Item #5299 A DEFENCE OF SEVERAL PROPOSALS FOR RAISING OF THREE MILLIONS for the service of the Government for the year 1746.; With a postscript, containing some notions relating to publick credit. John BARNARD.

A DEFENCE OF SEVERAL PROPOSALS FOR RAISING OF THREE MILLIONS for the service of the Government for the year 1746.; With a postscript, containing some notions relating to publick credit.

London: Osborn, 1746. First edn. 8vo,pp. 77. Later leather backed boards. A closed tear to the title-page. Kress 4795; Goldsmith Library 8231. Item #5299

From 1737, Sir John Barnard took the lead in financial matters espousing a policy of borrowing cheap money to retire a debt being serviced at a higher rate. He was opposed by Robert Walpole.

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