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Facts and their consequences, submitted to the consideration of the public at large; but more particularly to that of the finance minister, and of those who are or mean to become creditors to the state. By John Earl of Stair.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Am 1782 Mac (b.w.) Af.369.4 (Franklin)
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stair, John Dalrymple, Earl of, 1720-1789 22079
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 45,[1]p. ; 8°.
- Edition:
- The third edition.
- Place of Publication:
- London : printed for J. Stockdale, 1782.
- Notes:
- P.11 is a folding table, with p.12 being blank.
- Includes postscript: 'Thoughts on the alteration said to be intended of the land tax' on pages [39]-[46].
- Local Notes:
- Library copy: -postscript
- HSP in LCP.
- Benjamin Franklin's copy.
- Bound with MacNally, Claims of Ireland, q.v.; item 4 in volume. Inscription formerly at top of title torn away. Modern half sheep over contemporary boards; bound with other items. MS table of contents on flyleaf in B. F. Bache's hand; pencil number inside front cover: C71 N27; purchased from Dufief, 1801- 03, by Col. William Duane; sold by him in 1822 to the Athenaeum of Philadelphia (42); sold in turn by it, 22 December 1885, to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
- Cited in:
- Adams 82-85c, Goldsmiths' 12312
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