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Britannia's gold-mine or, the herring-fishery for ever. A new ballad, to the tune of, There was a jovial beggar, &c. sung at Draper's-Hall, by the Anti-Gallicans; and at Merchant-Taylor's Hall, by the Sons of the Clergy. Now first published from the genuine copy.
Lockman, John, 1698-1771.Date: MDCCL. [1750]
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A seasonable hint for our pilchard and coast fishery or, a letter of advice to the brine-salt proprietors of Great-Britain and Ireland. Dated 23 April, 1748. By Thomas Lowndes.
Lowndes, Thomas, 1692-1748.Date: MDCCXLVIII. [1748]
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Some considerations on the British fisheries With a proposal For Establishing A General Fishery, on the coasts of Ireland. Addressed To the Rt. Honourable the Lord-------.
Date: [1750]
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Some observations for improvement of trade, by establishing the fishery of Great Britain as a proper means to obtain the ballance of trade, employ the poor, and promote the interest of the proprietors of the South-Sea Company, Under their Direction or a Committee to be appointed for that Purpose, agreeable to their Charter, and Acts of Parliament passed for the Establishment thereof. With some Hints how the said Fishery may be gained in like manner as our Woollen Manufactory was by King Henry Vii. and Queen Elizabeth. Humbly Dedicated to His Grace James Duke of Chandos. By Mr. Peck.
Peck, PhilipDate: MDCCXXXII. [1732]
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The vast importance of the herring fishery, &c. to these kingdoms : as respecting the national wealth, our naval strength, and the highlanders : in three letters, addressed to a member of Parliament.
Lockman, John, 1698-1771.Date: 1750
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Great Britain's glory or our neglected Indies discovered Being a treaty of the proceedings relating to a grand state fishing company, in Great Britain and Ireland. By Martin Laycock, Esq;.
Laycock, MartinDate: 1731
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To the good people of Great Britain and Ireland . The humble address of Daniel Dettingen, late of Gen. Sir John Ligonier's regiment of horse. In behalf of himself and the rest of the Disbanded Soldiers and Cashiered Sailors of these Kingdoms.
Dettingen, DanielDate: 1749
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The Wealth of Great Britain in the ocean , Exemplified from materials laid before the committee of the House of Commons, appointed last sessions of Parliament, to examine into the state of the British Fisheries, and from the public records, and other authentic evidences.
Date: MDCCXLIX. [1749]
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An essay to prove that the jurisdiction and conservacy of the River of Thames , &c. is committed to the Lord Mayor, and City of London, Both in Point of Right and Usage, BY Prescription, Charters, Acts of Parliament, Decrees, upon Hearing before the King, Letters-Patents, &c. &c. To which is added. A brief Description of those Fish, with their Seasons, Spawning-Times, &c. that are caught in the Thames, or sold in London. With Some few Observations on the Nature, Element, Cloathing, Numbers, Passage, Wars, and Sensation, &c. peculiar to Fish in general. And, Also, Of the Water Carriage on the River Thames, to the several Parts of the Kingdom; with a List of the Keys, Wharfs, and Docks, adjoining to the same. By Roger Griffiths, Water-Bailiff.
Griffiths, Roger.Date: MDCCXLVI. [1746]
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The substance of the speech of Henry Beaufoy, Esq : to the British Society for Extending the Fisheries, &c. at their general court, held on Tuesday, March 25, 1788. : To which is added a copy of the act for the Society's incorporation.
Beaufoy, Henry, -1795.Date: 1788
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A letter to a Member of Parliament , concerning the free British fisheries; with fraughts of a herring-buss and nets, and the harbour and town of Peterhead.
Date: 1750
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Some observations for improvement of trade, by establishing the fishery of Great Britain; as a proper means to obtain the ballance of trade, employ the poor, and promote the interest of the proprietors of the South-Sea Company, Under their Direction or a Committee to be appointed for that Purpose, agreeable to their Charter and Acts of Parliament passed for the Establishment thereof. With some Hints how the said fishery may be gained in like manner as our Woollen Manufactory was by King Henry Vii. and Queen Elizabeth Humbly Dedicated to His Grace James Duke of Chandos. By Mr. Peck
Peck, PhilipDate: MDCCXXXII. [1732]
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Observations on the report of the Committee of the House of Commons appointed to enquire into the state of the British fishery[.] By Robert Fall, Esq
Fall, RobertDate: M,DCC,LXXXVI. [1786]
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Eat more fish caught by British fishermen / issued by the Empire Marketing Board.
Date: [between 1930 and 1939?]
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Sir Walter Raleigh's observations on the British fishery, and several other points relating to trade and commerce. By him address'd and presented to King James I
Walter RaleighDate: 1720
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Plans and proposals transmitted to the committee on the British fishery. By Several hands
Date: Printed in the year MDCCL. [1750]
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A brief detail of the home fishery from early time particularly as relating to the markets of London and Westminster. With Remarks on Mr. Blake's late Advertisements to the Public with regard to his supplying those Markets. Also An Abstract of the late Act in favor of the Land Carriage of Fish, &c. with political, historical, and arithmetical Observations on the Importance of keeping up our Attention to the Fishery on our own Coast, and of rendering Fresh Fish cheap through the whole Kingdom. With Various Proposals to the Public, And likewise to the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, For the more effectual Establishment of the Fishery. In three letters.
Date: M.DCC.LXIII. [1763]
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Some considerations on the establishment of the French strolers; the behaviour of their bully-champions, and other seasonable matters, ... Humbly addressed ... particularly, to the inhabitants of Westminster
Date: [1749]
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A discourse containing a summary of the proceedings of the directors of the Society for Extending the Fisheries and Improving the Sea Coasts of Great Britain, since the 25th March, 1788. And some thoughts on the present emigrations from the Highlands. By George Dempster, Esq. One Of The Directors. Together with some reflections intended to promote the success of the said society, by John Gray, Esq. Author of the Plan for finally settling the Government of Ireland upon Constitutional Principles, and other Political Tracts
Dempster, George, 1732-1818.Date: MDCCLXXXIX. [1789]
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A bill intituled An act for the encouragement of the British white herring fishery
Parliament of the United KingdomDate: [1750?]
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Two letters wherein the sovereignty of the British seas , and sole right of fishing in them is asserted and maintained: with remarks on the foreign fisheries, and the Means of Rendring our Own successful. - The author's discoveries on the Nymph-Fishing-Bank, near the South Coast of Ireland; with a curious map, wherein the same is now first included. Some account of the deficiency of our sea charts, and Means proposed to rectify them at an easy Charge to the Publick. Being the second edition. To which is annexed a third letter and certificates, with a Preface concerning the Nymph-Bank and Coast adjacent, with Proposals for Establishing a Company for Executing a Fishery there, from whence (to the great Benefit of the Undertakers as well as to the Publick) the chief Cities of Ireland, and all the West and South Coast of: England and Wales, and even the City of London might be supplied with Live Cod, and other excellent Fish, far cheaper and better, than hath yet been done by Foreigners and Others. Most Humbly Inscrib'd to Sir John Barnard, Knt. and every Well-Wisher of the British and Irish Trade and Navigation. By William Doyle, hidrographer.
Doyle, William, b. 1705?.Date: 1739
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General remarks on the British fisheries. By a North Briton
Gordon, Thomas, fl. 1786.Date: MDCCLXXXIV. [1784]
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A humble proposal for obtaining an act of parliam[en]t to encourage persons to subscribe towards a comon stock of -- for setting up a general fishery whereby no subscriber can run a hazard of ye least loss but hath on ye contrary all moral certainty of great gain : the governm[en]t may have ffour millions and the nation recover the great benefit of the fishing trade.
Date: [1692?]

