East India Company Act 1707 c. 17. An Act for assuring to the English Company Trading to the East-Indies, on Account of the United Stock, a longer Time in the Fund and Trade therein mentioned, and for raising thereby the Sum of Twelve hundred thousand Pounds for Carrying on the War, and other Her Majesties Occasions.
London: James Watson, Printer to the King. 1718. Booklet - Unbound Pages. Very Good Condition. Item #359023
Passed in the seventh year of Queen Anne's reign, the Act assured the English East India Company it had extended privileges in its trade monopoly under the banner of the United Stock, an instrument of commercial consolidation formed in earlier reforms. In exchange, the Company pledged to raise the substantial sum of 1.2 million for the Crown, designated for prosecuting the War of the Spanish Succession and meeting other national exigencies. The legislation exemplifies the entanglement of imperial commerce with state finance: a private enterprise acting as financier to public war, while reaping the benefits of prolonged access to Asian markets. The Act's dual function, granting commercial stability and underwriting military ambition, marks a pivotal moment in the Company's transformation from mercantile venture to quasi-sovereign power. It is emblematic of early eighteenth-century Britain's reliance on its financial and trading elite to sustain expansionist policy abroad. 19 pages. This act is published in a small format (85 x 144mm, 3 3/8 x 5.5 inches) and is extracted from the Acts of Parliament, published by John Watson, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, Edinburgh, 1718. Rather smaller in size than the folio acts often encountered published in London, these are none the less complete acts, word for word the same as the larger format and published at around the same dates. Disbound from a larger volume, no title pages (as issued), and the title starts at the head of the page. See picture. Overall condition is very good, with bright clean, easily readable pages. Size: 16mo (very small). Category: Parliamentary Acts::Queen Anne; Printed before 1800;.
Keywords: BZDB395 East India Parliamentary Acts::Queen Anne; Printed before 1800; Queen Anne 1707 : East India Company Extension and War Finance Act East India Company Act 1707 c. 17. An Act for assuring to the English Company Trading to the East-Indies, on Ac
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