A scheme : I. To raise immediately fifty or sixty thousand men, without any expence to the government, any detriment to trade, or the liberty of the subject : II. To raise by easy methods, a large sum likewise immediately, in order to augment our sea-forces : III. To suppress at once the smugglers, so as to afford a great advantage to the fair dealer, and increase the custom-house revenues : in a letter to a member of Parliament / by Nicholas Machiavelli, Esq.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Machiavelli, Nicholas.

Contributor:

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

English Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Recruiting and enlistment.

Smugglers--Great Britain.

Smugglers.

Taxation--Great Britain.

Taxation.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages, 29 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 20 cm (8vo)

Fingerprint:

'da- cend a-if pran (3) 1747 (R)

Place of Publication:

[London] : Printed for C. Corbet ..., MDCCXLVII [1747]

Notes:

Nicholas Machiavelli is a pseudonym. Cf. ESTC.

Signatures: [A]1 B-D⁴ E⁴(-E4).

Woodcut tail-piece.

Cited in:

ESTC, T91188

Hanson, L.W. Contemporary printed sources for British and Irish economic history, 1701-1750, 6034

OCLC:

181770841