| | 1 | Author: | Brock: Douglass, William | Add | | | Title: | A Discourse Concerning the Currencies of the British Plantations in America / by William Douglass  | | | | Published: | 2000 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | The many Schemes at present upon the Anvil in Boston,
for emitting enormous Quantities of Paper Currencies; are the Occasion
of this Discourse. The Writer does not vainly pretend to dictate to
Government, or prescribe to Trade; but with a sincere Regard to the
publick Good, has taken some Pains, to collect, digest, and set in a
proper Light, several Facts and Political Experiences especially
relating to Paper Currencies; which tho' plain in themselves, are not
obvious to every Body. If any Expressions should sound harsh, they are
not to be understood as a Reflection upon this Province in general: It
was always my Opinion, That the Province of the
Massachusetts-Bay, is by far the most vigorous and promising
Plant (with proper Cultivation) of all the British Plantations; in the
best of Countries at Times, bad Administrations, and private evil Men of
Influence have prevailed. The Author is not a transient Person, who
from Humour or Caprice, or other Views may expose the Province; but is
by Inclination induced, and by Interest obliged to study the Good of the
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