A plan for recruiting the British Army, Dedicated To the Officers of that Service, in which, under the Supposition of an Act of Parliament obtained for that Purpose, the alternative is offered to each county of Great Britain, either to supply the Army with a proportional number of recruits by ballot, or to assess each parish, at a proportional Rate, to institute an association fund, which is to increase so in the Time of Peace, as to pay bounties to a sufficient Number of volunteers in the most pressing exigency of war. To which are added, thoughts upon the present method of impress for the sea service, calculated To render That Method of Manning the Navy more expeditious, and more consistent with the Interest of the Merchant Service of Great Britain. with a postscript, pointing out New Plans of Finance to induce the Landed and Monied Interest of Great Britain to adopt the above Scheme for Recruiting the British Army.
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London : printed by J. Dixwell, No. 148, St. Martin's Lane, Near Charing Cross, [1780]
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[4],iv,23,[1],19,[1]p.,plate ; 40.
References note
ESTC N25733
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