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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36920	Proposals of Nicholas Dupin, Esq; The first deputy governour of the linnen and white writing-paper corporation in England, Scotland, and Ireland To all the parishes in and about the city of London, and within the weekly bills of mortality, to set the poor to work, who are not employed in the woollen manufacture; whereby the said parishes will (after the expiration of the first year) be not only eased and discharged of the burthen of them for ever, but also be considerable gainers: for by employing 50000 poor, in the several parish workhouses, the product of their labour will amount, in one year, to the sum of 225000l. as it is hereafter more at large explained; which sum is to remain for a perpetual fund or stock, to be lodged and secured in the chamber of London or Bank of England, for the use of the poor, besides the charitable gifts, legacies, and other revenues formerly given and bequeathed by pious persons, and the voluntary, liberal, and charitable contributions to be bestowed by well disposed Christians, towards the encreasing the said poor's stock, and also the profits of the manufactured goods when sold.	Dupin, Nicholas.; Company of White Paper Makers (London, England)	1698 (1698)	Wing D2647; ESTC R216746	6,105	6

Chancery in the aforesaid three Kingdoms Confirmed by four several Acts of Parliament which passed the Royal Assent is capable and qualified to manage this undertaking So that a great number of Noble-men Merchants and others became Partners and raised Stocks of two hundred thousand Pounds and upwards and great Quantities of all sorts of Linnen and White Writing-paper was made in the three Kingdoms as good as any that came from beyond Sea to the value of several hundred thousand Pounds which did employ many thousands of Poor and other People before and during this last tedious War whereby he hath much improved his Experience for discerning what is good and profitable in them to keep and what hath been amiss and loss to prevent for the time to come And whereas there are in and about the City of London and within the Weekly Bills of Mortality 135 Parishes it is for the conveniency of each Parish proposed That there shall be one Subscription Book with printed Articles to shew how things are to be governed and regulated Which said Books are to be lodged in some convenient place in each Parish in the Custody of responsable Persons in order to take in the Subscriptions of all People who will be pleased to Subscribe therein and the Mony so Subscribed to be collected about the begining of January next by some trusty Persons whom the Court shall appoint The said Mr. Dupin doth oblige himself at his own proper charges to provide the said 135 Subscription Books for all the aforesaid Parishes and all the printed Articles and Proposals and to view the most proper Work-houses and make his Report to the Court for their Advice and Approbation and will also produce to the said Court a List of the Names of all such Work-Men and Women and Servants who shall be fit and qualified to teach the said Poor to Work and oversee the same and will make an Inventory of all things necessary to be provided for the carrying on of this national and benificial Work by which means the Parishes will be discharged of 50000 Poor at the end of the first Year and a perpetual Stock of Two Hundred Thousand Pounds and upwards will remain in clear profit lodged in the Chamber of London or Bank of England for the use of the Poor The said Mr. Dupin may be spoke with by any of the said Parishioners and others at his Office at Mr. Woodward's a Book-binder in St. Christopher's Alley over against Benn's Coffee-house in Thread-needle-Street near the Royal Exchange where the Books are laid open and Articles drawn in order to take in Subscriptions Dated Monday November the 28th 1698. A brief Computation of the Costs and Charges and also of the Profits and Advantages which will accrue and arise by Employing 50000 Poor and others in the several Parishes in and about the City of London SUppose the aforesaid 50000 Poor be Taught and set to Work some may Earn 2 d some 3 d 4 5 and 6 d per Day or suppose they may Earn one with another 3 d per Day which will amount to 625 l. per Day 625 per Day 3750 per Week 195000 per Year There will be also 10 per Cent. clear Profit by the Sale of the Goods when Wrought and Manufactured which will amount to about 5000. And suppose the charitable Contribution Money may come to Twenty Five Thousand Pounds 25000. Total 225000. Suppose after the Charges and Disbursements in general for Wheels Reels Hatchels Looms Reeds Warping-Mills Engins Cushions Bobbins Parchment Pins to make Lace Stools Tables Benches and Candlesticks Workmen and Servants Wages and all other incident Charges and also for the Interest of 10 per Cent. allowed to the Subscribers about 12000 There will be a perpetual Stock remaining for the Poor after all Deductions at the Years end of about 213000 LONDON Printed in the Year 1698.

