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[drop title] In Senate of the United States. January 23, 1817. Ordered to be printed for the use of the Senate. To the honourable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, in Congress assembled—The memorial of ship-owners and others, interested in foreign commerce, convened by public notice at the Tontine Coffee House, in the city of New-York, the 17th January, 1817. by Mumford, Gordon Saltonsall - 1817]

by Mumford, Gordon Saltonsall

[drop title] In Senate of the United States. January 23, 1817. Ordered to be printed for the use of the Senate. To the honourable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, in Congress assembled—The memorial of ship-owners and others, interested in foreign commerce, convened by public notice at the Tontine Coffee House, in the city of New-York, the 17th January, 1817. by Mumford, Gordon Saltonsall - 1817]

[drop title] In Senate of the United States. January 23, 1817. Ordered to be printed for the use of the Senate. To the honourable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, in Congress assembled—The memorial of ship-owners and others, interested in foreign commerce, convened by public notice at the Tontine Coffee House, in the city of New-York, the 17th January, 1817.

by Mumford, Gordon Saltonsall

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[Washington: William A. Davis, 1817]. 8vo. 4 pp.

Concerning the protectionist trading policies of foreign nations. Mumford concludes, "If foreigners want our bread, our cotton, our tobacco, our lumber, or our naval stores, we only ask to be allowed a fair and reasonable share in the carriage of the same to them, and are willing that they should participate with us in the benefit of bringing their produce and manufactures to this country." "[65]" printed at head of title. Government document: Senate document (United States. Congress. Senate); 14th Congress, 2nd session, no. 65. Scarce: OCLC traces only three copies (at Yale, Penn, Cambridge).
    
    Shaw & Shoemaker 42508. Removed from a nonce volume; gutter margin a little irregular; bottom edge of first leaf darkened a bit. Title-page rubber-stamped by the War Department Library.