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A plan for the commutation of tythes, the extension of agriculture, the relief of the farmers, the peasantry, and the poor, without disturbing the existing government.
Date: 1794- Books
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An enquiry into the causes of the present high price of provisions. In two parts: I. Of the General Causes of this Evil. II. Of the Causes of it in some particular Instances.
Forster, Nathaniel, 1726 or 1727-1790.Date: M.DCC.LXVII. [1767]- Books
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Sketch on the causes of the advance and decline of nations; with strictures on systems of finance, particularly applied to those of France and Great Britain.
Date: M,DCC,XCV. [1795]- Books
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Reflections on the importation of bar-iron, from our own colonies of North-America. In answer to a late pamphlet on that subject. Humbly submitted to ... the House of Commons, March 14, 1757.
Date: 1757]- Books
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The national debt productive of national prosperity
Peel, Robert, Sir, 1750-1830.Date: MDCCLXXXVII. [1787]- 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. A new edition; to which is prefixed, A dedication to Dr. James Currie, the reputed author of ̀̀jasper Wilson's Letter.'' By George Chalmers, F.R.S.S.A.
Chalmers, George, 1742-1825.Date: M.DCC.XCIV. [1794]- 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. By William Morgan, F. R. S.
Morgan, William, 1750-1833.Date: 1796- Books
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Two letters, Addressed to a British Merchant, a short time before the expected meeting of the new Parliament in 1796; and suggesting the necessity and facility of providing for the public exigencies, without any augmentation of debt, or accumulation of burdens.
Bowles, John, 1751-1819.Date: M.DCC.XCVI. [1796]- Books
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A new year's gift to workmen and apprentices, from Rowland Hunt, Esq. Containing the relation of wrong and robbery in France, with Marat's visit to the devil: and of right and property in England, with John Bull content.
Hunt, Rowland.Date: [1796]- Books
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A plan for raising the taxes impartially and almost free of expence in war; and in peace for paying off the national debt, at the same time that the wealthy shall receive interest for their money, and the poor be cased of taxes. By Francis Adams, Esq. one of His Majesty's justices of the peace, and Deputy-Lieutenant for the county of Somerset.
Adams, Francis, active 18th century.Date: 1798- Books
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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 insufficiency of the causes to which the increase of our poor, and of the poor's rates have been commonly ascribed; the True One Stated; with an enquiry into the mortality of country houses of industry, and a slight general view of Mr. Acland's plan for rendering the poor independent By the Rev. J. Howlett, Vicar of Great Dunmow, Essex.
Howlett, John, 1731-1804.Date: MDCCLXXXVIII. [1788]- Books
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Some considerations offer'd to Tories and dissenters, on account of their present circumstances. In a letter to a friend.
Date: 1720- 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 Account 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. Experiments on Rearing and Fattening of Hogs. As laid before the Society of Arts, &c. In three volumes. ...
Young, Arthur, 1741-1820.Date: MDCCLXX. [1770]- Books
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A letter from a gentleman in town to his friend in the country, Recommending the Necessity of frugality.
Gentleman in town.Date: [1750]- Books
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The true causes of our present distress for provisions; with a natural, easy, and effectual plan, for the future prevention of so great a calamity. With some hints respecting the absolute necessity of an encreased population. By William Brooke, F. S. A.
Brooke, William, F.S.A.Date: 1800- Books
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A word for the poor: or, general thoughts, candidly submitted to the good sense, discernment, and particular consideration, of the British public, on the late scanty harvest, and the Dreary Prospect of a Hard Winter. Interspersed, Are a few homely, but wholesome, Hints (if rightly taken) to all deep Speculators, and greedy Monopolists, whether Farmers or Cornfactors, Usurious Contractors, Forestallers, Engrossers, or Regraters, with a Glance at Levellers, and a Parting Word of Admonition to the Poor. By a true lover of his country.
True Lover of his Country.Date: [1799]- Books
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Industry, and a pious submission, charity, and a strict oeconomy, recommended and enforced, as the best means of alleviating the present distress. A sermon, preached in the parish church of St. Anne, Westminster, on Sunday, the 14th, day of December, 1800, ... By Jos. Jefferson, ...
Jefferson, Joseph, 1759 or 1760-1821.Date: 1800- Books
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An essay on the causes of the decline of the foreign trade, consequently of the value of the lands of Britain, and on the means to restore both. Begun in the year 1739. By Sir Matthew Decker.
Decker, Matthew, Sir, 1679-1749.Date: MDCCXLIX. [1749]- 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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An appeal to common sense: or, some considerations offer'd to restore publick credit. By Mr. Erasmus Philips
Philips, Erasmus, -1743.Date: 1720- Books
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A letter from a gentleman in town to his friend in the country, recommending the necessity of frugality.
Gentleman in town.Date: [1750]- Books
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The state of the nation, in respect to her commerce, debt, and money. By Erasmus Philips, Esq;
Philips, Erasmus, -1743.Date: MDCCXXXI. [1731]- Books
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Prosperity of England midst the clamors of ruin, by a merchant of London.
Winsor, F. A. (Frederick Albert), 1763-1830.Date: 1799- 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 offer'd. To which is added, A short, but most excellent: Treatise of Interest. By Sir Josiah Child, baronet.
Child, Josiah, Sir, 1630-1699.Date: [1745?]