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| Title | Four tracts, on political and commercial subjects |
| Subject | United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Causes; United States--Politics and government--1775-1783; Great Britain--Commerce; Taxation--United States |
| Creator | Tucker, Josiah, 1712-1799 |
| Description | Third edition of a compilation of essays by a Dean of Cambridge University, giving the British perspective on economic aspects of the conflict with Britain's American colonies. Contents: Tract 1. A Solution of the important question, whether a poor country, where raw materials and provisions are cheap, and wages low, can support the trade of a rich manufacturing country, where raw materials and provisions are dear, and the price of labour high, with a postscript obviating objections -- Tract 2. The Case of going to war for the sake of trade, considered in a new light, being the fragment of a greater work -- Tract 3. A letter from a merchant in London, to his nephew in America, concerning the late and present disturbances in the colonies -- Tract 4. The true interest of Great-Britain set forth in regard to the colonies, and the only means of living in peace and harmony with them. |
| Date | 1776 |
| Type | Text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Identifier | E211-_T85.pdf |
| Language | eng |
| Spatial Coverage | Great Britain; United States |
| Rights Management | http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/ |
| Scanning Technician | Ellen Moffatt |
| Digitization Specifications | Original scanned with Hasselblad H6D 50c medium format DSLR and saved as 800 ppi tiffs. Display images created in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC and generated in Adobe Acrobat DC as multiple page pdf. |
| Contributing Institution | J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Call Number | E211 .T85 1776; Record ID 99192260102001 |
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| Setname | uum_rbc |
| ID | 1309740 |
| Reference URL | https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6zh0sfq |
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