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 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 l. 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 transferring of Bills of Debts are humbly offered. To which is added, A Short, but most excellent Treatise of Interest. By Sir Josiah Child, Baronet.
- Sir Josiah Child, 1st Baronet
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- [1745?]
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Discourse about trade
A new discourse of trade: wherein are recommended several weighty points, ... By Sir Josiah Child, Baronet.
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London : printed for J. Hodges, on London-Bridge; W. Meadows at the Angel in Cornhill; C. Corbet, against St. Dunstan's Church, Fleet street; J. Jackson, at St. James's Gate; J. Stagg, in Westminster-Hall; and J. Bevill, near St. Saviours Church, Southwark, [1745?]
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The fourth edition.
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- Full text available: 1745.