A scheme for payment of the sum of 49,301,855 £. 6 s. 1 d. 1/2 : being the national debt of Great-Britain, as it stood the 31st of Dec. 1730 ... which, if enacted into a law, will be of infinite service to the merchants trading to the West Indies, infallibly secure our possessions of Gibralter and the island of Minorca, totally abolish smuggling, and be of singular advantage to the woollen manufactory : humbly offered to the consideration of the British Parliament.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Making of the modern world (Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature)
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Item Description: | Attributed to Joseph Davies by Goldsmiths' Lib. cat. Deduced from the fact that part of the scheme is to make all convicts into galley slaves, a favorite nostrum of Davies. Cf. Hanson. Reproduction of original from Goldsmiths' Library, University of London. Goldsmiths'-Kress number 06998. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 preliminary leaf, 26 pages ; 20 cm. |