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         G. H.
      
       
         
           1696
        
      
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             A letter to a member of Parliament for settling guineas
             G. H.
          
           1 broadside.
           
             s.n.,
             [London? :
             1696]
          
           
             Signed at end: G.H.
             Answer to: Guineas at 21s. 6d. will make money plenty (1696).
             Place and date of publication suggested by Wing.
             Reproduction of original in the Goldsmith's Library.
          
        
      
    
     
       
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           Guineas at 21s. 6d. will make money plenty.
           Finance, Public -- Great Britain -- 1688-1815.
           Guinea (Coin)
           Coinage -- England.
        
      
    
     
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           A
           LETTER
           to
           a
           Member
           of
           PARLIAMENT
           for
           Settling
           GUINEAS
           .
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           
             Have
             Perused
             the
             Paper
             you
             sent
             me
             ,
             Entituled
             ,
          
           Guineas
           at
           21
           s.
           6
           d.
           will
           make
           Money
           Plenty
           —
           The
           People
           will
           bear
           it
           ,
           
             &c.
             
             And
             I
             believe
             it
             was
             Writ
             by
             One
             whose
             private
             Interest
             it
             is
             to
             have
             them
             so
             :
             He
             endeavours
             to
             answer
             three
             Objections
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               1.
               
               The
               People
               will
               not
               bear
               it
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               It
               will
               be
               carried
               all
               away
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               Not
               Lent
               to
               the
               KING
               .
            
          
        
         
           TO
           the
           1
           st
           .
           he
           says
           ,
           
             The
             People
             will
             bear
             it
          
           ;
           and
           so
           say
           I
           :
           They
           must
           ,
           if
           compell'd
           ,
           whether
           Willing
           or
           no
           :
           If
           it
           will
           not
           breed
           Discontentments
           ,
           and
           Heart-Burning
           ,
           't
           is
           Well
           .
           For
           People
           to
           lose
           so
           Prodigiously
           by
           them
           't
           is
           very
           Hard.
           The
           Gentleman
           says
           ,
           
             Not
             One
             in
             a
             Thousand
             will
             be
             any
             great
             Sufferer
             ,
             throughout
             the
             Kingdom
             :
          
           And
           yet
           (
           within
           three
           or
           four
           Lines
           afterwards
           )
           he
           says
           ,
           
             He
             much
             pitys
             the
             Tradesmen
             ,
             Farmers
             ,
             and
             Tenants
             ,
             both
             in
             City
             and
             Country
             :
          
           Not
           Considering
           they
           make
           above
           three
           Parts
           of
           the
           Whole
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           .
           I
           know
           People
           are
           for
           a
           Settlement
           what
           they
           shall
           go
           for
           ,
           but
           not
           for
           such
           a
           One.
           This
           I
           know
           ,
           When
           News
           came
           from
           the
           House
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           carryed
           in
           the
           Committee
           at
           25
           s.
           I
           never
           saw
           so
           much
           Joy
           and
           Satisfaction
           among
           all
           People
           ,
           in
           the
           City
           and
           Suburbs
           in
           my
           Life
           ,
           before
           the
           other
           News
           came
           that
           it
           was
           thrown
           out
           again
           ;
           and
           then
           they
           were
           as
           Dejected
           .
           I
           verily
           believe
           ,
           That
           if
           they
           were
           settled
           thereabouts
           for
           some
           time
           ,
           to
           the
           next
           Sessions
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           or
           a
           Year
           ,
           &c.
           the
           Taxes
           would
           be
           speedily
           and
           cheerfully
           Paid
           ,
           and
           Trading
           as
           quick
           as
           for
           Twenty
           Years
           last
           past
           :
           'T
           is
           not
           amiss
           to
           give
           the
           People
           as
           much
           Satisfaction
           and
           Ease
           as
           Possible
           ,
           under
           Great
           Taxes
           and
           Dead
           Trade
           :
           And
           ,
           if
           the
           King
           take
           them
           at
           25
           ,
           or
           26
           ,
           and
           the
           Deficiency
           made
           up
           by
           a
           Tax
           next
           Sessions
           ,
           or
           otherwise
           ,
           I
           Humbly
           Conceive
           ,
           it
           would
           Content
           the
           People
           better
           than
           to
           lose
           so
           much
           now
           at
           once
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           He
           says
           ,
           
             It
             will
             not
             be
             carried
             away
             .
          
           I
           Answer
           ,
           It
           will
           ,
           if
           Interest
           will
           do
           it
           ;
           and
           't
           is
           Cheaper
           to
           carry
           it
           to
           Holland
           in
           Specie
           ,
           than
           to
           Remit
           it
           thither
           by
           Exchange
           ;
           ●●nd
           Guineas
           too
           is
           Cheaper
           to
           be
           carried
           thither
           at
           24
           ,
           or
           25
           s.
           than
           to
           Remit
           Money
           .
        
         
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             It
             will
             be
             Lent
             to
             the
             KING
             .
             And
             be
             better
             for
             his
          
           Majesty
           
             by
             a
             fifth
             Part
             of
             all
             the
             Supplies
             given
             him
             ;
             and
             will
             go
             a
             fifth
             Part
             farther
             ,
          
           I
           Answer
           ,
           If
           it
           be
           so
           ,
           then
           it
           is
           20
           
             per
             Cent
          
           Gain
           to
           to
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           loss
           to
           the
           Subject
           ;
           't
           is
           well
           if
           People
           are
           so
           Satisfied
           —
        
         
           I
           Submit
           the
           Whole
           to
           Your
           Judgment
           :
           But
           't
           is
           my
           Opinion
           there
           is
           a
           Necessity
           they
           be
           Settled
           now
           ,
           or
           else
           declare
           by
           a
           Vote
           ,
           You
           will
           not
           this
           Sessions
           meddle
           with
           them
           more
           ,
           then
           they
           will
           go
           for
           about
           24
           ,
           or
           25
           s.
           but
           at
           present
           all
           Trade
           stands
           still
           almost
           ;
           and
           will
           do
           till
           one
           of
           these
           two
           be
           done
           .
        
         
           
             G.
             H.
             
          
        
      
    
     
  

