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Propositions for improving the manufactures, agriculture and commerce, of Great Britain.
Date: M.DCC.LXIII. [1763]- Books
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The substance of a speech made by Lord Auckland, in the house of peers, On Tuesday, the 8th Day of January, 1799, On the third reading of the 'bill for granting certain duties upon income'.
Auckland, William Eden, Baron, 1744-1814.Date: 1799- Books
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A six months tour through the North of England. Containing, an account of the present state of agriculture, manufactures and population, in several Counties of this Kingdom. Particularly, I. The Nature, Value, and Rental of the Soil. II. The Size of Farms, with Accounts of their Stock, Products, Population, and various Methods of Culture. III. The Use, Expence, and Profit of several Sorts of Manure. IV. The Breed of Cattle, and the respective Profits attending them. V. The State of the Waste Lands which might and ought to be cultivated. VI. The Condition and Number of the Poor, with their Rates, Earnings, &c. Vii. The Prices of Labour and Provisions, and the Proportion between them. Viii. The Register of many curious and useful Experiments in Agriculture, and general Practices in rural Oeconomics communicated by several of the Nobility, Gentry, &c. &c. Interspersed With Descriptions of the Seats of the Nobility and Gentry; and other remarkable Objects: Illustrated with Copper Plates of such Implements of Husbandry, as deserve to be generally known; and Views of some picturesque Scenes, which occurred in the Course of the Journey. In four volumes. ...
Young, Arthur, 1741-1820.Date: MDCCLXX. [1770]- Books
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The commercial and political atlas; representing, by means of stained copper-plate charts, the exports, imports, and general trade of England; the national debt, And Other Public Accounts; With Observations And Remarks: by William Playfair, (author Of Regulations For The Interest Of Money.) To which are added, Charts of the revenue and debts of Ireland, Done In The Same Manner, by James Corry, Esq. The Commercial Part is taken from the Custom-House Books, and the Public Accounts from the Journals of the House of Commons, and other Papers belonging to that House not yet published.
Playfair, William, 1759-1823.Date: MDCCLXXXVI. [1786]- Books
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A letter and remonstrance, &c. to the Right Honourable Philip Lord Hardwicke, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, Arthur Onslow, Esquire, Speaker of the House of Commons, and Mr. Attorney and Mr. Sollicitor General, from Sir Alexander Murray, of Stanhope, Baronet. in relation to a petition, and some proposals, which he addressed last sessions to both Houses of Parliament. Wherein the miserable state of Scotland, from the Slavish Dependance of the People on a Few Families, and the great danger thence arising to Great Britain, are considered. With A New Method of Improving all the different Products of our Lands and Waters, and Paying off the National Debts.
Murray, Alexander, Sir, -1743.Date: M.DCC.XL. [1740]- Books
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Facts addressed to the serious attention of the people of Great Britain respecting the expence of the war, and the state of the national debt. Flagitio additis Damnum. Hor. By William Morgan, F. R. S.
Morgan, William, 1750-1833.Date: 1796- Books
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A letter to the Reverend Mr. Thomas Carte, Author of the Full Answer to the Letter from a bystander. In which Several Important and Interesting Facts respecting the Revenues and Civil Government of England are Elucidated, And, at the End is Exhibited The Picture of a New Revolution. By a Gentleman of Cambridge.
Morris, Corbyn, 1710-1779.Date: MDCCXLIV. [1744]- Books
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Inquiry into the causes and remedies of the late and present scarcity and high price of provisions, in a letter to the Right Hon. Earl Spencer, K. G. First Lord of the admiralty, &c. &c. &c.
Date: 1800- Books
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Remarks upon the history of the landed and commercial policy of England, from thf [sic] invasion of the Romans to the accession of James the First. In two volumes. ...
Hudson, Joseph, 1719-1811.Date: 1785- Books
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An estimate of the comparative strength of Great-Britain, during the present and four preceding reigns; and of the losses of her trade from every war since the Revolution. By George Chalmers.
