Accordingly he invited the landowners, not merely to contribute sums of money in return for the public works carried on in their neighbourhood, but also, by way of providing employment to their indigent neighbours, to undertake such works as they should find convenient on their own estates.
Morley recounts Turgot's invitation to landowners to contribute to public works for local employment.
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