same will require a Considerable Sum of Money to be Employed in buying of Hemp and Flax Thread to make several sorts of Lace Fringes and for other Uses and also in buying of Hatchels Spinning-Wheels Reels Warping-Mills Looms Reeds Harnisses Rods Shuttles Bobbins Quills c. And Cushions-Bobbins Patterns of Parchment Thread and Pins to make Lace c. And Wooden-pins and Needles to make all sorts of Fishing and other Nets and several sorts of Steel and Brass Reeds to make several sorts of Sail-Cloath and other sorts of Cloath Engines Blocks Stools Tables Benches Mallets Candlesticks Lanthorns and several other things relating to the said Trades and Manufactures and to pay Workmen and Servants Wages It is therefore thought Convenient to draw Articles in order to take in Subscriptions in two distinct Books the one to take in Subscriptions at Twenty Pounds per Share payable at Three several Payments into the Chamber of London or Bank of England and the same to be Emproved and laid out as the general Court when assembled shall think fit And the said Subscribers to have their Subscription Money repaid them at the Years end with Ten Pound per Cent. Profit as aforesaid out of the Joint-Stock as it may more at large appear in the said Articles And the other Subscription Book to take in Subscriptions from all Good and Charitable Christians who shall be voluntarily disposed to Subscribe therein from One Shilling and upwards gratis to increase the said Poor's Stock Which said Charity Money is to be paid into the said Chamber of London or Bank of England by certain Responsible Trusty Persons who shall be chosen in each Parish and authorized to Collect and Leavy the the same by the Order of the general Court or Committee appointed by them which will be about the beginning of January next which said Collectors so Authorised are to Enter each Persons Name with the Sum which they will be pleased to bestow in a Book and shall pay the same when Collected into the Treasury and take Receipts for it That the said Subscription-Book and Receipts may be produced to the general Court or Committee appointed for that purpose and compared by them to prevent Frauds and Mistakes Manufactures are the only means to enrich a Nation support the Crown and not only employ the Poor but also draw Foreigners into the Kingdom Likewise popularity in a Kingdom is the enriching thereof for by their Labour and Industry they will make Riches flow Therefore a flourishing Trade will raise Wealth and make the Nation happy and glorious for it draweth Treasures from foreign Countries and keeps our own at home It is well known that this Kingdom is endowed with good Land for yielding of Hemp Flax c. and also with good Air and Water and all Materials as Linnen Rags to make Paper and Glue to size it for the French formerly used to carry their Linnen Rags and Glue from hence to France until prohibited by the late King's Proclamation therefore the Paper Manufacture is evidently known to be of a vast Consequence when the French were so much against the Establishment thereof that Monsieur Barylon the late French Embassadour with his Factors Agents and Friends used their utmost Endeavours to hinder the same by enticing the Corporation's chiefest Workmen from their Paper Mills with Bribes and promises of great Rewards and so sent them away privately to France to the unspeakable Damage of this Nation and Corporation besides the Tax of Twenty Five Pound per Cent. laid by the late Parliament upon all Writeing and Printing Paper made and to be made in this Kingdom which obliged us to sell our Paper the dearer and the French on the other hand endeavouring to under-sell us hath been no small Discouragement in the infancy of the Establishment of this great and beneficial Manufacture And this Kingdom being well accommodated with all Necessaries and Materials as aforesaid by the growth and product thereof to promote all the aforesaid Manufactures and being also furnished with good ingenious Workmen of several Nations who can Manufacture all the aforesaid Works and teach the weaker sort how to Work in their several Occupations will considerably increase the King's Revenue Here is also at this juncture a very seasonable opportunity for establishing most of all other Manufactures which are in France and so prevent vast Sums of Money which are usually sent from hence thither for such Commodities by imploying all sorts of Artificers and Tradesmen as well French Protestants as others who are to my certain knowledge capable of Undertaking and Manufacturing the same tho' for want of Assistance to set them to Work several poor Families are ready to starve But if the said Manufactures be encouraged and those poor Souls employed therein that they may live it will not only increase Trade and the King's Revenue and establish new Manufactures here but above all it will draw Heaven's Benidiction on us for those French Protestants of this Nation who have fled from their Native Country and quitted Houses Lands Goods Stocks Preferments Imployments and what else they had of their own are the Flower of that Kingdom for Christianity and Ingenuity as I have been informed by certain learned judicious English Divines and who think it a great happiness to have escaped Persecutions Cruelties and Tyrannies wherewith they were daily oppressed and have full liberty to serve God and sing Praises to his holy Name under the Protection of his Sacred Majesty King William whom God preserve Whereas it is manifest that there never hath been seen heretofore in England such numbers of Poor who want Work as Silk and Linnen-Weavers and other Tradesmen and also multitudes of poor House-keepers c. that are ready to starve for want of Work who are not nor cannot be employed in the Woollen Manufacture but may in the Linnen in making several sorts of Linnen-Cloth Sail-Cloth Canvas Thred-Laces Fringes and Tapes Fishing-Nets Ropes c. wherewith this Nation is supplyed by other Forreign Countries to the value of several Hundred Thousands of Pounds per Annum as it may appear by the Custome-house Books which may be prevented by setting our Poor to Work in this Manufacture and keep the Mony in the Kingdom Therefore the employing of the Poor being for the good of all People as House-keepers Merchants Travellers Farmers and all manner of Dealers whatsoever who are daily Sufferers and much injured by Robbers Thieves and other vicious Persons and also very much oppressed and incumbred with the Poor It is humbly hoped that all good Christians will hereunto afford a favourable Reception it being for the Publick Good as aforesaid And for the better satisfaction of the Subscribers The said Mr. Dupin having been one of the first Governours of six Corporations for the Linnen and White Writing-paper Manufactures in these three Kingdoms of England Scotland and Ireland before specified as it may appear by six several Charters and Patents enrolled in the High Court of