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AN APPEAL TO COMMON SENSE AND COMMON JUSTICE; OR, IRREFRAGABLE FACTS OPPOSED TO PLAUSIBLE THEORIES: INTENDED TO PROVE THE EXTREME INJUSTICE, AS WELL AS THE UTTER IMPOLICY OF THE EXISTING TARIFF. ILLUSTRATED BY A SKETCH OF THE POLICY AND SITUATION OF ENGLAND, FRANCE, AND HOLLAND.

Philadelphia: Published by H.C. Carey and I. Lea. Feb. 4, 1822. pp viii, [5]-92, as issued. Light to moderate foxing, Good+. Carey was one of the most articulate pre-Civil War advocates of a high protective tariff to encourage American enterprise. "He did more than anyone else, if we except Hamilton..... More

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ESSAYS ON THE PUBLIC CHARITIES OF PHILADELPHIA, INTENDED TO VINDICATE THE BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES OF THIS CITY FROM THE CHARGE OF ENCOURAGING IDLENESS, AND TO PLACE IN STRONG RELIEF, BEFORE AN ENLIGHTENED PUBLIC, THE SUFFERINGS AND OPPRESSION UNDER WHICH THE GREATER PART OF THE FEMALES LABOUR, WHO DEPEND ON THEIR INDUSTRY FOR A SUPPORT FOR THEMSELVES AND CHILDREN. FOURTH EDITION, GRATUITOUS.

Philadelphia: J. Clarke, 1829. Stitched without wrappers, lightly dusted, with a couple of small institutional rubberstamps, short closed tear on title page [no loss]. pp xiv, [9]-34 [as issued]. Good+. The fourth edition, three having issued in 1828; its Preface, pp [iii]-xiv, is new. Carey seeks to demonstrate "the utter..... More

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REFLECTIONS ON THE PRESENT SYSTEM OF BANKING, IN THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA. WITH A PLAN TO REVIVE CONFIDENCE, TRADE, AND COMMERCE, AND TO FACILITATE THE RESUMPTION OF SPECIE PAYMENTS. BY M. CAREY.

Philadelphia: Published by the Author, Jan. 30, 1817. 30pp. Disbound, title and last leaf moderately foxed. Contemporary ink number '5' touches a few letters in the title. Good to Good+. Several printings issued in this year-- American Imprints lists this January 30, 1817, printing with 28 pages, suggesting some bibliographical..... More

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