Third, that he end his heirs should be entitled to one-tenth of all precious stones, metals, spices, and other merchandises, however acquired, within his Admiralty, the cost of acquisition being first deducted.
"Christopher Columbus, Complete"
Filson Young
Yea with severall Spices, and other merchandises as well from the East Indies, Turkie, and other places, as from severall of the Spanish and Portugeeze Plantations.
"British Committees, Commissions, and Councils of Trade and Plantations, 1622-1675"
Charles M. Andrews
Suggested to Sumner to demand the reduction of the tariff on certain merchandises, on the plea of fraternity of the working American people with their brethren the operatives all over Europe; by it principally I wished to alleviate the condition of French industry, as I have full confidence in Louis Napoleon, and in the unsophisticated judgment of the genuine French people.
"Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862"
Adam Gurowski