[Rarebooks] fa: SIR JOHN BARNARD'S PROPOSALS FOR RAISING THREE MILLIONS - 1746 - 3 Works in 1

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Sir John Barnard: A Defence of Several Proposals for Raising of Three Millions for the Service of the Government, for the Year 1746. With a Postscript, containing some Notions relating to Publick Credit. London: Printed [by Samuel Richardson] for J. Osborn, at the Golden-Ball, in Pater-Noster Row, MDCCXLVI [1746]. [BOUND WITH:] A Letter to Sir John Barnard, upon his Proposals for Raising Three Millions of Money for the Service of the Year 1746. From a Member of the House of Commons. The second edition. London: Printed for John Hinton, at the King’s Arms in St Paul’s Church-Yard, [1746]. [BOUND WITH:] Remarks on a Letter to Sir John Barnard: In which the Proposals of that Worthy Patriot are vindicated, and a late Important Transaction set in a True Light. By an Enemy to Jobbs. London: Printed for J. Hinton, at the King’s Arms in St. Paul’s Church-Yard, MDCCXLVI [1746].

Three titles in one 8vo volume; recent navy blue french wraps with printed title labels; [2], 77, [1] pp.; [2], 24 pp.; [2], 28 pp.; woodcut decorations and initials; ESTC T32240; T78417; T46747. First and last titles are FIRST EDITIONS. Mild toning to the leaves; a few tidy early ink notations in the margins; otherwise quite clean and crisp, firmly bound.

Sir John Barnard (c.1685-1764) was a Whig politician and inveterate foe of Robert Walpole; he served as Lord Mayor of London and was a Member of Parliament for the City of London for nearly forty years. "He was for many years [the City's] unchallenged leader, and in 1754 still topped the poll in a hotly contested election. An extremely active independent, he was classed by Dupplin as ‘doubtful’; yet was consulted by Newcastle on financial matters, in which he enjoyed in many quarters a great reputation" (History of Parliament Online). Barnard's proposals sought to reduce the interest on the national debt.