Connecticut archives. Foreign correspondence, 1st series 1661-1748. 1661-1748

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Connecticut archives. Foreign correspondence, 1st series 1661-1748. 1661-1748

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This series is composed of correspondence with the British government and correspondence with colonial agents in England. The papers contain letters from British sovereigns and correspondence between Connecticut and the Board of Trade. Topics include the Charter, royal proclamations, colonial agents, colonial boundaries, trade, taxes, laws, privateers, shipping and slavery. The arrangement is topical, subarranged by date.

2 v. in 3 (327 documents) ; cm.

Connecticut State Library, CSL

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Connecticut State Library, CSL

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Connecticut. General Assembly

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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 ...