Considerations on the Trade and Finances of this Kingdom and on the Measures of Administration, with Respect to those great National Objects since the Conclusion of the Peace

by Thomas Whately

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Later tree calf-backed marbled boards, spine lettered gilt, top edge gilt. Several manuscript corrections in the text in a contemporary hand. A rare contemporary defense of post-Seven Years’ War imperial policy by the Treasury secretary who helped frame and defend the Sugar and Stamp Acts. Published anonymously in 1766 and now firmly attributed to Thomas Whately, this pamphlet surveys Britain's trade, the national debt and public revenues after the Treaty of

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