CHAPTER IV.

ANDREW YARRANTON.

A forgotten patriot

The Yarranton family

Andrew Yarranton's early life

A soldier under the Parliament

Begins iron works

Is seized and imprisoned

His plans for improving internal navigation

Improvements in agriculture

Manufacture of tin plate

His journey into Saxony to learn it

Travels in Holland

His views of trade and industry

His various projects

His 'England's Improvement by Sea and Land'

His proposed Land Bank

His proposed Registry of Real Estate

His controversies

His iron-mining

Value of his labours

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