PART IV.

Of public Credit.

CHAP. I. Of the various consequences of public debts, 348

CHAP. II. Of the rise and progress of public credit, 351

CHAP. III. Of anticipations, or borrowing money upon 354

assignments to taxes, for the discharge of principal and

interest,

CHAP. IV. Of the state of public credit in France before 367

the reign of Louis XIV. and of the sentiments of the

great Richlieu upon that subject,

CHAP. V. Of the present state of public credit in Great 380

Britain,

CHAP. VI. State of the public credit of France; their 402

debts, funds, and appropriations, at the peace 1763,

CHAP. VII. Comparative view of the revenue, debts, and 438

credit of Great Britain and France,

CHAP. VIII. Contingent consequences of the extension of 441

credit, and increase of debts,

CHAP. IX. Of bankruptcies, 456

CHAP. X. Methods of contracting and paying off public 465

debts,

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