An humble proposal that may be a better defence to Gibraltar, a security for all our shiping [sic] that trades in the Straights, and entirely check and restrain the Growth of Highwaymen, Foot-Pads, House breakers, Shop lifters. Incendiaries and Others, that are guilty of enormous Crimes, rendering them useful, that in case of a War, may be a Hundred Thousand a Year in this Kingdoms way, and to the great increase of our Home Trade. By Joseph Davies.

  • Davies, Joseph.
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[1731?]
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Humble proposal for the increase of our home trade, and a defence to Gibraltar

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Chester : printed by W. Cook, in Forest-Street, [1731?]

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12,[2]p.,plate : map ; 80.

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ESTC N3692

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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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