Overtures offered to the Parliament, in which this proposition is advanced
that a small summ imposed on the nation, for reforming our standard, and for repairing the losses of the African and Indian Company, &c. bestowed in the method propos'd, will be of ten times more value to the nation in general, &c. to almost the whole individual persons in the kingdom, than the samen [sic] summ will be, if retained in each particulars hand..
by Andrew Fletcher
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Attributed to Andrew Fletcher by Wing.
This work contains no mention of the Darien colony nor the Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies except for the words in the title.
"A proposition for remeding the debasement of coyne in Scotland", pages 1-7, 2nd count, has separate caption title.
"Further explication of the proposal relating to the coyne", pages [1]-14, 4th count, has separate caption title.
Signatures: pi1 (pi1 verso blank) [par.]² ([par.]2 verso blank) A⁴ (A4 verso blank) ²A
Woodcut printer's ornaments on title page.
Catalogue of the Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature, 3688
Scott, J. Bibliography of printed documents and books relating to the Darien company, 107
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed. 1994), F1296
Bibliotheca Americana: catalogue of the John Carter Brown Library in Brown University, books printed 1675-1700, page 411
European Americana, 700/100
English short title catalogue, R215771
Purchase; 1905; 753.
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