John Cary, ?-1720?
Prominent Bristol merchant and friend of John Locke,
who flourished in the 1690s. Strong protectionist in
Mercantilist stripe, promoted closer
subordinating colonies to England's economic needs. Promoted the
establishment of calico-industry in England, and the restriction of East India
Company imports (1695). A strong proponent of restricting Irish exports to
England alone and alarmist at the rise of Scottish commerce. (e.g. 1696,
1698)
John Cary was a promoter of the establishment
of workhouses for the poor, being the spearhead of the Corporation for the Poor
in Bristol (1697, 1700). In 1704, he served as an advisor to the
government on Irish linen manufacturing.
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Major Works of John Cary
- An Essay on the State of England in Relation to Its Trade, Its
Poor, and Its Taxes, for Carrying on the Present War Against France,
1695 [mch]
- A Discourse Concerning the East-India Trade: Shewing it to be
Unprofitable to the Kingdom of England : Being Taken Out of a Essay on
Trade, 1695 -
excerpts, copy
- An Essay Towards the Setlement of a National Credit in the
Kingdom of England: Humbly Presented to the Two Honourable Houses of
Parliament, 1696 [mch]
- A Discourse Concerning the Trade of Ireland and Scotland, as They
Stand in Competition with the Trade of England, 1696
- An Essay on the Coyn and Credit of England as They Stand with
Respect to Its Trade, 1696 [av]
[mch]
- A Vindication of the Parliament of England: In Answer to a Book,
Written by William Molyneux of Dublin, Esq. Intituled, The Case of
Irelands Being Bound by Acts of Parliament in England, Stated, 1698
- Essay on the Registry for the Tithes of Land, 1698
- On the Linen Trade in Ireland, 1698
- An Account of the Proceedings of the Corporation of Bristol, in
execution of the Act of Parliament for the better employing the poor of
that City, 1700 [mch]
- Some Considerations relating to the linnen manufacture in the
Kingdom of Ireland, 1704
- A Proposal Offered to the Committee of the Honourable House of
Commons Appointed to Consider of Ways for the Better Providing for the
Poor and Setting Them on Work, 1700 [mch]
- An account of the proceedings of the Corporation of Bristol in
execution of the act of Parliament for the better employing and
maintaining the poor of that city, 1700
- A Discourse of the Advantage of the African Trade to this Nation,
1712
- An Essay Towards Regulating the Trade, and Employing the Poor of
this Kingdom, 1717
- The rights of the commons in Parliament assembled asserted and
the liberties of the people vindicated, 1718
- A proposal for paying off the publick debts by erecting a
national credit, 1719
-
A Discourse on Trade, and Other Matters Relative to it, 1745 [bk
,
av]
[French 1755 translation:
v.1,
v.2] [Italian 1761 trans.
v.2]
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Resources on John Cary
- "John
Cary" in Palgrave's Dictionary.
- "John
Cary" in Leslie Stephen's Dictionary of National Biography
- 1838, NAR
- Transactions of the Corporation of the Poor in the City of Bristol,
during a period of 126 years. by James Johnson, 1826 [online]
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