Catalogue Entry: MINT00346

'Considerations upon Trade'

Author: Isaac Newton

Source: MINT 19/2/604, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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Contents

A sequence of at best loosely-connected paragraphs. English money flows to France and India where goods are cheaper and wages lower. Bullion can only be obtained through the Spanish and Portuguese, who control the West Indies. Coinage statistics since the reign of Charles I. Suggests restrictions on the trade with France in wool and silk.

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