An Interesting Note Concerning Interest (or How the Sixth Day of April Came to Have an Altogether Unearned Importance in Our Calendar)

The Diary of Sir Peregrine Blatherwick, MP for Little Wittering(Private. Not for publication, lest my constituents discover what we actually do all day.) February 20th, 1751To Westminster, where we are once again engaged in the great business of the nation, which is to say, arguing about something no one understands but everyone has strong opinions [ ] The post An Interesting Note Concerning…