Bay-price
bay There is here, among these who wish to come under the denomination of Planters, a numerous class of what we may call _Resident Pedlers_, people who get their supplies from merchants in St. John's at reduced prices, and dispose of them here _at the broken price of the Bay_, which of course i...
| Format: | Manuscript |
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| Language: | English |
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1971
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/11449 |
| Summary: | bay There is here, among these who wish to come under the denomination of Planters, a numerous class of what we may call _Resident Pedlers_, people who get their supplies from merchants in St. John's at reduced prices, and dispose of them here _at the broken price of the Bay_, which of course it is their interest to keep as high as possible. The fish which they receive here in payment at the Bay-price, they sent to St John's where they get the full p_rice. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G. M. Story APR 1971 JH APR 1971 Used I and Sup Used I 4 Used I Only last sentence of quote is cited in DNE I. |
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