An Address to the People of Great Britain.
by WATSON (Richard), Bishop of Llandaff:
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London: Printed for R. Faulder..., 1798. 8vo, pp. [iv], 42 [43 adverts, 44 blank], disbound. Watson proposes that national taxes (he seems to shift between advocacy of an annual wealth tax or an income tax)should be increased both to pay for the war against France as well as to reduce the national debt. Over twenty editions appeared in 1798, many of them piracies, and the work provoked a number of replies. Some of his observations have an astonishing contemporary relevance: "The channels of commerce, were they open alike to the enterprize of all nations, are so numerous and copious in the four quarter of the globe, that the industry of all the manufacturers in Europe might be fully employed in supplying them." Kress 3754, citing the Dublin edition in the same year as the first edition.
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- John Price Antiquarian Books (GB)
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- Title
- An Address to the People of Great Britain.
- Author
- WATSON (Richard), Bishop of Llandaff:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- London: Printed for R. Faulder..., 1798
- Keywords
- politics pamphlet prose
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- politics;
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