BOOK
Title:
Essay on the external corn trade
Creator:
Torrens, R. (Robert), 1780-1864
Publication:
Longman, London, 1826.
Call #:
338.1 T63E
Extent:
xxiv, 416 p. ; octavo.
Subjects:
BOOK
Title:
The evolution of the English corn market from the twelfth to the eighteenth century
Creator:
Gras, Norman Scott Brien, 1884-1956
Publication:
Harvard university press, H. Milford, Oxford university press, Cambridge, London, 1926.
Notes:
"Second priting." "Awarded the David A. Wells prize for the year 1912-13, and published from the income of the David A. Wells fund." "An expansion of a doctoral dissertation submitted at Harvard university."--Pref. Bibliography: p. 465-479.
Call #:
330.8 H26 V.13
Extent:
xiii, 498 p. : illus. (map) diagrs. ; 22 1/2 cm.
BOOK
Title:
First & second reports from the committees appointed to inquire into the state of the growth, commerce, & consumption of grain, & all laws relating thereto
Creator:
Great Britain Parliament (1743). House of Lords.
Publication:
Ridgway, London, 1814.
Call #:
633 G79
Extent:
343 p. ; octavo.
Subjects:
BOOK
Title:
An Inquiry into the causes of the present distress; with an attempt to explain the theory of national wealth
Creator:
Reid, Williampolitical economist
Publication:
William Tait, Edinburgh, 1833.
Call #:
Pam. v.780, no.14
Extent:
[i], 34 p. ; octavo.
Subjects:
BOOK
Title:
An inquiry into the causes of the present distress; with an attempt to explain the theory of national wealth
Creator:
Reid, Williampolitical economist
Publication:
William Tait, Edinburgh, 1833.
Call #:
Pam. v.777, no.9
Extent:
[i], 34 p. ; octavo.
Subjects:
BOOK
Title:
An Essay on the influence of a low price of corn on the profits of stock; shewing the inexpediency of restrictions on importation: With remarks on Mr. Malthus' two last publications
Creator:
Ricardo, David, 1772-1823
Publication:
Printed for John Murray, London, 1815.
Notes:
Last six pages a prospectus.
Call #:
630 PAM. NO.13
Extent:
50, [1], 1-6 p. ; 22 1/2 cm.
Subjects:
MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
Dates:
1839-1849
Abstract:
In these letters to Caroline Watts, a young friend and teacher in Durham, England, Spencer writes principally about the teaching of geometry and astronomy. He also comments on current political and literary events in England, including John Bright's defeat, the Corn Laws, and theories about health and religion. There is frequent mention of his brother Thomas Spencer, and his son Herbert Spencer.
Call #:
Mss.B.Sp32
Extent:
0.25 Linear feet
Subjects:
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Astronomy -- Study and teaching. | Beyond Early America | Bright, John, 1811-1889 | Corn laws (Great Britain) | General Correspondence | Geometry -- Study and teaching. | Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1837-1901. | Health. | Religion. | Spencer, Herbert, 1820-1903 | Spencer, Thomas, 1796-1853 | Spencer, William George,1790-1866 | Watts, Caroline
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