Petition, ca. 1733.

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Petition, ca. 1733.

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Contemporary copy of a petition, ca. 1733?, from fifty-eight merchants (Thomas Giles et al. including John Hanbury, Thomas Flowerdewe, Edward Athawes and Thomas Lane) to the English House of Commons opposing a petition which had called for the prohibition of trade between the North American colonies and the French and Dutch colonies in the West Indies. The trade involved sugar, rum and molasses.

12 p. ; 31 cm.

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Flowerdewe, Thomas.

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Giles, Thomas W.

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Hanbury, John, 1664?-1734

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Peter Collinson (1694–1768) was an English merchant and botanist. He was a partner in his father’s London trading business, and he remained a merchant throughout his life. However, at a young age, he also developed a passion for botany. He eventually wrote numerous essays on natural history topics for the Gentleman’s Magazine, and he contributed many reports to the Society of Antiquaries and to the Royal Society, of which he was a member. His extensive network of correspondents in E...

Athawes, Edward.

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Lane, Thomas, 1953-

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