Journal of a Tour in Iceland, in the Summer of 1809: Appendices. A. Detail of the Icelandic revolution in 1809. B. Proclamations, letters, and other documents, relative to the Icelandic revolution. C. Account of Heckla ; with ... other remarkable volcanic mountains in Iceland. D. Odes and letters presented by the literati of Iceland to the Right Honorable Sir Joseph Banks and the Honorable Captain Jones. E. Icelandic plants. F. Danish ordinances concerning the trade of Iceland by land and sea |
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... confiscation of all Danish property in the island ; upon which subject I must beg leave to make use of Mr. Jorgensen's own words . " This , " he observes , " was absolutely neces- sary , for , if such property had been permitted to have ...
... confiscation of all Danish property in the island ; upon which subject I must beg leave to make use of Mr. Jorgensen's own words . " This , " he observes , " was absolutely neces- sary , for , if such property had been permitted to have ...
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... confiscated , the court at Copen- hagen has nothing to do , but to order them to be paid from the Icelandic funds ; and so could the merchants not be sufferers , and there would still remain a surplus , which would more than indemnify ...
... confiscated , the court at Copen- hagen has nothing to do , but to order them to be paid from the Icelandic funds ; and so could the merchants not be sufferers , and there would still remain a surplus , which would more than indemnify ...
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... confiscated . As a farther act of authority , and to shew the clemency intended to be pursued , four pri- soners confined in the Tught - huus , or house of correction , one of the most considerable buildings belonging to the town , were ...
... confiscated . As a farther act of authority , and to shew the clemency intended to be pursued , four pri- soners confined in the Tught - huus , or house of correction , one of the most considerable buildings belonging to the town , were ...
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... confiscated , and persons were sent to the distant towns to execute the same errand . Mr. Jorgensen , having now fixed himself in the possession of supreme power , with the title of His Excellency , the Protector of Iceland , Commander ...
... confiscated , and persons were sent to the distant towns to execute the same errand . Mr. Jorgensen , having now fixed himself in the possession of supreme power , with the title of His Excellency , the Protector of Iceland , Commander ...
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... confiscation of Danish property , which , by the fourteenth , the Amptmend are en- joined to execute : by the fifteenth we learn that some civil officers , in order to secure themselves against the displeasure of the king , their master ...
... confiscation of Danish property , which , by the fourteenth , the Amptmend are en- joined to execute : by the fifteenth we learn that some civil officers , in order to secure themselves against the displeasure of the king , their master ...
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