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[TRADE]. A Letter From a Merchant of the City of London, to the R-t H----ble W---- P---- Esq; upon the Affairs and Commerce of North America, and the West-Indies; Our African Trade; the Destination of Our Squadrons and Convoys; New Taxes, and the Schemes proposed for raising the extraordinary Supplies for the current Year. London: Printed for J. Scott, 1757.
8o (205 x 130 mm). (Some spotting and light soiling.) Nineteenth-century black half morocco (rubbed).
FIRST EDITION--"A PAMPHLET OF GREAT INTEREST AND IMPORTANCE" (Stevens). "A review of England's commercial position in America and Africa, with suggestions for better securing of the American trade against French competition" (Bell). Waldon, p. 402: "The disputes in America are acknowledged as the cause of the war. The author discusses the financing of the war and a plan of campaign. Nova Scotia, p. 11-12, 22-23; Newfoundland: p. 23-24." Stevens, Rare 3 (1927): "Addressed to William Pitt by one conversant in mercantile and commercial affairs for upwards of twenty years and published by him at the desire of Pitt and for the good of his country. The merchant discusses the necessary measures that should be taken for the protection of the North American and West India Trade, the Boundaries of the Colonies, the advantages of the Colonies to Great Britain, the Newfoundland Fishery, the Indian Nations, &c. &c. A pamphlet of great interest and importance." Bell L307; Can. Arch. I, 232; Kress 5621; Sabin 40307.
8o (205 x 130 mm). (Some spotting and light soiling.) Nineteenth-century black half morocco (rubbed).
FIRST EDITION--"A PAMPHLET OF GREAT INTEREST AND IMPORTANCE" (Stevens). "A review of England's commercial position in America and Africa, with suggestions for better securing of the American trade against French competition" (Bell). Waldon, p. 402: "The disputes in America are acknowledged as the cause of the war. The author discusses the financing of the war and a plan of campaign. Nova Scotia, p. 11-12, 22-23; Newfoundland: p. 23-24." Stevens, Rare 3 (1927): "Addressed to William Pitt by one conversant in mercantile and commercial affairs for upwards of twenty years and published by him at the desire of Pitt and for the good of his country. The merchant discusses the necessary measures that should be taken for the protection of the North American and West India Trade, the Boundaries of the Colonies, the advantages of the Colonies to Great Britain, the Newfoundland Fishery, the Indian Nations, &c. &c. A pamphlet of great interest and importance." Bell L307; Can. Arch. I, 232; Kress 5621; Sabin 40307.