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THE

BRITISH

MERCHANT,

O R,

Commerce Preferv'd.

Vo L. II.

LONDON:

Printed by JOHN DARBY in Bartholomew-
Clofe, MDCCXXI.

BIB

OTHE

MVSEVM
BRITAN
NICVM

PLICA

B.M.

1818

To the Honourable

William Pulteney Efq;

SIR,

O Man is more fenfi-
N ble than You are, that
the Trade of Great

Britain is the very Axis of
Her Wealth and Power, that

by this, She is able to turn the Ballance of Europe at pleafure: By this, She liberally dispenses Bread to Her various Manufacturers, and to all Her induftrious Children : By this, She fupports the Value of Her Lands, and Her Rents ebb and flow as Her Trade decays or flourishes. And You know, Sir, very well, that all this depends on a right Regulation of Our Trade with France; as does the Treasure we gain by Our whole foreign Commerce: Therefore, I beg Leave to fhelter this Volume under Your Protection, as the Defence of our Trade, the Sub

ject

ject of the fucceeding Sheets, received in the Time of the utmost Danger, the Influence of Your Zeal and Eloquence. THAT generous Spirit which obliged You lately, amidst a Universal Corruption, rather to forego the great Improvement of the Fortune You then had in Your Power, than to accumulate Wealth at the Expence of the Publick Credit, ought to be recorded to Your Honour fince You did it at a Time, when almost every Man was led away by the Delufion of Avarice to confpire our Deftruction. Continue, Sir, at this Time, Your Endeavours

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