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Record Nr.

UNISA996394304203316

Titolo

The most indigent poor prisoners letter to a worthy member of Parliament; [[electronic resource] ] : with reasons humbly offer'd for a bill to free the subjects from taxes for their maintenance, by making every creditor maintain his own debtor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed by Fr. Wilkins, near Fleet-street, 1700]

Descrizione fisica

[4] p

Soggetti

Debtor and creditor - Legal status, laws, etc - Scotland

Debt, Imprisonment for - Scotland

Prisoners - Great Britain

Great Britain Social conditions 17th century Early works to 1800

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Caption title.

Imprint from colophon on page [3].

The bottom half of page [1] and all of page [2] contain "Reasons and arguments in law, humbly offered for a bill for the relief and maintenance of poor prisoners".

Page [3] has caption title: 'King William's first Parliament. Sess. 6. in Scotland. Act anent the aliment of poor prisoners, October the 9th. 1696'.

A bifolium, for which there are three entries in Wing (2nd ed.), because the two leaves may be separated; the first leaf (M2898), the second leaf (S1247D) and M2899 for both leaves.

Above the imprint on p. [3] is an advertisement for: "Elixir febrifugium martis".

Reproduction of original in the British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018