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Foreign News January 7, 1799

Gazette Of The United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser

Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

What is this article about?

The Batavian Republic decrees a ban on importing specified English merchandise after October 1, with penalties of confiscation and banishment for violators, as announced by the Directory on October 23.

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From a Hamburg paper of October 27.

THE HAGUE, 23d OCT.

Stricter means have been lately proposed to prevent the introduction of English goods and it is now decreed, that after the 1st of October none of the English merchandize specified in the ordinance shall be imported into the republic of Batavia by land or by sea, on pain of the confiscation of the said merchandize and the banishment of the importer. This decree has been already sanctioned, and the directory has announced it to the people by a proclamation.

What sub-type of article is it?

Trade Or Commerce Economic

What keywords are associated?

English Goods Ban Batavia Import Prohibition Confiscation Penalty Banishment Importer Directory Proclamation

Where did it happen?

Republic Of Batavia

Foreign News Details

Primary Location

Republic Of Batavia

Event Date

23d Oct, After The 1st Of October

Outcome

confiscation of the said merchandize and the banishment of the importer

Event Details

Stricter means have been lately proposed to prevent the introduction of English goods and it is now decreed, that after the 1st of October none of the English merchandize specified in the ordinance shall be imported into the republic of Batavia by land or by sea. This decree has been already sanctioned, and the directory has announced it to the people by a proclamation.

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