Records of the British Board of Trade, 1697-1867.

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Records of the British Board of Trade, 1697-1867.

Includes selections from series 1, 5, and 6.

83 microfilm reels

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SNAC Resource ID: 8291805

Library of Congress

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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 ...