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Great Britain--Colonies--Commerce--History--18th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

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