Paper against Gold and Glory against Prosperity, vol. 2 (1815)
Cobbett wrote the first volume of 28 Letters while in prison for two years (1810-11) for opposing the flogging of some militia men. It is a history of how Britain funded the war effort against Napoleon by increasing the national debt, suspending the use of gold, and using paper money. Cobbett also chronicles the economic hardships imposed on ordinary working people by the disruption of trade, war taxes, and inflation of the currency.
Paper against Gold and Glory against Prosperity. Or, An Account of the Rise, Progress, Extent, and Present State of the Funds and of the Paper-Money of Great Britain; and also of the Situation of that Country as to its Debt and other Expenses; its Taxes, Population, and Paupers; drawn from authentic Documents, and brought down to the end of the Year 1814. In two vols. (London: J. McCreery, 1815). Vol. 2.
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Table of Contents
- CONTENTS OF VOL. II.
- PAPER AGAINST GOLD.
- LETTER XXVIII.
- LETTER XXIX.
- LETTER XXX.
- LETTER XXXI.
- LETTER XXXII.
- APPENDIX.
- APPENDIX (A.): MEETING of the Bank Proprietors relative to the Report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons on the High Price of Gold Bullion, 21st Sept. 1810.
- APPENDIX (B.): CASE OF DE YONGE, TRIED FOR SELLING GUINEAS.
- APPENDIX (C.): Notice from the Bank of England raising the Dollar to 5s. 6d.
- APPENDIX (D.): DEBATE on the Bullion Report.
- AMENDMENTS, On the Propositions respecting Money, Bullion, and Exchanges, 26 April 1811.
- Amendment to No. IV.
- Amendment to No. V.
- Amendment to No. VI.
- Amendment to No. VII.
- Amendment to No. VIII.
- Amendment to No. IX.
- Amendment to No. X.
- Amendment to No. XIV.