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Marine insurance - Great Britain - Early works to 1800
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An essay on insurances, explaining the nature of the various kinds of insurance practised by the different commercial states of Europe, and shewing their Consistency or Inconsistency with Equity and the Public Good. Illustrated by Real and extraordinary Cases, stated at large, with Observations thereon, tending to settle divers doubtful Points in making up Accounts of Losses and Averages. To which are annexed, Some brief Hints to Merchants and Insurers concerning the Risks to which Navigation is exposed in Time of War; the King of Prussia's Exposition in relation to the Capture and Detention of the Ships of his Subjects by the English during the late War; the Answer from England to it; some remarkable Pieces concerning the Stopping of Ships in former Wars; and A famous Insurance Cause pleaded before the House of Lords, and some Mercantile Observations thereon. By Nicolas Magens, Merchant. ...
Magens, Nicolas.Date: MDCCLV. [1755]- Books
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Reasons humbly offered by the merchants trading in wine, for encouraging and the better carrying on the said trade.
Date: 1720?]- Books
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A letter to a member of Parliament. By a merchant.
T. S., Merchant.Date: 1720?]- Books
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A letter to the Chairman of the Committee. By a Merchant.
T. B., Merchant.Date: 1720?]- Books
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An essay towards deciding the question, whether Britain be permitted by right policy to insure the ships of her enemies? Addressed to the Right Honorable Henry Pelham, Esq; To which are now first added, further considerations Upon our Insurance of the French Commerce In the present juncture. Addressed to his Grace the Duke of New Castle.
Morris, Corbyn, 1710-1779.Date: MDCCLVIII. [1758]