An essay on the publick debts of this kingdom : In a letter to a member of the House of Commons. Wherein the importance of discharging them is considered; the Provisions for that Purpose by the Sinking Fund, and the Progress therein hitherto made, are stated and explained; the Sufficiency of those Provisions is demonstrated; some general Mistakes about the Nature and Efficacy of this Expedient examined and removed; and the progress of the sinking fund described and computed from midsummer, 1727. To which is subjoined, An Enquiry into the General Convenience of reducing farther the Interest of our Publick Debts below 4 per Cent. per Annum. Reprinted from the second edition. which was published by J. Peele, in Pater-Noster-Row, in the Year 1726. N.B. This pamphlet is supposed to have been written by Sir Nathaniel Gould, an eminent Merchant and a Director of the Bank.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gould, Nathaniel, Sir.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sinking-funds--Great Britain.

Sinking-funds.

Debts, Public--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.

Debts, Public.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([8],55,[1]p. )

Other Title:

Essay on the publick debts of this kingdom.

Place of Publication:

London : sold by B. White, at Horace's-Head, Fleet-Street, M.DCC.LXXXII. [1782]

Notes:

With a half-title.

Preface dated: May 16, 1782.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T78619.

OCLC:

642697531