The Case of Great-Britain, in Relation to His Majy.'s Office of Ordnance, Represented

by Benjamin Withall, Engineer caption title by Benjamin Withall

$425 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

A rare political leaflet alleging frauds and abuses by the British Board of Ordnance in 1715, George I's first full year as king. The author, engineer Benjamin Withall, shows that the Office of Ordnance's estimate for land service for 1715, a year of peace, is more than triple that of 1714, the final year of the War of the Spanish Succession. Arguing that the budget should not be much more than one-fifth the present estimate of £170,991, Withall petitions Parliament to allow him to

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