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Three letters to the people of England. Letter I. On the present situation and conduct of national affairs. Letter II. On foreign subsidies, Subsidiary Armies, and their Consequences to this Nation. Letter III. On liberty, taxes, and the Application Of Public Money.
Shebbeare, John, 1709-1788.Date: Printed in the Year 1756- Books
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Thoughts on taxation, with some suggestions relative to the means of raising supplies for the present year. By a commissioner of taxes.
Newbery, Francis, 1743-1818.Date: 1799- Books
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An account of the stock of wine in the possession of dealers, on the 5th of July and the 29th of November 1786, respectively; and also, of wine imported and consumed within the said period.
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons.Date: 1787- Books
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Reasons and proposals for laying a tax upon dogs. Humbly addressed to the Honourable House of Commons. By a lover of his country.
King, William, of Reading.Date: M.DCC.XL. [1740]- Books
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The necessity of lowering interest and continuing taxes, Demonstrated. In a Letter to G. B.
Date: 1750- Books
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A scheme to secure and extend the credit and strength of the British nation.
Date: MDCCXLVII. [1747]- Books
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Plans for reducing the extraordinary expences of the nation, and gradually paying off the national debt: to which is added, a proposal for a general register in London or Westminster, of births, marriages, burials, Powers of Attorney, Seamen and Soldiers Wills: also a proposal for obliging persons who carry on trade, without having served a regular apprenticeship, to take out a licence, By which a considerable Sum will be raised, Annually, for the Service of Government. By George Box, of Abingdon-Street, Westminster.
Box, George.Date: M.DCCL.XXXIII. [1783]- Books
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Considerations on the present scarcity and high price of coals in Scotland; and on the means of procuring greater quantities at a cheaper rate. With an appendix, containing some observations on the laws relative to salt: on those Imposing a Duty on Coal Carried Coastwise; and on the laws relating to the Distillery in Scotland.
Citizen of Edinburgh.Date: 1793- Books
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An enquiry into the nature, Foundation, and Present State of Publick Credit. Wherein The National Wealth is justly calculated; the Present Inequality of our Publick Taxes demonstrated; and the Consequences that may naturally be expected from a Dishonourable Peace, or the Continuance of an Unsuccessful War, plainly pointed out. By a Friend to Trade and Liberty.
Friend to trade and liberty.Date: [1748]- Books
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Tracts; chiefly relating to Ireland. Containing: I. A treatise of taxes and contributions. II. Essays in political arithmetic. III. The political anatomy of Ireland. By the late Sir William Petty. To which is prefixed his last will.
Petty, William, Sir, 1623-1687.Date: MDCCLXIX. [1769]- Books
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The state and condition of our taxes, considered; or, a proposal for a tax upon funds: shewing, the justice, usefulness, and necessity, of such a tax, in respect to our trading and landed interest, and especially if we engage in a new war. With some Directions to the Freeholders of Great Britain, concerning the Choice of the next Parliament. By a freeholder.
Wagstaffe, William, 1685-1725.Date: 1714- Books
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Albion restituta: or, a plan for a periodical abolition of all taxes, raised by the means of collectors. Presented to government in the year 1793. To be fully accomplished, with a very moderate and proportioned Contribution, by a Million of Proprietors, for one Time only, which, at the End, would give to the Contributions, their Successors, and to the whole Nation, Eighty per Cent. and more, for every, by the Extinction of the said Taxes, as is fully proved in Page 37. Also, The Addition of a plan to pay the Interest of extraordinary Subsidies, without renewing any Kind of Taxes. Together With a striking criterium upon the Return made to the Author, in Consideration of that Part of his Plan, adopted in the last Session of the Old Parliament.
Graglia, G. A. (Giuseppe A).Date: 1796- Books
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An account of the number of ships, with their tonnage, which have been employed in the trade between the British Islands in the West Indies and the British colonies in North America, including Newfoundland, in the year 1788; specifying the articles imported from the British Islands in the West Indies to the British Colonies in North America and Newfoundland, and the quantity of fish exported to the British West India Islands from Newfoundland. Pursuant to an order of the Honble. the House of Commons, dated 1st March 1790. Ordered to be printed 18th March 1790.
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons.Date: 1790]- Books
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A scheme plainly demonstrating how several hundred thousand pounds may be rais'd yearly to the government, without officers to collect it, ... By Thomas Downes, ...
Downes, Thomas, -1759.Date: 1732- Books
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Serious considerations on the several high duties which the nation in general, (as well as it's trade in particular) labours under: with a proposal for preventing the running of goods, Discharging the Trader from any search, And Raising all the Publick Supplies, by one single tax. By the late Sir Matthew Decker, Bart.
Decker, Matthew, Sir, 1679-1749.Date: MDCCLVI. [1756]- Books
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An Address of the Presbyterian ministers, of the city of Philadelphia, to the ministers and Presbyterian congregations, in the county of [blank] in North-Carolina.
Date: Printed MDCCLXXV. [1775]- Books
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Serious considerations on the several high duties which the nation in general, (as well as it's trade in particular) labours under: With a proposal for preventing the running of goods, discharging the trader from any search, and raising all the publick supplies by one single tax. By a Well-wisher to the good people of Great-Britain.
Decker, Matthew, Sir, 1679-1749.Date: MDCCXLIV. [1744]- Books
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An impartial inquiry into the present state of parochial registers; charitable funds; taxation and parish rates. By James Lucas, Surgeon.
Lucas, James, -1814.Date: 1791- Books
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An argument against excises, in several essays, lately published in the craftsman, and now collected together. By Caleb D'anvers of Gray's-Inn, Esq;
Amhurst, N. (Nicholas), 1697-1742.Date: 1733- Books
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Serious considerations on the several high duties which the nation in general, (as well as its trade in particular) labours under: with a proposal for preventing the running of goods, discharging the trader from any search, and raising all the publick supplies, by one single tax. By a well-wisher to the good people of Great Britain.
Decker, Matthew, Sir, 1679-1749.Date: MDCCXLIII. [1743]- Books
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A letter to Bourchier Cleeve, Esq; Concerning His calculations of Taxes. From the Author of the Calculations of the present Taxes paid by a Family of each Rank, Degree or Class.
Massie, J. (Joseph), -1784.Date: MDCCLVII. [1757]- Books
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The nature and weight of the taxes of the nation: shewing, that, by the continuance of heavy taxes and impositions, and the mis-application of publick money, trade is destroy'd, the poor increas'd; and the Miseries and Misfortunes of the Whole Kingdom demand the Consideration of the Freeholders of Great Britain, at the Ensuing Election.
Date: MDCCXXII. [1722]- Books
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The case of the five millions, fairly stated. In regard to taxes, trade, law, lawyers, &c. addressed to The Guardians of Our Liberty.
Date: 1758- Books
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English liberty in some cases worse than French slavery: exemplified by animadversions upon the tyrranical and anti-constitutional power of the Justices of the Peace, Commissioners of Excise, Customs, and Land-Tax, &c. Containing A particular Relation of the barbarous and oppressive Methods made Use of in Raising the Land-Tax of this Kingdom, Compared with An Historical Narrative of the More mild, and equitable Measures pursued in raising the Taxes, call'd the Taillé and Taillon, the most oppressive in France. In a letter address'd to the serious consideration of the lesser freeholders and electors of Great-Britain.
Philalethes.Date: [1748]- Books
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A letter addressed to his Majesty's Attorney General and Solicitor General. In which the doctrines lately maintained in parliament, on the subject of voluntary subscriptions, are considered.
Date: M,DCC,XCIV. [1794]