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The chimera: or, The French way of paying national debts, laid open. Being an impartial account of the proceedings in France, for raising a paper credit, and settling the Mississippi stock

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Title
The chimera: or, The French way of paying national debts, laid open. Being an impartial account of the proceedings in France, for raising a paper credit, and settling the Mississippi stock
Additional title: Chimera
Additional title: French way of paying national debts, laid open
Names
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731 (Author)
Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1720
Place: London
Publisher: Printed for T. Warner
Library locations
Rare Book Division
Shelf locator: *KC 1720 (Defoe, D. Chimera)
Topics
Law, John, 1671-1729
Compagnie des Indes
Genres
Books
Notes
Content: Irregularly paged: p. 33-40 omitted in numbering.
Statement of responsibility: Published anonymously.
Acquisition: 104516.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 p.l., 76 (i.e. 68) p. ; 20.5 cm.
Type of Resource
Text
Still image
Languages
English
Identifiers
Library of Congress Control Number: 04036862
RLIN/OCLC: 7199414
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14448053
NYPL Exhibition ID: TL 20.09.024
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a2c95cf0-59d5-0139-890c-0242ac110003
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

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Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. "The chimera: or, The French way of paying national debts, laid open. Being an impartial account of the proceedings in France, for raising a paper credit, and settling the Mississippi stock" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1720. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ef7c4f20-0a60-0139-31ae-0242ac110003

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Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. "The chimera: or, The French way of paying national debts, laid open. Being an impartial account of the proceedings in France, for raising a paper credit, and settling the Mississippi stock" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 29, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ef7c4f20-0a60-0139-31ae-0242ac110003

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Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. (1720). The chimera: or, The French way of paying national debts, laid open. Being an impartial account of the proceedings in France, for raising a paper credit, and settling the Mississippi stock Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ef7c4f20-0a60-0139-31ae-0242ac110003

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The chimera: or, The French way of paying national debts, laid open. Being an impartial account of the proceedings in France, for raising a paper credit, and settling the Mississippi stock