Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from An Essay Towards Deciding the Important Question: Whether It Be a National Advantage to Britain to Insure the Ships of Her Enemies? Addressed to the Right Honorable Henry Pelham, Esq.
Nsurances having been infiituted for the Security of Commerce, for refcqing the Property of the Mercham from a State of Uncertainty, and for {apporting and extending his cledityand havingbeen experienced to be ex?e.h zntly adapted to thefe Ends, it hath been doubted, whether right Policy permit ted us to afiif'e our Enemies towards obtaining this great Advantage; But many Gentlemen of very. Eminent and allowed Abilities and Ex; pericnce in Commerce having publicly appear ed Advocates for ourlnfurance of the - French Navigation and Trade, the Point was al mofi realigned to, their Opinion: However the high' national Importance of the (firef iiondemanding a free and ample Difcufiion, it hath been thought proper to recall it to the impartial View the following Scrutiny into the Meritsaof this Subjeet. 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.
