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Page 76
It is hereby declared, that only such debt is remitted which is due to the king, or to
such Danish mercantile houses, whose principals are not residents of Iceland. It
is further declared, that all such Danish merchants, whose wives and children ...
It is hereby declared, that only such debt is remitted which is due to the king, or to
such Danish mercantile houses, whose principals are not residents of Iceland. It
is further declared, that all such Danish merchants, whose wives and children ...
Page 83
... neither was a single individual who resigned, driven out of his habitation,
which might have been done in those houses belonging to government ; but, on
the contrary, I ordered that such persons and their families should be supplied
gratis ...
... neither was a single individual who resigned, driven out of his habitation,
which might have been done in those houses belonging to government ; but, on
the contrary, I ordered that such persons and their families should be supplied
gratis ...
Page 101
... without delay, together with this agreement. 7. All merchants' houses which are
shut up in this country shall immediately be opened and the merchants of the
said island be permitted to continue or carry on their trade as FINAL
AGREEMENT.
... without delay, together with this agreement. 7. All merchants' houses which are
shut up in this country shall immediately be opened and the merchants of the
said island be permitted to continue or carry on their trade as FINAL
AGREEMENT.
Page 127
This bank could not at first be seen from the farm-houses that were pleasantly
situated at the foot of a lofty and closely-connected range of mountains, stretching
for the most part from east to west, nor could the inhabitants distinguish it till it
was ...
This bank could not at first be seen from the farm-houses that were pleasantly
situated at the foot of a lofty and closely-connected range of mountains, stretching
for the most part from east to west, nor could the inhabitants distinguish it till it
was ...
Page 132
The current of lava had in a single day, before the evening of the 12th, proceeded
as far as the farm Aa, in Sida, where it overflowed houses, enclosures, pasture-
lands, and carried every thing away before it. It had also in another direction ...
The current of lava had in a single day, before the evening of the 12th, proceeded
as far as the farm Aa, in Sida, where it overflowed houses, enclosures, pasture-
lands, and carried every thing away before it. It had also in another direction ...
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Page 61 - And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury, his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, and the Judge of the High Court of Admiralty, and the Judges of the Courts of Vice- Admiralty, are to take the necessary measures herein, as to them may respectively appertain.
Page 59 - King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. " Whereas it has been humbly represented to his Majesty that the islands of Ferroe and Iceland, and also certain settlements on the coast of Greenland, parts of the dominions of Denmark, have, since the commencement of the war between Great Britain and Denmark, been deprived of all intercourse with Denmark, and the inhabitants of those islands and settlements are, in consequence of the want of their accustomed supplies, reduced to extreme misery, being without...
Page 77 - July 11th, 1809. In our proclamation, dated the 26th of June, 1809, it was requested that the nearest districts should within a fortnight, and the more distant within a certain limited time, send in representatives to consult as to what was best to be done in the present exigency. We find, however, that the public officers have far from facilitated such a meeting; and we are therefore under the necessity of no longer resisting the wish of the people, who have earnestly solicited us to manage the...
Page 88 - I have the honour to transmit herewith for the information of the Right Honorable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, copies 1 Admirals
Page 117 - Solander remained with an Icelander in the intermediate valley; the rest of us continued our route to the summit of the peak, which we found intensely cold; but on the highest point was a spot of three yards in breadth, whence there proceeded so much heat and steam that we could not bear to sit down upon it.— H.
Page 100 - ARTICLES. 1. All proclamations, laws, appointments, &c., made by Mr. Jorgen Jorgensen, since his arrival in this country, are to be abolished and totally null and void, from the moment this agreement is signed. 2. The former government is to be perfectly restored, and the chief command to devolve upon the said chief justice of Iceland, and the said bailiff...
Page 60 - ... settlements, on board the ships belonging to such inhabitants, engaged in a direct trade between such islands and settlements respectively and the ports of London or Leith, shall not be liable to seizure and confiscation as prize.
Page 61 - Majesty's royal peace, and entitled to the protection of the laws of the realm, and in no case treated as alien enemies. " His Majesty is further pleased to order, with the advice aforesaid, that the ships of the united kingdom, navigated according to law, be permitted to repair to the said islands and settlements, and to trade with the inhabitants thereof. "And His Majesty is further pleased to order, with the advice aforesaid, that all His Majesty's cruisers and all other his subjects be inhibited...
Page 60 - Feroe and Iceland and the settlements on the coast of Greenland, and the inhabitants thereof, and the property therein, shall be exempted from the attack and hostility of his Majesty's forces and subjects, and that the ships belonging to inhabitants of such islands and settlements, and all goods, being of the growth, produce, or manufacture of the said islands and settlements, on board the ships belonging to such inhabitants, engaged in a direct trade...
Page 60 - Provided also, that it shall and may be lawful during the same period for British vessels to import from the said Islands into the United States, and to export from the United States to the said Islands, all Articles whatever being of the Growth, Produce or Manufacture of the said Islands, or of the United States respectively, which now may, by the Laws of the said States, be so imported and exported.
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| Title | Journal of a Tour in Iceland: In the Summer of 1809, Volume 2 Journal of a Tour in Iceland: In the Summer of 1809, Sir William Jackson Hooker |
| Author | Sir William Jackson Hooker |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1813 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 31 May 2007 |
| Length | 371 pages |
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