or Agents. With an account of our mercantile companies; our colonies and factories abroad; our commercial treaties with foreign powers; the duty of consuls, and of the laws concerning aliens, naturalization, and denization. To which is added, a sketch of the Present state of the commerce of the whole world; describing the Manufactures and Products of each particular Nation; with Tables of Correspondence, and Agreement of their respective Coins, Weights and Measures. also the Net Import Duties Payable in Ireland; And Duties on Goods, Wares and Merchandize, Imported into the United States of America. Compiled from the works of the most celebrated British and foreign commercial writers. The Whole equally calculated for the Information and Service of the Merchant, Lawyer, Member of Parliament, and private Gentleman. By the late Wyndham Beawes, Esq. His Britannic Majesty's Consul at Seville and St. Lucar. The sixth edition, considerably enlarged and improved, by Thomas Mortimer, Esq. Formerly his Majesty's Vice-Consul at Ostend. In two volumes. ...
Beawes, Wyndham.Date: MDCCXCV. [1795]- Books
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A complete collection of all the protests of the peers in Parliament, entered on their journals, since the year 1774, on the great questions of the cause and issue of the war between Great-Britain and America, &c to the present time.
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords.Date: 1782- Books
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Population : its law of increase / by Nathan Allen.
Allen, Nathan, 1813-1889.Date: 1870- Books
Healthism : health-status discrimination and the law / Jessica L. Roberts, Elizabeth Weeks.
Roberts, Jessica L.Date: [2019]- Books
Awakening : how gays and lesbians brought marriage equality to America / Nathaniel Frank.
Frank, NathanielDate: [2017]- Books
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The state and freedom of contract / edited by Harry N. Scheiber.
Date: 1998- Books
Defectives in the land : disability and immigration in the age of eugenics / Douglas C. Baynton.
Baynton, Douglas C.Date: [2016]- Books
Tear the petals off of you / by Julia Eff.
Eff, JuliaDate: [20--?]- Pictures
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A dentist in his surgery with patient at Camp Douglas. Pen drawing by C.W. Law, 1862.
Law, C.W., active 1862.Date: 1862Reference: 16734i- Books
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Extracts from the proceedings of the High Court of Vice-Admiralty, in Charlestown, South-Carolina, upon six several informations, adjudged by the Honourable Egerton Leigh, Esq; sole judge of that court, and His Majesty's attorney-general in the said province, in the years 176 and 1768. With explanatory remarks, &c. And copies of two extraordinary oaths. To which are subjoined, recapitulation, reflections arising from a retrospect of a late case, and some general observations on American custom-house officers, and Courts of Vice-Admiralty.
Date: MDCCLXIX. [1769]- Books
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Considerations on the present situation of Great Britain and the United States of North America, with a view to their future commercial connections; particularly designed to expose the dangerous tendency of the Arguments used, and of the Conclusions drawn, in a late pamphlet published by Lord Sheffield, entitled "observations on the commerce of the American States;" likewise shewing the Advantages, and urging the Necessity of relaxing the Act of Navigation in Favour of America, both in Great Britain and the West Indies. Interspersed with some Observations on the State of Canada, Nova Scotia, and the Fisheries; and with various Accounts necessary to shew the State of the Shipping and Trade of this Country and the United States; as well as of the Connection of the latter with the West Indies, previous to the War.
Champion, Richard, 1743-1791.Date: MDCCLXXXIV. [1784]