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Britannia's gold-mine or, the herring-fishery for ever. A new ballad, to the tune of, There was a jovial beggar, &c. sung at Draper's-Hall, by the Anti-Gallicans; and at Merchant-Taylor's Hall, by the Sons of the Clergy. Now first published from the genuine copy.

A seasonable hint for our pilchard and coast fishery or, a letter of advice to the brine-salt proprietors of Great-Britain and Ireland. Dated 23 April, 1748. By Thomas Lowndes.

Some considerations on the British fisheries With a proposal For Establishing A General Fishery, on the coasts of Ireland. Addressed To the Rt. Honourable the Lord-------.

The vast importance of the herring fishery, &c. to these kingdoms : as respecting the national wealth, our naval strength, and the highlanders : in three letters, addressed to a member of Parliament.

Great Britain's glory or our neglected Indies discovered Being a treaty of the proceedings relating to a grand state fishing company, in Great Britain and Ireland. By Martin Laycock, Esq;.

To the good people of Great Britain and Ireland . The humble address of Daniel Dettingen, late of Gen. Sir John Ligonier's regiment of horse. In behalf of himself and the rest of the Disbanded Soldiers and Cashiered Sailors of these Kingdoms.

The Wealth of Great Britain in the ocean , Exemplified from materials laid before the committee of the House of Commons, appointed last sessions of Parliament, to examine into the state of the British Fisheries, and from the public records, and other authentic evidences.

The substance of the speech of Henry Beaufoy, Esq : to the British Society for Extending the Fisheries, &c. at their general court, held on Tuesday, March 25, 1788. : To which is added a copy of the act for the Society's incorporation.

A letter to a Member of Parliament , concerning the free British fisheries; with fraughts of a herring-buss and nets, and the harbour and town of Peterhead.

Observations on the report of the Committee of the House of Commons appointed to enquire into the state of the British fishery[.] By Robert Fall, Esq

Eat more fish caught by British fishermen / issued by the Empire Marketing Board.

Sir Walter Raleigh's observations on the British fishery, and several other points relating to trade and commerce. By him address'd and presented to King James I

Plans and proposals transmitted to the committee on the British fishery. By Several hands

Some considerations on the establishment of the French strolers; the behaviour of their bully-champions, and other seasonable matters, ... Humbly addressed ... particularly, to the inhabitants of Westminster

A bill intituled An act for the encouragement of the British white herring fishery

General remarks on the British fisheries. By a North Briton