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Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript Division, 2007
Finding aid URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007074
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein.
The records of the Board of Trade, a British government agency which regulates foreign trade, were acquired by the Manuscript Division by gift and purchase, 1899-1940.
The records of the Board of Trade were originally arranged and described under various titles among the Manuscript Division’s Miscellaneous Manuscript Collection. They were combined and newly described in 2001.
It is the researcher's responsibility to determine requirements of domestic copyright laws and international treaties and conventions.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Great Britain Board of Trade Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The records of the Great Britain Board of Trade span the years 1682-1786. The Board of Trade, a government agency, was established to promote and regulate British overseas commerce.
The records consist chiefly of bound volumes of reports, correspondence, orders, instructions, commissions, and other material documenting British trade in Canada, the Caribbean, and in the American colonies. Geographical areas mentioned include Antigua, Bermuda, France, Jamaica, New England, Newfoundland, New Jersey, Nova Scotia, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Virginia. The records chronicle British trade decisions and actions with respect to such matters as fishing, shipping, and whaling. A significant portion of the collection relates to British trade disputes with Spain.
In addition to this collection, the Manuscript Division also houses a much larger collection of reproductions of Board of Trade records reproduced as part of the Library’s foreign copying program.
This collection is arranged chronologically.
| Container | Contents | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOX 1 | Records | ||||||||||||
| BOX 1 | 1682-1724 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 2 | 1720-1740 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 3 | 1722-1739 | ||||||||||||
| (3 vols.) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 4 | 1739 | ||||||||||||
| (3 vols.) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 4 | 1752-1753 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 4 | 1766 See Oversize | ||||||||||||
| BOX 5 | 1784-1786 | ||||||||||||
| (2 vols.) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 6 | 1786 | ||||||||||||
| BOX OV 1 | Oversize | ||||||||||||
| BOX OV 1 | Records | ||||||||||||
| BOX OV 1 | 1766 (Container 4) | ||||||||||||
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