Beaufoy, Henry Substance of the speech London 1788
Beaufoy, Henry. 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. London: printed for T. Cadell; G. G. J. and J. Robinson; C. Dilly; and W. Creech (Edinburgh), 1788. 109 pp. 8vo, disbound. First edition. Henry Beaufoy was a prominent Whig member of Parliament; his education at John Aikin's Warrington academy gave him a taste for science and the politics of liberal dissent. In 1785, Beaufoy was appointed to chair a committee in the House of Commons, whose purpose it was to investigate the reasons for the relative failure of the British fishing industry. This speech contains many interesting details of a trip to Scotland to study the progress of various projects to establish new commercial ventures; there are numerous references to the advantages of the fisheries in North America (Nantucket, Virginia, etc.). A very good copy; uncommon. Kress B1365.
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