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Considerations on the present state of the nation. Addressed to the Right Hon. Lord Rawdon, and the other members of the two houses of Parliament, associated for the preservation of the constitution, and promoting the prosperity of the British Empire. By a late Under Secretary of State.
Knox, William, 1732-1810.Date: M.DCC.LXXXIX. [1789]
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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: M.DCC.XLIV. [1744]
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An impartial and comprehensive view of the present state of Great Britain. Containing I. The advantages which we enjoy, and Which arise from Natural, Moral or Political Causes; and have occasioned, or tend to promote, Our Strength, Wealth, Health and Virtue, and Liberty as a Nation. II. The disadvantages which we labour under, and which affect Our National Strength, Wealth, Health and Virtue, or Liberty. III. Methods of improving our advantages, Or turning them to the best Account. IV. Methods of Removing or mitigating our disadvantages, Particularly for repairing our Finances. With an appendix, on the present scarcity of Gold and Silver. By the Rev. G. S. Keith, M. A. Author of ̀̀tracts on the Corn Laws, Weights, Measures and Coins,'' &c.
Keith, George Skene, 1752-1823.Date: M,DCC,XCVII. [1797]
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Political arithmetic; Or, A discourse Concerning the extent and value of lands, people, buildings; husbandry, manufacture, commerce, fishery, artizans, seamen, soldiers; publick revenues, interest, taxes, superlucration, registries, banks; valuation of men, increasing of seamen, of militia's, harbours, situation, shipping, power at sea, etc. As the same relates to every country in general, but more particularly to the territories of His Majesty of Great Britain, and his neighbours of Holland, Zealand, and France. By Sir William Petty, late fellow of the Royal Society.
Petty, William, Sir, 1623-1687.Date: MDCCLI. [1751]
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Directions to judge whether a nation be in a thriving condition, and how to advance the wealth and power of Great-Britain; in which is considered, the letter of the Daily Journal, Jan. 8, 1728.
Date: M.DCC.XXIX. [1729]
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An address to the young inhabitants of the pottery, by Josiah Wedgwood, F. R. S. potter to her Majesty.
Wedgwood, Josiah, 1730-1795.Date: [1783]
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Essays, I. On the public debt. II. On paper-money, banking, &c. III. On frugality.
Date: Printed in the Year M.DCC.LV. [1755]
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Dearness not scarcity, its cause and remedy. By Joshua Collier. Humbly offered to the consideration of His Majesty's ministers. The third edition, with new and enlarged views of the subject. And an appendix, containing observations on a pamphlet, by the author of the Essay on the principle of population.
Collier, Joshua.Date: 1800
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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.
Decker, Matthew, Sir, 1679-1749.Date: MDCCL. [1750]
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A view of real grievances, with remedies proposed for redressing them; humbly submitted to the consideration of the legislature.
Powell.Date: MDCCLXXII. [1772]
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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]
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Thoughts on the state of the nation; or, the real situation of Great Britain delineated and demonstrated.
Date: MDCCLXXXIX. [1789]
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Giving alms no charity, And Employing the poor A Grievance to the nation, Being an essay Upon this Great Question, Whether Work-Houses, Corporations, and Houses of Correction for Employing the Poor, as now practis'd in England; or Parish-Stocks, as propos'd in a late Pamphlet, Entituled, A Bill for the better Relief, Imployment and Settlement of the Poor, &c. Are not mischievous to the Nation, tending to the Destruction of our Trade, and to encrease the Number and Misery of the Poor. Addressed to the Parliament of England.
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.Date: MDCCIV. [1704]
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The political salvation of Great Britain, by means entirely new; rendered necessary by the urgency of circumstances: concluding with a remedy for the depreciated state of the funds, highly interesting to stockholders. By a gentleman independent of party.
Woodmass.Date: 1797
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Miscellaneous proposals for increasing our national wealth twelve millions a year; and also for augmenting the revenue without a new tax, or the further extension of the excise laws. Second edition. By John Donaldson, Esq.
Donaldson, John, active 1790-1795.Date: MDCCXCV. [1795]
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Selections from the correspondence of George Washington, and James Anderson, LL.D. F.R.S. F.A.S.E. &c. &c. Author of several performances, and editor of "Recreations in agriculture, natural history, arts, and miscellaneous literature.
Washington, George, 1732-1799.Date: 1800
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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
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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]
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The substance of a speech made by Lord Auckland, on Monday the second day of May, 1796, on the occasion of a motion made by the Marquis of Lansdown.
Auckland, William Eden, Baron, 1744-1814.Date: 1796
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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
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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
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Proposals for rendering the body of the people instrumental in the general defence, saving their property, and distressing the enemy, by removing the means of subsistence from threatened parts of the country; as also for insuring the necessary supplies to His Majesty's forces, and facilitating their movements, in case of an invasion, without making any expensive preparations. Published by authority.
Date: 1798?]
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The way to be rich and respectable, addressed to men of small fortune. In this pamphlet is given an estimate, shewing that a gentleman, with economy, residing in the country, may, with a few acres of land, live as well for 500 l. a year, and make an appearance in life equal to those who spend double that sum without those advantages. Such as are fond of Farming, will here find the Expences attending, and the Profits arising from, the Cultivation of Land, feeding of Sheep, &c. &c.
Trusler, John, 1735-1820.Date: [1780?]
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Remarks on the occurrences of the years 1720 and 1721, Relating to the execution of the South-Sea Scheme.
Date: 1728
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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 of the means to restore both. Begun in the year 1739. By Sir Matthew Decker.
Decker, Matthew, Sir, 1679-1749.Date: MDCCXLIX. [1749]

