Overtures offered to the Parliament, : in which this proposition is advanced, that a small summ imposed on the nation, for reforming our standard, and for repairing the losses of the African and Indian company, &c. bestowed in the method propos'd, will be of ten times more value to the nation in general ... .
Fletcher, Andrew,1655-1716.
Scotland.Parliament(1700)
Edinburgh, : Printed by John Reid,,
in the year 1700..
Anonymous: attributed to Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun.
Caption title: A proposition for remeding the debasement of coyne in Scotland.
A pamphlet arguing for the restoration of Scottish money to the same standard in weight and fineness as that of England, in order to arrest the poverty and decline in trade caused by the raising of the standard in 1686.
Pamphlet probably issued with "A further explication of the proposal relating to the act of the coyne", another work attacking the Act of Coinage of 1686.
Wing (2nd ed.)
ESTC
Aldis, H.G. Scotland,
Scott, J.  "Darien Company" PEBS 6 (1901-1904): 19-70,
Microfilm.
Currency question
Scotland Edinburgh.