Virginia--Commerce--History
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Merchants' Petition
Collection
Identifier: SC 01084
Scope and Contents
Manuscript petition from 58 merchant colonists to the House of Commons against a petition calling for the prohibition of trade between the Northern colonies and the French and Dutch West Indian settlements. Signers claim it would destroy colonial, English, and European trade. ADoc. 5 pp. Ca. 1737. Phillips collection.
Dates:
circa 1737
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Williamsburg, Va. Businessman's Association Minute Book
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Mi2-MsV Mi3
Scope and Contents
Minute books, 1899-1925, of the Businessman's Association, Williamsburg, Va. which includes the constitution stating that the purpose of the organization is to "encourage and promote the commercial, mercantile and manufacturing interests of the city of Williamsburg . . . ,".
Dates:
1899-1925
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center