An Essay on Trade and Commerce: Containing Observations on Taxes, as They Are Supposed to Affect the Price of Labour in Our Manufactories: Together with Some Interesting Reflections on the Importance of Our Trade to America. To Which Is Added...
- Anonymous Pamphleteer 1770 (author)
- Jack P. Greene (collection editor)
This 1770 pamphlet is part of the “Considerations on Taxes” series and takes up how taxation affects the cost of labor in Britain’s manufacturing industries. It also devotes attention to the economic significance of trade with America, situating the discussion within the broader debates over British commercial policy in the years leading up to the American Revolution.
Show more
The text of these 18th century pamphlets has been converted by machine from scanned PDFs of the original microfilm copies. While the text has been machine-proofed, transcription errors may still remain. For example, the 18th-century long S, ſ , may be rendered as “f,” some words may be incorrectly transcribed, and there may be repeated words or phrases.