Table of Contents

Preface; 1. An apology for the builder; 2. Giving alms no charity, and employing the poor a grievance to the nation; 3. A view of the Greenland trade and whale-fishery, with the national and private advantages thereof; 4. An apology for the business of pawn-broking; 5. Extracts from the works of Dr Franklin; 6. Reflections on the formation and distribution of wealth; 7. Extract from an inquiry into the nature of the Corn Laws; 8. A treatise on the maritime law of Rhodes; 9. A dissertation on the poor laws; 10. Thoughts and details on scarcity; 11. An inquiry into the policy and justice of the prohibition of the use of grain in the distilleries; Index.

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An 1859 collection of eleven pieces ranging in date from 1685 to 1808, and in content from whaling to pawnbroking.