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The Commercial Restraints of Ireland

by John Hely-Hutchinson

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Written by the Provost of Trinity College Dublin and burned by the common hangman, this catalogues the English statutes that had systematically destroyed Irish woollen, glass and colonial trade, and argues — dangerously, in 1779 — that a country prevented from trading cannot be expected to stay loyal.

The book that helped win Irish free trade, and was burned for it. Download the free EPUB.

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