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Stowe MS 292
- Record Id:
- 040-001953094
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001952775
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000493.0x00033a
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Stowe MS 292
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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POLITICAL OBSERVATIONS upon the state and condition of England, 1695. The tract is divided into twelve chapters, viz. (1) " As to the number of the People of England " ;-(2) " The proportion of England in acres and people to France and Holland, to Europe, and to the world in general; with a calculation of the number of people now in the world ";-(3) " The several distinctions of the people, as to males and females, married and unmarried, children, servants and sojourners ";-(4) "The several ages of the people, accounting them in all at 5,500,000 ";-(5) The origination and increase of the people of England ";-(6) The annual income and expense of the nation as it stood Ao 1688 ";-(7) " The several sorts of land in England, with the value and product thereof ";-
(8) " The beer, ale and malt annually consumed in England, and the revenue of excise arising thereby " ;-(9) " A calculation of the Poll Bills, and some other taxes, and what may be raised by some commodities not yet taxed " ;-(10) " The state of the nation Ao 1695," as to revenue, wealth, etc. ;-(11) " The state of France and Holland in Ao 1688 and Ao 1695 " ;-(12) " The state and condition of the three nations of England, France and Holland compared one with another, with respect to the years 1688 and 1695." At the end (f 17) are tables of " the prices of grain, init. Aug. 1703," and of " the prices of grain at Cirencester, 2 Febr. 1707/8." Paper; ff. 17. Early xviiith cent. Folio.
Revenue: Income and expense of England: 1688.
Political Tracts: Observations on the State of England: 1695.
Louis XIV of France: State of France in 1688 and 1695.
William III and Mary II of England: Political observations on the state of England: 1695.
includes:
- ff. 3 b, 8, 14 b-16 b Netherlands, United Provinces: State of England compared with that of Holland: 1688, 1692.
- f. 17 Prices: Grain: 1703, 1708.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Stowe Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001952775
036-001952833
037-001953069
040-001953094 - Is part of:
- Stowe Ms 1-1085 : Stowe Manuscripts
Stowe MS 54-310 : CLASS IV.HISTORY.
Stowe MS 268-310 : SECT. VI.-POLITICAL TRACTS, COLLECTIONS, CARICATURES, ETC.
Stowe MS 292 : POLITICAL OBSERVATIONS upon the state and condition of England, 1695. The tract is divided into twelve chapters, viz. (1) " As to… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001952775[0004]/036-001952833[0006]/037-001953069[0025]/040-001953094
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Stowe Ms 1-1085
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1695
- End Date:
- 1695
- Date Range:
- 1695
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715
Mary II, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, 1662-1694 - Places:
- The Netherlands