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Major Works of Malachy Postlethwayt
- The African Trade the great Pillar and Support of the British
Plantation Trade in America, shewing, that our loss, by being beat out of
all the foreign markets for sugar and indigo by the French, has been owing
to the neglect of our African trade; which only, can supply our colonies
with Negroes, 1745
- [Anon] The Importance of Effectually Supporting the Royal African
Company of England impartially considered: shewing, that a free and open
Trade to Africa, and the support and preservation of the British colonies
and plantations in America, depend upon maintaining the forts and
settlements, rights and privileges belonging to that corporation, against
the Encroachments of the French, and all other foreign rivals in that trade,
in a letter to a Member of the House of Commons, 1745 (sometimes
attributed to Charles Hayes)
- The National and Private Advantages of the African trade considered:
being an enquiry, how far it concerns the trading interest of Great Britain,
effectually to support and maintain the forts and settlements in Africa,
belonging to the Royal African Company of England, 1746
- Considerations on the making of Bar Iron with Pitt or Sea Coal Fire,
&c. In a Letter to a Member of the House of Commons, 1747
- Considerations on the Revival of the Royal-British Assiento, between
his Catholic Majesty and the … South-Sea Company. With an … attempt to unite
the African-Trade to that of the South-Sea Company, by Act of Parliament,
1749
- A Dissertation on the plan, use, and importance, of the universal
dictionary of trade and commerce, translated from the French of the late
celebrated Mons. Savary, 1749 [bk]
- The Merchant's Public Counting House, or New Mercantile Institution,
1750
- (Trans.) Universal Dictionary of Trade and Commerce, 1751 (trans.
of J. Savary de Brulons), [1766 3rd ed] [1774 4th ed, v.1 [av],
v.2 [av]]
- A Short State of the Progress of the French trade and navigation:
wherein is shewn the great foundations that France has laid by dint of
commerce, to increase her maritime strength to a pitch equal, if not
superior, to that of Great-Britain, unless it is some how checked by the
wisdom of His Majesty's Councils, 1756 [bk,
av]
- Great-Britain's True System: wherein is clearly shewn, i. that an
increase of the public debts and taxes must, in a few years, prove the ruin
of the monied, the trading and the landed interest; ii. the necessity of
raising the supplies to carry on a war within the year; iii. that such a
design however seemingly difficult, is very practicable, with various
schemes for that purpose; iv. an expedient which will support the public
credit in all times of public distress and danger, to which is prefixed an
introduction relative to the forming a new plan of British politicks, with
respect to our foreign affairs, and our connections on the continent,
1757 [bk]
- Britain's Commercial Interest explained and improved, in a series of
dissertations on several important branches of her trade and police,
containing a candid enquiry into the secret causes of the present
misfortunes of the nation, with proposals for their remedy; also the great
advantages which would accrue to this kingdom from an union with Ireland,
1757,
v.1,
v.2 [1759 ed]
- In Honour to the Administration: the Importance of the African
Expedition Considered: with copies of memorials, as draw up originally, and
presented to the ministry; to induce them to take possession of the French
forts and settlements in the River Senagal, as well as all others on the
coast of Africa, 1758 [bk].
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