Politics and the Port of Bristol in the Eighteenth Century. The petitions of the Society of Merchant Venturers, 1698-1803

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Provides transcriptions of petitions of the Society of Merchant Venturers to Parliament, 1698-1803, in which it lobbied regarding issues relating to the general trade of Bristol, notably its overseas trade, and to the port of Bristol and its infrastructure. The transcriptions take up most of the volume [pp1-189] and there is an introduction covering the Society, the petitions, the issues and the cords [pp ix-xxxv]