Financing the Revolution
Anticipation Continued. Containing the substance of the Speech Intended to be delivered from the T---------e to Both H-----s of P--r---m---t, on the Opening of the ensuing Session. To which is added A Sketch of the Debate which will take place in the H---e of L--ds on the motion for an Address and Amendment.
London: Printed for the Editor; and sold by J. Bew, 1779.
Price: $850.00
About the item
First edition. Pp. [iii]-57. Lacking half-title. 1 vols. 8vo. Financing the Revolution. Red morocco-backed green cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Rubbed, some light spotting. Bookplate of John Carter Brown, ex-library with stamp on title, else very good. Adams “American Controversy” 79-3a; Sabin 1685.
Item #34022
A satire. Often attributed to Richard Tickell as it imitates the tone of Tickell's “Anticipation” published the year before. Purports to contains speeches made in the Houses responding to the King's speech on the war in America and his need for more monies to pay for it.
