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A scheme for payment of the sum of 49,301,855 £. 6 s. 1 d. 1/2 : being the national debt of Great-Britain, as it stood the 31st of Dec. 1730 ... which, if enacted into a law, will be of infinite service to the merchants trading to the West Indies, infallibly secure our possessions of Gibralter and the island of Minorca, totally abolish smuggling, and be of singular advantage to the woollen manufactory : humbly offered to the consideration of the British Parliament.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davies, Joseph.
- Series:
- Making of the modern world
- Making of the Modern World
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Galleys--Great Britain.
- Galleys.
- Punishment--Great Britain.
- Punishment.
- Great Britain.
- Debts, Public--Great Britain.
- Debts, Public.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for J. Wilford, 1732.
- System Details:
- text file
- Notes:
- Attributed to Joseph Davies by Goldsmiths' Lib. cat. Deduced from the fact that part of the scheme is to make all convicts into galley slaves, a favorite nostrum of Davies. Cf. Hanson.
- Reproduction of original from Goldsmiths' Library, University of London.
- Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 06998.
- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited to licensing agreements. s2005 miunns
- OCLC:
- 65336569
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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