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The importance of effectually supporting the Royal African Company of England impartially consider'd shewing, that a free and open trade to Africa and the support and preservation of the British colonies and plantations in America depend upon maintaining the forts and settlements, rights and privileges belonging to that corporation against the encroachments of the French and all other foreign rivals in that trade

Title
The importance of effectually supporting the Royal African Company of England impartially consider'd [electronic resource] : shewing, that a free and open trade to Africa and the support and preservation of the British colonies and plantations in America depend upon maintaining the forts and settlements, rights and privileges belonging to that corporation against the encroachments of the French and all other foreign rivals in that trade / in a letter to a member of the House of Commons.
Author
Hays, deputy governor of the African Company.
Publication
London : Printed for M. Cooper, 1744.

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Additional Authors
Postlethwayt, Malachy, 1707?-1767.
Description
47 p., [1] fold. leaf of plates : fold. map.
Alternative Title
Importance of the African Company's forts and settlements considered
Subject
  • Royal African Company > Early works to 1800
  • Great Britain > Commerce > Africa > Early works to 1800
  • Africa > Commerce > Great Britain > Early works to 1800
Note
  • Attributed to Hays, deputy governor of the African Company, by NUC pre-1956. Malachy Postlethwayt claimed authorship--cf. Goldsmiths' Lib. cat. and Hanson.
  • "With a map shewing the situation of the several European forts and settlements in that country."
  • Reproduction of original from Huntington Library.
  • Sabin no. 34393.
Indexed In (note)
  • RLIN
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
OCLC
CTRG04-B903
Author
Hays, deputy governor of the African Company.
Title
The importance of effectually supporting the Royal African Company of England impartially consider'd [electronic resource] : shewing, that a free and open trade to Africa and the support and preservation of the British colonies and plantations in America depend upon maintaining the forts and settlements, rights and privileges belonging to that corporation against the encroachments of the French and all other foreign rivals in that trade / in a letter to a member of the House of Commons.
Imprint
London : Printed for M. Cooper, 1744.
Indexed In:
RLIN, CTRG04-B903
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Local Note
Library's copy imperfect: bleed-through of text.
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Added Author
Postlethwayt, Malachy, 1707?-1767.
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