The Clothiers Reasons For Petitioning The Commons Of Great Britain In Parliament Assembled For

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$375 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

An early and interesting petition proposing a new set of rules for clothing merchants buying cloth on credit. The document describes the economic relationships between the various branches of the woolen industry drapers, factors, traders, etc. and argues that the proposed system will lead to lower prices, employment of the poor, and better British competition against foreigners in the trade. It is among the first examples of commercial lobbying literature, which first began proliferating

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