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Considerations on the present state of the nation. Addressed to the Right Hon. Lord Rawdon, and the other members of the two houses of Parliament, associated for the preservation of the constitution, and promoting the prosperity of the British Empire. By a late Under Secretary of State.

Directions to judge whether a nation be in a thriving condition, and how to advance the wealth and power of Great-Britain; in which is considered, the letter of the Daily Journal, Jan. 8, 1728.

An address to the young inhabitants of the pottery, by Josiah Wedgwood, F. R. S. potter to her Majesty.

Essays, I. On the public debt. II. On paper-money, banking, &c. III. On frugality.

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.

A view of real grievances, with remedies proposed for redressing them; humbly submitted to the consideration of the legislature.

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.

Thoughts on the state of the nation; or, the real situation of Great Britain delineated and demonstrated.

The political salvation of Great Britain, by means entirely new; rendered necessary by the urgency of circumstances: concluding with a remedy for the depreciated state of the funds, highly interesting to stockholders. By a gentleman independent of party.

Miscellaneous proposals for increasing our national wealth twelve millions a year; and also for augmenting the revenue without a new tax, or the further extension of the excise laws. Second edition. By John Donaldson, Esq.

Selections from the correspondence of George Washington, and James Anderson, LL.D. F.R.S. F.A.S.E. &c. &c. Author of several performances, and editor of "Recreations in agriculture, natural history, arts, and miscellaneous literature.

A brief examination into the increase of the revenue, commerce, and manufactures, of Great Britain, from 1792 to 1799. By George Rose, Esq.

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.

The substance of a speech made by Lord Auckland, on Monday the second day of May, 1796, on the occasion of a motion made by the Marquis of Lansdown.

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.

A brief examination into the increase of the revenue, commerce, and manufactures, of Great Britain, from 1792 to 1799. By George Rose, Esq.

Remarks on the occurrences of the years 1720 and 1721, Relating to the execution of the South-Sea Scheme.

An essay on the causes of the decline of the foreign trade, consequently of the value of the lands of Britain, and of the means to restore both. Begun in the year 1739. By Sir Matthew Decker.