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Page 66 - In witness whereof the master or purser of the said ship hath affirmed to three bills of lading, all of this tenor and date, the one of which three bills being accomplished, the other two to stand void, and so God send the good ship to her desired port in safety. Amen.
Page xx - ... at every port where such vessel, after the voyage has been commenced, shall load or deliver cargo before the voyage is ended...
Page xix - But the title is more than this, and not only declares the purposes to promote the welfare of American seamen but further to abolish arrest and imprisonment as a penalty for desertion and to secure the abrogation of treaty provisions in relation thereto ; and to promote safety at sea.
Page xxi - ... of this Act, shall be permitted to depart from any port of the United States unless she has on board a crew not less than 75 per...
Page 104 - Most serene, serene, most puissant, puissant, high, illustrious, noble, honourable, venerable, wise, and prudent lords, emperors, kings, republics, princes, dukes, earls, barons, lords, burgomasters, schepens, councillors ; as, also, judges, officers, justiciaries, and regents, of all the good cities and places, whether ecclesiastical or secular, who shall see these patents or hear them read...
Page 122 - All neutral or allied Powers shall, without delay, be notified that the flag of the French republic will treat neutral vessels, either as to confiscation, as to searches, or capture, in the same manner as they shall suffer the English to treat them.1 Under this decree widespread and indiscriminate depredations were committed on the commerce of the United States.
Page 104 - ... and to treat him in a becoming manner, permitting him, upon the usual tolls and expenses, in passing and repassing, to pass, navigate, and frequent the ports, passes, and territories, to the end to transact his business, where, and in what manner he shall judge proper...
Page 41 - March one thousand six hundred sixty-four, no commodity of the growth, production or manufacture of Europe, shall be imported into any land, island, plantation, colony, territory or place to his Majesty belonging...
Page 340 - DE SOTO AND HIS MEN IN THE LAND OF FLORIDA. By Grace King.
Page 125 - Tercira — a lugger to the southward. Being uncertain of his force, we stood by him to leeward on our course, and soon left him. July 28th, in the afternoon, we found ourselves approaching a fleet of upwards of fifty sail, steering nearly NE...