Concerns: the state of the country and National debt owing to the War; his proposal for a scheme for Parliament to raise capital funds for the Exchequer via loans repayable as annuities: "open a subscription on annuitys for three lives at twenty years purchase for as many millions, as can probably be raised in Europe"; a scheme to raise the interest of the annuities by a general register across Englan, Wales and Scotland; his proposal for taxes on dogs and swords also. Written from London. Signed: "Conyngham".
Letter from Henry Conyngham, 1st Baron to William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire
This material is held atThe Devonshire Collection Archives, Chatsworth
- Reference
- GB 2495 CS4/449
- Former Reference
- GB 2495 CS1/360.4
- Dates of Creation
- 24 November 1756
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- 1 sheet
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