Great Britain - Commerce - East Indies - Early works to 1800
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The weavers case . Plainly shewing, that the wearing of Indian Calicoes, &c. has been, and still is, the occasion of the great decay of trade in general, and almost the total ruin of the silk and woollen manufactury in particular; even to the starving and impoverishing of many thousands of families in most parts of England for want of employment. To which is added, some necessary directions to prevent these growing evils for the future, in order to restore trade to its primitive establishment, and consequently, make it once again flourish, and the nation happy. By Edward Johnson, weaver.
Johnson, EdwardDate: Printed in the year 1719- E-books
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A scheme for raising 3,200,000 l. for the service of the government , by redeeming the fund and trade now enjoy'd by the East-India Company, and reserving to the publick an annuity of 96,000 l. for the disposition of parliament.
Date: 1730?]- E-books
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A fragment on the India trade , written in 1791 by A Dalrymple.
Dalrymple, Alexander, 1737-1808.Date: 1797- E-books
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A letter to a director of the East-India Company
A. B.Date: [1730]- E-books
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The fann-makers grievance, by the importation of fanns from the East-Indies
Date: 1700?]