A BILL TO PERMIT THE IMPORTATION OF CERTAIN GOODS FROM THE BRITISH PLANTATIONS IN AMERICA, OR THE BRITISH SETTLEMENTS ON THE COAST OF AFRICA, INTO THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND

[American Trade]

Published by [London, 1778

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3pp. plus printed docket title on verso of second leaf. Bifolium. Three early horizontal folds. Very minor foxing and soiling. Near fine, untrimmed. The rare Parliamentary printing of a bill relating to American trade under consideration by the House of Commons. In 1660, during the reign of Charles II, Parliament passed a bill "for the encouraging and encreasing of Shipping and Navigation," which granted bonding for ships and vessels transporting goods from British plantations in Africa, Asia, and America directly to another British plantation or to a port in England, Ireland, or Wales. Three years later Ireland was struck from the list. The present law, passed during the American Revolution, restores Ireland's bonds privileges, allowing her ports to accept goods directly from the colonies in the Americas (now mostly limited to Canada and the West Indies), Asia, and Africa. Not in Kress, Goldsmiths', or TPL. OCLC locates three copies, at the University of Arizona, the University of Texas at Dallas, and the University of Regina, Saskatchewan. A rare example of a law reflecting the changes of British mercantilism at the close of the First Empire. Seller Inventory # WRCAM39128

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Title: A BILL TO PERMIT THE IMPORTATION OF CERTAIN ...

Publisher: [London

Publication Date: 1778