AN ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF GREAT BRITAIN. BY...LORD BISHOP OF LANDAFF

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  • Philadelphia: Published by William Cobbett, 1798
By Watson, R[ichard]
Philadelphia: Published by William Cobbett, 1798. 40pp, with the half title. Stitched into modern wrappers. Half title loose, lightly tanned and worn, about Very Good.

Watson informs on the financial condition of Great Britain. He cheerfully agrees to pay more taxes in order to reduce the national debt and finance the war with France. Gaines says William Cobbett's account book "records sales of 347 copies" for 25 cents each. Kress says the first edition issued from Dublin during the same year.
Kress 3753. Evans 34962. Gaines, Cobbett 114.

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Title

AN ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF GREAT BRITAIN. BY...LORD BISHOP OF LANDAFF

Author

Watson, R[ichard]

Condition

Unknown

Publisher

Published by William Cobbett: Philadelphia

Date

1798


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