A Defence of the Merchants of Boston Against Aspersions of the Hon. John Z. Goodrich, Ex-collector of CustomsLittle, Brown, and Company, 1866 - 59 páginas |
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$10 for pints 30 francs accept alleged fraud amount April 22 arrived Barney baskets books and papers borate borax Boston Custom House Boston merchants bouteilles brother cent Champagne wine character charge of fraud Chenery claim commercial experience consular certificate cost dishonest intentions duty examined expenses of importation extracts facts facture simulée Farwell favor fictitious invoice firm foreign market value French French language Goodrich says Hamlin informed integrity J. Z. Goodrich JOHN Jordan July late Collector letter dated Louis Roederer ment merchants of Boston Messrs Moses Williams Naval Officer never offered his services paid pamphlet parties penalties phlet Port of Boston quarts and $10 received referred regard removal replied Roederer SAMUEL HOOPER Secre seized sent settlement shipment Solicitor statement statute of limitations steamer storekeeper Surveyor tary tion told tom House transaction Treasury Department Tuck unjust want of commercial Washington wine at Reims York
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Página 11 - That all invoices of imported merchandise shall be made out in the currency of the place or country from whence the importations shall be made or if purchased in the currency actually paid therefor, shall contain a correct...
Página 18 - Mercantile Dictionary. A complete vocabulary of the technicalities of Commercial Correspondence, names of Articles of Trade, and Marine Terms, in English, Spanish, and French ; with Geographical Names, Business Letters, and Tables of the Abbreviations in common use in the 'three languages. By I. DE VEITELLE. Square 12mo. Half morocco. Price, $3.00. " A book of most decided necessity to all merchants, filling up a want long felt.
Página 11 - All invoices of merchandise subject to a duty ad valorem shall be made out in the currency of the place or country from whence the importation shall be made, and shall contain a true statement of the actual cost of such merchandise, in such foreign currency or currencies, without any respect to the value of the coins of the United States, or of foreign coins, by law made current within the United States, in such foreign place or country.
Página 4 - SIR, — In answer to the inquiry contained in your letter of the...
Página 48 - wearing apparel" embraces articles either used or ready for use, such as it would be supposed the station in life of the party in possession would entitle or require him or her to make actual use of.
Página 26 - Up to this time, we felt perfectly easy, as we had consulted counsel, and received a favorable opinion from them upon the matter. But now the health of our present senior partner, the father of the writer, who is approaching his seventy-fifth year, and who has within the last three years experienced severe domestic misfortune, began to be seriously affected ; and we found, to our alarm, that his anxiety was producing sleeplessness at night and a nervous condition in the daytime, which it was impossible...
Página 31 - It appears from Mr. Jordan's statement to the Secretary, that, after learning the facts of the case in Boston, he was decidedly of opinion that the proposed compromise of $100,000 should be accepted. To examine and report upon the expediency of accepting this compromise, as recommended by the officers of the Custom House on the 22d of April, was the sole object of Mr. Jordan's visit to Boston.
Página 17 - Roederer, in his former letters, had called the French invoices, by which the wine was to be entered at the Custom House, " fictitious invoices," " made according to your instructions." There are five of these pretended extracts, each referring to what is called the " fictitious invoice " enclosed in the letter ; but no such expression is found in any letter of Mr. Roederer. Since 1847, Mr. Roederer...
Página 15 - REIMS, le 5 Juin, 1847. Certificate of Mayor of Reims attached. The following copy of the actual settlement of this last shipment, — being the one per "Versailles," referred to on page 8 of the pamphlet, — will prevent any misunderstanding in regard to the intention and meaning of the contract between the Messrs. Williams and Mr.