Chalmers, George, 1742-1825.Date: M.DCC.LXXXVI. [1786]- Books
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The substance of a speech made by Lord Auckland, in the House of Peers, on Tuesday, the 8th day of January, 1799. On the third reading of the 'Bill for granting certain duties upon income.'
Auckland, William Eden, Baron, 1744-1814.Date: 1799- Books
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The life and adventures of Job Nott, buckle maker, of Birmingham; first cousin to the celebrated button burnisher; and author of "advice to sundry sorts of folks." As written by himself. With here and there a Cap for those that they'll fit; Here and there a Dressing for those that have sore places; And here and there a Flogging for those that deserve it.
Nott, Job.Date: M,DCC,XCIII. [1793]- Books
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The English peasantry in the later Middle Ages : the Ford lectures for 1973 and related studies / by R. H. Hilton.
Hilton, R. H. (Rodney Howard), 1916-2002Date: 1975- Books
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Proposals for republishing the antient part of the universal history; in twenty-one volumes: To be followed, without interruption, by the modern part: which will perfect the work, and render it a complete body of history, from the earliest accounts of time, to the present.
Date: 1752- Books
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A new discourse of trade: wherein are recommended several weighty points, relating to Companies of Merchants; The Act of Navigation, Naturalization of Strangers, and our Woollen Manufactures. The Balance of Trade, And Nature of Plantations; with their Consequences, in relation to the Kingdom, are seriously discussed. Methods for the Employment and Maintenance of the Poor are proposed. The Reduction of Interest of Money to 4 l. per Cent. is recommended. And some Proposals for erecting a Court of Merchants for determining Controversies relating to Maritime Affairs, and for a Law for transferring of Bills of Debts are humbly offered. To which is added, A Short, but most excellent Treatise of Interest. By Sir Josiah Child, Baronet.
Child, Josiah, Sir, 1630-1699.Date: [1745?]- Books
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An essay on the English national credit: or, an attempt to remove the apprehensions of those who have money in the English funds. By C. L. A. Patje, President of the Board of Commerce and Finance at Hanover.
Patje, Christian L. A., 1748-1817.Date: [1797]- Books
Pauperland : poverty and the poor in Britain / Jeremy Seabrook.
Seabrook, Jeremy, 1939-Date: 2013- Books
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Three short letters to the people of England, proving the public grievances complained of to be ideal. By the Revd. Dr. John Trusler.
Trusler, John, 1735-1820.Date: 1790?]- Books
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Some considerations on the present state of Scotland: in a letter to the Commissioners and Trustees for Improving Fisheries and Manufactures. To which is subjoined, A letter from the annual committee of the Convention of Royal Boroughs, to the several boroughs of Scotland, by order of the General Convention, for preventing the pernicious practice of smuggling.
Forbes, Duncan, 1685-1747.Date: MDCCXLIV. [1744]- Books
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Facts, reflections, and queries, submitted to the consideration of the associated friends of the people.
Heron, Robert, 1764-1807.Date: MDCCXCII. [1792]- Books
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The rights of the poor considered; with the causes and effects of monopoly, and a plan of remedy by means of a popular progressive excise. By George Brewer.
Brewer, George, 1766-Date: 1800- Books
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The state of the nation, in respect to her commerce, debts, and money
Philips, Erasmus, -1743.Date: MDCCXXVI. [1726]- Books
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A brief examination into the increase of the revenue, commerce, and manufactures, of Great Britain, from 1792 to 1799. By George Rose, Esq.
Rose, George, 1744-1818.Date: 1799- Books
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A letter to Sir T.C. Bunbury, Bart. One of the members of Parliament for the County of Suffolk, on the poor rates, and the high price of provisions. With some proposals for reducing both. By a Suffolk Gentleman.
Suffolk Gentleman.Date: 1795- Books
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A brief examination into the increase of the revenue, commerce, and manufactures, of Great Britain, from 1792 to 1799. By George Rose, Esq. From the corrected London edition, with an introduction by the Irish editor.
Rose, George, 1744-1818.Date: 1799