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An essay upon publick credit : being an enquiry how the publick credit comes to depend upon the change of the ministry, or the dissolutions of Parliaments; and whether it does so or no : with an argument, proving that the publick credit may be upheld and maintain'd in this Nation; and perhaps brought to a greater Height than it ever yet arriv'd at; tho' all the changes or dissolutions already made, pretended to, and now discours'd of, shou'd come to pass in the world.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Credit--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.
- Credit.
- Debts, Public--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.
- Debts, Public.
- Finance, Public--Great Britain--History--1688-1815.
- Finance, Public.
- Great Britain.
- History.
- Colwell, Stephen, 1800-1871 (bookplate) (donor) (Culture Class Collection copy 2).
- Local Subjects:
- Colwell, Stephen, 1800-1871 (bookplate) (donor) (Culture Class Collection copy 2).
- Physical Description:
- 28 pages ; 18 cm (8vo)
- Other Title:
- Essay upon publick credit, &c.
- Fingerprint:
- n.ot rdor r-ld gowe (7) 1710 (R)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed, and sold by the Book-sellers, MDCCX [1710]
- Notes:
- Published anonymously; author attibution from ESTC (sometimes erroneously attributed to Robert Harley; cf. ESTC).
- Signatures: A-C⁴ D².
- Half-title, page [1]: "An essay upon publick credit, &c."
- At foot of title page: "Price, Three Pence."
- Local Notes:
- Culture Class Collection copy half-title is detached.
- Culture Class Collection copy 2 imperfect: half-title wanting.
- Culture Class Collection copy 2 is from the Colwell Library of the University of Pennsylvania.
- Cited in:
- ESTC, T70823
- Goldsmiths', 4619
- Hanson, 1164
- Moore, J.R. Checklist of the writings of Daniel Defoe, 187
- OCLC:
- 54308914
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