A short discourse, shewing the occasion of our present great want of silver , and the proper remedies for preventing the exporation of it for the future. By a true Englishman.

An Act to prevent the counterfeiting of gold and silver lace  and for settling and adjusting the proportions of fine silver and silk; and for the better making of gold and silver thread.

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Silver - Great Britain - Early works to 1800

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A short discourse, shewing the occasion of our present great want of silver , and the proper remedies for preventing the exporation of it for the future. By a true Englishman.

An Act to prevent the counterfeiting of gold and silver lace and for settling and adjusting the proportions of fine silver and silk; and for the better making of gold and silver thread.