A new discourse of trade: wherein are recommended several weighty points relating to companies of merchants, the act of navigation, naturalization of strangers, and our woollen manufactures : The balance of trade, and the nature of plantations, with their consequences in relation to the kingdom, are seriously discussed: methods for the employment and maintenance of the poor are proposed: the reduction of interest of money to 4℗Đ. per cent. is recommended: and some proposals for erecting a Court of Merchants for determining controversies relating to maritime affairs, and for a law for transference of bills of debts, are humbly offered. By Sir Josiah Child.

Author/creator Child, Josiah
Format Electronic
EditionA new edition.
Publication InfoLondon : Printed for Richardson and Urquhart, under the Royal Exchange, MDCCLXXV. [1775]
Description4 unnumbered pages, xxxix, 1 unnumbered page, 224 pages ; 12⁰.
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Uniform titleDiscourse about trade
General noteOriginally published in 1690 as: A discourse about trade.
General noteIncludes "A small treatise against usury", a reprint of "A tract against usurie" by Sir Thomas Culpeper.
General noteReproduction of original from University of London's Goldsmiths' Library.
References English Short Title Catalog, N10021.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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