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489.: ricardo to foster2 - David Ricardo, The Works and Correspondence of David Ricardo, Vol. 9 Letters 1821-1823 [1821]

Edition used:

The Works and Correspondence of David Ricardo, ed. Piero Sraffa with the Collaboration of M.H. Dobb (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2005). Vol. 9 Letters 1821-1823.

Part of: The Works and Correspondence of David Ricardo, 11 vols (Sraffa ed.)

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489.

ricardo to foster2

Sir

I am of opinion that without a breach of national faith, the Government could not, if it had the means, pay off the 3pcts. Stock at a less rate than one hundred pounds money for every one hundred pounds capital stock. In other words the par of the 3 pcts. as well as of the 4 and 5 pcts. is 100.—

I am Sir Your most obedt. Servt.

David Ricardo

Peter Le Neve Foster Esqr.

[2 ]MS in the Baker Library of Harvard University.