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The interest of Great Britain considered, with regard to her colonies, and the acquisitions of Canada and Guadaloupe : to which are added, Observations concerning the increase of mankind, peopling of countries, &c.

Title
The interest of Great Britain considered, with regard to her colonies, and the acquisitions of Canada and Guadaloupe : to which are added, Observations concerning the increase of mankind, peopling of countries, &c.
Publication
London : Printed for T. Becket, at Tully's Head, near Surry-Street in the Strand, MDCCLX [1760]
Physical Description
[2], 58 pages ; 20 cm (8vo)
Local Notes
BEIN 381 In8 1760: 23 cm. Forms part of the Benjamin Franklin Collection.
BEIN 758 M32: Binder's title: Miscellanies, vol. 24. No. 4 of 7 titles bound together. Armorial bookplate of William Smith Mason. Forms part of the Benjamin Franklin Collection.
SML,FRA 760 D72: 21 cm. Bound with Douglas, John, Bp. of Salisbury. A letter addressed to two great men ... London, 1760.
BEIN College Pamphlets 950 5: 21 cm. From the library of William Whitman Farnam.
Notes
Ascribed by certain bibliographical authorities to Franklin, by others to Richard Jackson. The latest editor of Franklin's works considers it the joint production of the two. cf. "Writings of Benjamin Franklin, collected ... by A.H. Smyth", 1905, volume 1, page 138.
A criticism of "A letter addressed to two great men" [by John Douglas, bp. of Salisbury] and "Remarks on the Letter address'd to two great men" [attributed to William Burke]
"Observations concerning the increase of mankind" (pages 50-56) written by Franklin in 1751, was first pub. as an appendix to William Clarke's "Observations on the late and present conduct of the French," 1755.
Signatures: [A]²( -A1) B-H⁴.
Errata: page 56.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
Ford, P.L. Franklin bibliography, 262
English short title catalogue, T37334
NUC pre-1956 NF 0340331
Genre/Form
Early works.
History.
Armorial bookplates (Provenance)
Tracts (literary works)
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