133 results filtered with: Great Britain - Commercial policy
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A short account of the late application to Parliament made by the merchants of London upon the neglect of their trade: with the substance of the evidence thereupon; as summed up by Mr. Glover.
Date: MDCCLXXIV. [1774]- Books
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Observations on the new cyder tax, &c. By J. Massie. Number XIX. ...
Massie, J. (Joseph), -1784.Date: 1764?]- Books
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An examination of the commercial principles of the late negotiation between Great Britain and France in MDCCLXI. In which the system of that negotiation with regard to our colonies and commerce is considered.
Burke, William, 1730-1798.Date: MDCCLXII. [1762]- Books
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A brief enquiry into the nature and use of premiums, With Respect to Trade.
Date: Printed in the Year M,DCC,XXXVII. [1737]- Books
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Some impartial thoughts on the woollen manufacturies, wherein the merits of the several pieces wrote on this subject within these few years are occasionally considered. With remarks upon Mr. Webber's scheme, and other Schemes for preventing the Exportation of British and Irish Wooll. By George-Andrew-Patrick-Briton.
Briton, George-Andrew-Patrick.Date: MDCCXLII. [1742]- Books
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A short account of the state of our woollen manufacturies, from the Peace of Ryswick to this time. Shewing, Their Former Flourishing, and their Present Ruinous Condition; and that they always flourished when France could not get our Wool, but declined in Proportion to the Quantities of Wool Exported to them. To which is added an effectual scheme to prevent the exportation of our wool, by an universal registry.
Webber, Samuel.Date: M.DCC.XXXIX. [1739]- Books
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Observations on the new cyder tax, &c. By J. Massie. Number XXII. ...
Massie, J. (Joseph), -1784.Date: 1764?]- Books
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To the honourable court of directors for all affairs of the Honourable United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies. The humble petition of George Baldwin, ...
Baldwin, George, 1743?-1826.Date: 1783]- Books
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The landlord's companion: or, ways and means to raise the value of land. Containing, I. Considerations on the Reasonableness and Necessity of advancing the Tarming Interest; particularly the Corn Trade. II. Considerations on the Cattle Trade, and the Methods of raising the British Rents. III. Considerations on other Methods of relieving our Landholders. With political discourses on the land-tax, war, and other subjects, occasionally intermixed. By William Allen, Of Fbston in Pembrokeshire, Esq;
Allen, William, of Fobston, Pembrokeshire.Date: MDCCXLII. [1742]- Books
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The evidence delivered on the petition presented by the West-India planters and merchants to the Hon. House of Commons, As it was introduc'd at the Bar, and summ'd up By Mr. Glover.
Date: 1775]- Books
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An essay upon the government of the English plantations on the continent of America. Together with some Remarks upon the Discourse on the Plantation Trade, Written by the Author of the Essay on Ways and Means, and Published in the Second Part of His Discourses, on the Publick Revenues and on the Trade of England. By an American.
American.Date: 1701- Books
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Representation of the Lords of the Committee of Council, appointed for the consideration of all matters relating to trade and foreign plantations, upon the present state of the laws for regulating the importation and exportation of corn: And submitting to his Majesty's Consideration some further Provisions, which are wanting to amend and improve the said Laws.
Great Britain. Board of Trade.Date: [1800]- Books
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A letter to the Right Honourable Lord North, on his propositions in favour of Ireland. By Francis Dobbs, Esq; Barrister at Law.
Dobbs, Francis, 1750-1811.Date: M.DCC.LXXX. [1780]- Books
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An essay on the increase and decline of trade, in London and the out-ports; wherein is shewn, that monopolies have been the ruin of several branches of the London commerce; That Luxury and high Living have, in all Ages, been the Bane of Trade, and have had remarkable Effects upon the British Commerce; That the Inhabitants of London are now richer, and daily gain greater Wealth than in any Time past, when their Trade was supposed to be in the most flourishing State; That no People in the Kingdom have so little Reason to complain of the Burden of Taxes as the Inhabitants of London, or less Cause to find Fault with the unequal Distribution of the Favours of the Government; That all the Merchants in the Out-Ports are not clandestine Dealers, and licensed Smugglers, as hath in too general Terms been asserted; And that it is the Interest of London to have the Out-Ports share with it in some Branches of Commerce; With several other Matters worthy to be known and considered by every Merchant of Britain.
Date: 1749- Books
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The present state of the nation: particularly with respect to its trade, finances, &c. &c. Addressed to the King and both Houses of Parliament.
Knox, William, 1732-1810.Date: MDCCLXVIII. [1768]- Books
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Considerations on the political and commercial circumstances of Great-Britain and Ireland, as they are connected with each other; and on the Most Probable Means of Effecting a Settlement between them; Tending to Promote the Interests of Both, and the Advantages of the British Empire.
Date: M.DCC.LXXXVII. [1787]- 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 of 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 short and easy method of preventing the clandestine exportation of wool; to the mutual advantage of Britain and Ireland: Together with a proposal for obliging all foreign nations to contribute to the support of the British navy, by a duty upon the provisions of Ireland, without the least disadvantage to that kingdom, and to great advantage of the British commerce.
Date: M.DCC.XLV. [1745]- Books
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The present state of the nation: particularly with respect to its trade, finances, &c. &c. addressed to the King and both Houses of Parliament.
Knox, William, 1732-1810.Date: MDCCLXVIII. [1768]- Books
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A letter to the Dutch merchants in England.
Marriott, James, Sir, 1730?-1803.Date: MDCCLIX. [1759]- Books
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A letter to a west-country clothier and freeholder, Concerning the Parliament's Rejecting The French Treaty of Commerce, By way of Advice, in The Ensuing Elections. With a list of those that Voted For the Bill.
Date: 1713- Books
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An account of a scheme for preventing the exportation of our wool, where the Particulars of it are set forth, and the Methods of putting it in Execution exemplified. To which is added, an examination of a scheme offered by another hand, shewing the Defects and mischievous Consequences of it; as also Several material Extracts from Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir Francis Brewster, concerning the Consequences of the Woollen Trade, and the fatal Effects arising to this Nation from the Exportation of our Wool. Dedicated to the Hon. the House of Commons. By Samuel Webber.
Webber, Samuel.Date: 1741- Books
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Seasonable remarks on trade. With some reflections on the advantages that might accrue to Great Britain, by a proper regulation of the trade of Ireland. Wrote in London, but now first publish'd in Dublin, as a preface to other essays on the trade and manufactures of Ireland.
Browne, John, Sir.Date: Printed in the year, M,DCC,XXIX. [1729]- Books
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An essay, towards regulating the trade, and employing the poor, of this kingdom. By John Cary.
Cary, John, -1720?.Date: 1717- Books
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French perfidy illustrated in general, but particularly in the present intended invasion, and the state of Dunkirk; or, cogent reasons for forcing France to an immediate execution of the Treaties of Utrecht in 1713, and the Hague in 1717, in Relation, not only to Dunkirk, but the Canals of Mardyke and Graveling, which cannot remain in their present Condition without the utmost Danger to our Liberties and Trade. in Which Notice is taken of the vast Progress and Extent of the present Trade from Dunkirk, how it contributes to the Decay of Ours, what it was before the Port was lately open'd, and what it wou'd be had it continued shut, as expresly intended by Treaties.
Date: [1744]