Excerpt from The State of the Nation, in Respect to Her Commerce, Debts, and Money Mult own my felf very na *eqt1al toi the Task l have undertaken which requir edlgh eater Eatperience 1n pub-f lickf Bufinef's than I): could polfibly have hut: that which incited me to enter into this Altair, was, that I found fome Men lo y, that they thought' as 111 a Condition than we rea are and that it would be impo to' pay the publick Debts While Others were lo languine to be lieve 1t the' eafielt Thing in the World, nay, fome are lo credulous as to think, that this Debt of fifty th1ee B Millions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.