- CHILD, SIR JOSHUA
- a wealthy London merchant, author of "Discourse on Trade," with an appendix against usury; advocated the compulsory transportation of paupers to the Colonies (1630-1699).
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. James Wood. 1907.
CHILD, SIR JOSHUA
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