A proposal for an act of Parliament, [electronic resource] : To pay off the debt of the nation, without taxing the subject, by which the number of landed gentry, and substantial farmers will be considerably encreased, and no one person will be the poorer, or contribute one farthing to the charge. By A---- P------, Esq;.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Debt--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.

Debt.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (15,[1]p. )

Other Title:

Proposal for an act of Parliament,

Place of Publication:

Dublin : [s.n.], Printed in the year M,DCC,XXXII. [1732]

Notes:

"Although the title says that the Proposal is by A[lexander] P[ope], Esq; the style and treatment of the subject clearly show that it was written by Swift" (Teerink-Scouten).

The text was first published as part of 'Considerations upon two bills, .. By the Rev. Dr. Swift', Dublin, 1732.

Half-title: 'A proposal for an a- of P-, &c. to sell the bishops lands.'.

Reproduction of original from National Library of Ireland.

Cited in:

Hanson, 4304

Teerink-Scouten, 717A

English Short Title Catalog, T219081.

OCLC:

510610815