Desglanières, Richard

Writer and advocate of financial reform. Author of Plan d’imposition économique et d’administration des finances, présenté à Mgr. Turgot … (Paris, 1774), a controversial pamphlet that was widely refuted and criticized. Proposed to abolish and replace the farmers general, internal customs duties, and almost all taxes with a levy that would be proportionate to income. Defended his views on financial reform in Réplique générale pour le présent et l’avenir … aux observations faites et à faire sur son “Plan d’imposition économique” (Paris, 1775). Provided Franklin with a plan for taxation and local government (March 1778).