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| Introduction | [vii] |
| [PART I.] | |
| SECT. I. Of the Nature of Civil Liberty, and the Essentials of a Free Government. | [1] |
| SECT. II. Of the Value of Liberty, and the Excellence of a Free Government. | [15] |
| Conclusion. | [41] |
| [PART II.] | |
| SECT. I. Supplemental Observations on the Surplus of the Revenue; the Quantity of Coin in the Kingdom; and Paper Credit. | [53] |
| SECT. II. Of the State of the Nation; and the War with America. | [69] |
| SECT. III. Of Schemes for raising Money by public Loans. | [89] |
| [PART III.] | |
| SECT. I. Abstract of the Exports from, and Imports to Great Britain from 1697 to 1773, with Remarks. | [113] |
| SECT. II. Historical Deduction and Analysis of the Public Debts. | [119] |
| SECT. III. Of the Debts and Resources of France. | [148] |
| SECT. IV. Remarks on the Earl of Stair’s Account of the Public Income and Expenditure. | [156] |
| Resolution of a Committee of the American Congress in June 1775. | [175] |
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