The British merchant, or, Commerce preserv'd
By: by Charles King
Contributors: King, Charles, fl. 1721
Series: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America, from its discovery to the present time -- 18265-18281
Publisher: Printed by John Darby
Published: 1721
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Subjects: Treaty of Utrecht -- (1713); Great Britain -- Commerce -- France -- Early works to 1800; France -- Commerce -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800; Great Britain -- Commerce -- Early works to 1800
Other titles: British merchant; Commerce preserv'd; Treaty of Utrecht (1713). 1721
Notes: Title page for v. 3 does not include alternative title or statement of responsibility

The most important numbers of the British merchant, a periodical which appeared twice a week during the summer of 1713, at the time of the proposed treaty of commerce with France, collected and edited by Charles King.  The object of the paper was to refute the reciprocity arguments propounded by Defoe in favor of the treaty in his "Mercator, or, Commerce retrieved".  Cf. DNB, v. 31, p. 124

Includes the Treaty of Utrecht in Latin and English on facing pages (v. 1, p. 42-129)

Includes index

Sabin 37783

Microfiche. Woodbridge, CT : Primary Source Media, 1995. 15 microfiches : negative. (Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America, from its discovery to the present time ; 18265-18281)

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