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Excerpt from An Address to Protestant Dissenters of All Denominations, on the Approaching Election of Members of Parliament: With Respect to the State of Public Liberty in General, and of American Affairs in Particular
Before the Revolution, the fu'ppiies of every year were raifed within the year, by temporary taxes - After the Revola tion this became too difficult; and money was raifed by perpe roating and anticipating the taxes, and forming them into funds for difcharging the principai and interelt of fums bor rowed upon them. But: even in this way, fufficient fupplies for carrying on King William's and (been Ann's wars could not have been procured, had it not been for the eflablifhment of the Bank. This provided a fubllitute for money, which anfwered all its purpofes, and enabled the nation to make payments that it could not otherwife have made. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
