Proposals Humbly Offerd To The Honourable House Of Commons By The Gloucestershire Clothiers And

by Gloucestershire Clothiers

$475 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

A rare leaflet published on behalf of English clothing manufacturers, petitioning Parliament to improve enforcement of laws prohibiting the export of wool lest a great Part of the Wooll Shorne this Season, will be clandestinely exported to France, and other Foreign Parts. The document is among the earliest examples of lobbying literature, which first began proliferating in the lobby of the House of Commons at the time of the accession of King George I and the British general election of

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