National oeconomy recommended : as the only means of retrieving our trade and securing our liberties : occasioned by the perusal of the late report of a committee of the House of Commons relating to the army : by which, many gross and important abuses appear to have been committed in that article of the publick expence ..

National oeconomy recommended : as the only means of retrieving our trade and securing our liberties : occasioned by the perusal of the late report of a committee of the House of Commons relating to the army : by which, many gross and important abuses appear to have been committed in that article of the publick expence ..

London Printed for M. Cooper ... 1746

[4], 51, [1] p. ; 20 cm. (8vo)

355.622 N277, 1746

(OCoLC)11831920

Signatures: [A]2 B-G4 H2.
Complaint at the high cost of maintaining the army, with reference to the cost of clothing, the practice of claiming pay for men who didn't actually exist, and widonws' pensions, etc.
L1995F126.
Library has another copy (L2006F238): bound with: Standing armies, standing evils ..., 1749; The honest sentiment of an English officer on the army of Great Britain, 1779; royal armorial blind stamp on half title; ms. inscription on title: Wm. Hallway(?); armorial bookplate with motto (Sapere Aude) on back pastedown: South Library ... (1860)

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