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Essays on several subjects : viz. I. On the late act to prevent clandestine marriages. II. On the guilt and danger of contracting debts. III. On a prison. IV. On the price of provisions.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Am 1758 Way (b.w.) Af.361.2 (Franklin)
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Marriage law--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.
- Marriage law.
- Finance, Personal--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.
- Finance, Personal.
- Prisons--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.
- Prisons.
- Food prices--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.
- Food prices.
- Physical Description:
- [2], x, 156 p. ; 20 cm. (8vo)
- Place of Publication:
- London: : Printed for the author; and sold by J. and F. Rivington, in St. Paul's Church-Yard ; T. Becket, in the Strand ; J. Millan, at Charing-Cross; D. Prince, in Oxford; and T. Merril, in Cambridge., M.DCC.LXIX. [1769].
- Notes:
- Halkett & Laing have previously attributed work to James Lind, but this attribution is not now accepted; Charles Lind is considered more likely to have been the author. Cf. Kress library.
- With a half-title.
- Local Notes:
- HSP in LCP.
- Benjamin Franklin's copy.
- Bound with Way to wealth, q.v.; item 2 in volume.Modern half sheep over contemporary marbled boards; bound with other works. MS table of contents on flyleaf in William Temple Franklin's hand; purchased from Dufief, 1801-1803, by William Duane; sold by him in 1822 to the Athenaeum of Philadelphia (97); sold in turn by it, 22 December 1885, to Historical Society.
- Cited in:
- ESTC T071425
- Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature, no. 10591
- OCLC:
- 173020208
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