A collection of petitions presented to the Honourable House of Commons against the trade with France : viz. I. The Course of Exchange between London and Paris before the Revolution
Subtitle: Or, a Demonstration that our Bullion was then Exported upon the Ballance of our Trade with France. II. The Case of the Manufacturers of Gilt and Silver wire. III. Some Reasons Humbly offered to the Consideration of Both Houses of Parliament; shewing, The Necessity for making a Law this present Sessions of Parliament, to oblige all Foreign Plain Black Silks to be Imported at the Port of London, &c. IV. An Account of the Woollen Manufacture Made in the Province of Languedoc, and at Abbeville, in Picardy. V. The Case of the Woollen Manufacturers of Great Britain, and of the Poor they Imploy, &c. VI. Particulars wherein the Bill for laying the Trade to Africa Free and Open, takes away and destroys the Property of the African Company and their Creditors, now united by an Act passed in the last Session of Parliament. Vii. The Case of the Clothiers, with Reference to their several Petitions
Series: Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 2: Slave trade in the Atlantic world; Slavery & anti-slavery
Publisher: printed for J. Baker, at the Black-Boy in Pater-Noster-Row; and sold by T. Harrison, at the South-West-End of the Royal-Exchange in Cornhill
Published: 1713
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 24
Subjects: Early works to 1800; Commerce; History
Notes: Includes petitions from the manufacturers of gilt and silver wire; wool manufacturers; the Royal African Company; and the clothiers.

Price from imprint: Price 3 d.

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