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Front Page  Titles (by Subject) PREFACE. - The Economic Writings of Sir William Petty, vol. 2
PREFACE. - Sir William Petty, The Economic Writings of Sir William Petty, vol. 2 [1681]Edition used:The Economic Writings of Sir William Petty, together with The Observations upon Bills of Mortality, more probably by Captain John Graunt, ed. Charles Henry Hull (Cambridge University Press, 1899), 2 vols.
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- Note On Graunt's “observations.”
- To the Right Honourable John Lord Roberts 1 , Baron of Truro , Lord Privy Seal , and One of His Majesties Most Honourable Privy Council.
- To the Honourable S R Robert Moray 1 , Knight, One of His Majestie's Privy Council For His Kingdom of Scotland , and President of the Royal Society of Philosophers Meeting At Gresham- Colledg , and to the Rest of That Honourable Society.
- The Preface.
- Natural and Political Observations, &c.
- Chap. I.: Of the Bills of Mortality, Their Beginning, and Progress. 1
- [chap. II.] 1: General Observations Upon the Casualties.
- Chap. III.: Of Particular Casualties.
- Chap. IV. of the Plague.
- Chap. V.: Other Observations Upon the Plague, and Casualties.
- Chap. VI.: Of the Sickliness, Healthfulness, and Fruitfulness of Seasons.
- Chap. VII.: Of the Difference Between Burials and Christenings.
- Chap. VIII.: Of the Difference Between the Numbers of Males and Females.
- Chap. IX.: Of the Growth of the City.
- Chap. X.: Of the Inequality of Parishes.
- Chap. XI.: Of the Number of Inhabitants.
- Chap. XII.: Of the Country-bills.
- The Conclusion.: an Appendix 1 .
- Appendices to Graunt's Observations.
- Quantulumcunque Concerning Money. 1682
- Note On the Essays In “political Arithmetick.”
- Another Essay In Political Arithmetick, Concerning the Growth of the City of London: With the Measures, Periods, Causes, and Consequences Thereof.1682. By Sir William Petty , Fellow of the Royal Society. London: Printed By H. H. For Mar
- Observations Upon the Dublin-bills of Mortality, M D C L X X X I. State of That City.
- Further Observation Upon the Dublin-bills: Or, Accompts of the Houses, Hearths, Baptisms, and Burials In That City.
- Two Essays In Political Arithmetick, Concerning the People, Housing, Hospitals, &c. London and Paris.
- Observations Upon the Cities of London and Rome.
- Five Essays In Political Arithmetick, Viz.
- Note On the “five Essays.”
- To the King's Most Excellent Majesty.
- The First Essay.
- The Second Essay.
- The Third Essay.
- The Fourth Essay 1 Concerning the Proportions of People In the 8 Eminent Cities of Christendom Undernamed , Viz.
- The Fifth Essay. Concerning Holland and the Rest of the United Provinces.
- A Treatise of Ireland, 1687. the Elements of Ireland; and of Its Religion, Trade & Policy. By Sir William Petty , Fellow of the Royal Society.
- Note On the “treatise of Ireland.
- An Essay In Political Arithmetick Concerning Ireland 1 .
- Preface.
- Chap. I.: By This Title We Mean the Several Points Following. (vizt)
- Chap. II.: The State of the Case Represented In Terms of Number, Weight, and Measure; and Thereby Made Capable of Demonstrations. ( Vizt )
- Chap. III.: The 6 First Mention'd Points Are Proved Out of the 20 Suppositions Or Assertions Next Before-going. ( Vizt )
- Chap. IV.: How to Enable the People of England and Ireland to Spend 5 Millions Worth of Commodities More Than Now: and How to Raise the Present Value of the Lands and Goods of Ireland From 2 to 3.
- Chap. V.: That the King's Revenue In England and In Ireland, Supposed to Be 2070 Thousand Pounds, Will Be Increased to Above ⅕ Part More (vizt) to 1 Above 414 Thousand Pounds; and Even to 450 Thousand Pounds: So As to Be In All 2520 Thousand Pounds.
- Chap. VI.
- Chap. VII.: How to Take Away All the Evils Arising From Differences of Births, Extractions, Languages, Manners, Customs, Religion, and Laws, and Pretence Whatsoever.
- Chap. VIII.: How the Names, Bounds, Titles, and Values, of Lands May Be Settled and Ascertained; With Remedy of the Miscarriages, Which Have Happened In the 35 Years Last Past In the Disposures of Them.
- Chap. IX.: A Repetition and Enlargement of What Has Been Here Said.
- An Appendix of Objections to This Essay, With Answers to the Same.
- Appendix.
- Bibliography of the Printed Writings of Sir William Petty 1 .
- Supplement to the Bibliography of Petty's Works.
- Bibliography of the Natural and Political Observations.
PREFACE.
SOME have Imagined, there being about 1300 Thousand People in Ireland, that to bring a Million of them into England, and to leave the other 300 Thousand for Herdsmen and Dairy-Women behind, and to quit all other Trades in Ireland, but that of Cattle onely, would effect the Settlement, Improvement, and Union, above propounded.
But against this Method there lyes this gross and obvious Objection, vizt. That the Transporting of a Million of People, will cost a Million of Pounds; That the Housing, and other Goods in Ireland, which will be lost hereby, are worth Two Millions more: Nor is it safe to Estimate other Damages and Expenses, consequent to this Undertaking, at less than one Million more; in all at 4 Millions of Expence and Damage. To which Objection there is a Gross Answer: which is, That by Bringing a Million of People into England, where are 7 already, the King's Revenue of Customs, Excise, and Hearths, will rise from 7 to 8, that is, to 200 Thousand Pounds per Ann. more then at present :–which Increase, at 20 Years Purchase, is above 4 Millions, and more than the Loss above-mentioned. Now where the King's Revenue, shall Naturally and Spontaneously increase, it is rationally to be suppos'd, That the People's Wealth may increase 20 Times as much, The Public Revenue being, almost by a Law of Nature, the  Part of the People's Expence.
Wherefore suspending any further Answer to the said gross Objection, we proceed to say, That the Transplantation and new Cattle-Trade above-propounded, will produce the Effects hereafter mentioned. (vizt.)
Political Pastimes and Paradoxes: In an Essay concerning a Perpetual Peace and Settlement of Ireland. With the Natural Union of both Kingdoms and Peoples.
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