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The interest of Great Britain considered : with regard to her colonies, and the acquisitions of Canada and Guadaloupe : to which are added, Observations concerning the increase of mankind, peopling of countries, &c.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economic conditions.
- United States--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763.
- United States.
- History.
- United States--Politics and government--1754-1763.
- Politics and government.
- Anglo-French War, 1755-1763.
- Great Britain--Colonies--America--Early works to 1800.
- Great Britain.
- Colonies.
- America.
- Douglas, John, 1721-1807. Letter addressed to two great men.
- Douglas, John.
- Burke, William, 1730-1798. Remarks on the Letter address'd to two great men.
- Burke, William.
- Population forecasting.
- United States--Population.
- Population.
- Guadeloupe--Economic conditions.
- Guadeloupe.
- West Indies--Economic conditions.
- West Indies.
- Canada--History--To 1763 (New France).
- Canada.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1760-1789.
- Physical Description:
- 46 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm
- Fingerprint:
- 6.of 6..' 6.ay ofcu (3) 1760 (R)
- Place of Publication:
- Dublin : Printed for P. Wilson, and J. Potts, in Dame-street, MDCCLX [1760]
- Notes:
- Signatures: A-F⁴.
- Ascribed by certain bibliographical authorities to Franklin, by others to Richard Jackson. The latest editor of Franklin's works considers it the joint production of the two. cf. Writings of Benjamin Franklin, collected ... by A.H. Smyth, 1905, v. 1, p. 138.
- A criticism of "A letter addressed to two great men" [by John Douglas, bp. of Salisbury] and "Remarks on the Letter address'd to two great men" [attributed to William Burke].
- "Observations concerning the increase of mankind" (p. 38-44) written by Franklin in 1751, was first pub. as an appendix to William Clarke's "Observations on the late and present conduct of the French," 1755.
- Pages 45-46 appear to be printed as an addition.
- With a final leaf of advertisements.
- Local Notes:
- Culture Class Collection copy bound with: Wilson, Peter, 1720?-1802. Catalogue of books, [with their prices] printed for, and sold by, Peter Wilson, in Dame-street, Dublin : where also may be had, books in most faculties, merchants accompt-books, and stationary ware of the best kinds : a set of manuscript sermons, warranted originals, and never copied, to be sold reasonable. [Dublin : Peter Wilson], printed in the year MDCCLX [1760].
- Cited in:
- ESTC, N8574
- Contains:
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. Observations concerning the increase of mankind.
- OCLC:
- 45454051
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