Letter : South Sea House, London, to the Lords of Trade, 1731 October.

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Letter : South Sea House, London, to the Lords of Trade, 1731 October.

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Manuscript letter to the Lords of Trade, signed by John Eyles and John Hanbury, officers of the South Sea Company. The letter references the 1731 tax on slaves passed by the Assembly of Jamaica, and the Board of Trade's opinion that the tax should not apply to slaves imported or exported for transportation to the Spanish colonies in fulfillment of the Asiento treaty of 1713. The writers request that the Board give "suitable instruction" about the South Sea Company's exemption from the tax to the governor of Jamaica.

1 item (1 p.) ; 36 cm.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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