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John Mitchell, The present state of Great Britain and North America, 1767

Object Status:

Extant

Accession Date:

N.d.

Primary Source Reference:

Descriptive Catalogue of the Du Simitière Papers in the Library Company of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, 1940), p. 167, 41

Author/Composer:

Mitchell, John, 1711-1768

Title Information:

The present state of Great Britain and North America, with regard to agriculture, population, trade, and manufactures, impartially considered: containing a particular account of the dearth and scarcity of the necessaries of life in England; the want of staple commodities in the colonies; the decline in their trade; increase of people; and necessity of manufactures, as well as of a trade in them hereafter. In which the causes and consequences of these growing evils, and methods of preventing them, are suggested; the proper regulations for the colonies, and the taxes imposed upon them, are considered, and compared with their condition and circumstances

Imprint Information:

London: Printed for T. Becket and P.A. de Hondt, in the Strand, MDCCLXVII. [1767]

Repository:

LCP, Call no. Am 1767 Mitch 1510.O