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Observations on the depreciation of money, and the state of our currency. With sundry relative tables. By Robert Wilson Esq. Accountant in Edinburgh, one of the directors of the Bank of Scotland, &c.

By: Wilson, Robert, fl. 1811-1815Publisher: Edinburgh : printed by C. Stewart; for John Anderson; and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, London, 1811Description: [4], 78, [2]p., tablesSubject(s): Currency question -- Great Britain | Great Britain -- History -- George III, 1760-1820
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Reference material House of Lords Library - Palace Upper (Harcourt) Corridor, Second Floor Peel Tracts VOL.137(8) (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Not for loan 23368-1001
Reference material House of Lords Library - Palace Salisbury Room Corridor, Principal Floor Lords Library Tracts VOL.16(3) (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Not for loan 23368-2001
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VOL.137(5) The high price of bullion, a proof of the depreciation of bank notes. By David Ricardo. VOL.137(6) Observations on the principles which regulate the course of exchange; and on the present depreciated state of the currency. By William Blake, Esq. F.R.S. VOL.137(7) A defence of bank notes, by John Grenfell, Esq. Second edition, with two letters to Francis Horner, Esq. M.P. Chairman of the bullion committee. VOL.137(8) Observations on the depreciation of money, and the state of our currency. With sundry relative tables. By Robert Wilson Esq. Accountant in Edinburgh, one of the directors of the Bank of Scotland, &c. VOL.137(9) Reflections on the abundance of paper in circulation, and the scarcity of specie. By Sir Philip Francis, K.B,. VOL.138(1) A chart, exhibiting the relation between the amount of Bank of England notes in circulation, the rate of foreign exchanges and the prices of gold and silver bullion and of wheat; accompanied with explanatory observations. By S. Tertius Galton. VOL.138(10) Exposure of the fallacies contained in the letter to the Right Hon. Robert Peel, M.P. with remarks on the late auspicious change in the sentiments of the Earl of Lauderdale on paper. By Charles Wye Williams, Esq.

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