An essay on the publick debts of this kingdom In a letter to a member of the House of Commons. Wherein the importance of discharging them is considered; the Provisions for that Purpose by the Sinking Fund, and the Progress therein hitherto made, are stated and explained; the Sufficiency of those Provisions is demonstrated; some general Mistakes about the Nature and Efficacy of this Expedient examined and removed; and the progress of the sinking fund described and computed from midsummer, 1727. To which is subjoined, An Enquiry into the General Convenience of reducing farther the Interest of our Publick Debts below 4 per Cent. per Annum. Reprinted from the second edition. which was published by J. Peele, in Pater-Noster-Row, in the Year 1726. N.B. This pamphlet is supposed to have been written by Sir Nathaniel Gould, an eminent Merchant and a Director of the Bank

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Gould, Nathaniel
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London sold by B. White, at Horace's-Head, Fleet-Street 1782, M.DCC.LXXXII. [1782]
Subjects:	Debts, Public / Great Britain / Early Works To 1800 Sinking-funds / Great Britain
Online Access:	http://nl.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/1132502000?orig...
Collection:	Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa