Papers, 1675-1782.

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Papers, 1675-1782.

Board of Trade journals, 1675-1782; proprietary records, 1697-1776; plantations general, 1689-1780, and index.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6713921

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Great Britain. Board of Trade

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Founded in 1784. Responsibile for the merchant fleet 1854-1939. Absorbed by the Dept. of Trade and Industry in 1970, but continues as a legal presence. From the description of Certificate of competency as master 1876. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 45671728 In 1851 it became compulsory for the masters and mates of foreign-going British merchant ships to hold the appropriate government licence, issued through the newly-created marine section of the Board ...