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Board of Trade of Great Britain collection [textual record]

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Date:

[ca.1632-1779].

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R17035-0-2-E, MG21-Add.MSS.-11514,14034,14035,30372

Type of material:

Textual material

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Item ID number:

105506

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Board of Trade of Great Britain collection
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Collection includes:

4 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

[ca.1632-1779].

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

0.53 cm of textual records : transcripts.

Language of material:

English

Added language of material:

English, French

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Collection consists of copies of the following: Additional Manuscripts 11514, an essay addressed to Lord Halifax, President of the Board of Trade; Additional Manuscripts 14034, a collection of papers of the Board of Trade relating to the West Indies, America, Africa, and the Canaries. Additional Manuscripts 14035 is a volume of papers of the Board of Trade and Plantations consisting of drafts of official correspondence, memorials, etc., which relate to Britain's trade with Europe and the colonies. Additional Manuscripts 30372 is a memorandum prepared for the Board of Trade.

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Great Britain. Board of Trade

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Abermarle, George Keppel, Earl of, 1724-1772

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Great Britain. Board of Trade : In 1621, James I authorized the setting up of a committee of the privy council to deal with questions of trade development. In 1655, Oliver Cromwell appointed his son Richard, with many lords of his council, judges and gentlemen, and about 20 merchants of London, York, Newcastle, Yarmouth, Dover, and other places, to meet and consider by what means the traffic and navigation of the republic might be best promoted and regulated, and to report upon the subject. Charles II, on his restoration in 1660, established a Council of Trade, "for keeping a control and superintendence upon the whole commerce of the nation," 7 November 1660. By patent dated 1 December 1660, he also created a Council of Foreign Plantations (i.e. colonies). In 1672, these Boards were united, then abolished in 1675, but a single committee was once more established in 1695.

Advisory agency; The body commonly known as the Board of Trade, and formally as the Lords of Trade and Plantations, was established in 1696 to replace a Privy Council committee. Until abolished by statute in 1782, as part of a major restructuring of colonial administration, the Board of Trade advised the Crown on matters relating to its colonies, trade and the poor law. Although it nominally comprised all the leading Ministers, the Board had as an effective core eight paid commissioners. It investigated the administration of justice in colonies, scrutinized colonial legislation with a view to its allowance or disallowance, examined instructions to governors and heard complaints against the conduct of governors, and considered candidates for colonial appointments.

In theory subordinate to the Secretary of State, the Board of Trade exercised considerable influence in the selection of colonial administrators, in the formulation of policy, and in the routine management of colonial affairs. The balance of power and activity between the Board and the Secretary varied over time, most notably when peace and war shifted the focus of concern amongst the economic, stategic and political aspects of colonial affairs.

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Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid provides descriptive lists of the material copied from Add. MSS. 14034, and a list of the material copied from Add. MSS. 14035. MSS0599-4 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000002412.pdf

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It is often difficult to draw the line between a person's private papers and his official papers. Even today, with statutory guidance in the matter, it is not always easy, and in the past it was very common indeed for a public servant or officer of state to treat his official papers as private property. As a result of this, many papers of the Board of Trade and its predecessors were alienated from the public record and treated as personal papers. Many of these can be found in the holdings of the British Library, and a considerable proportion of them can no longer be attached to any one official of the Board., Additional Manuscripts 11514 was added to the holdings of the British Museum (now the British Library) in 1838. It was transcribed by the National Archives of Canada in 1915. Additional Manuscripts 14034 was added to the holdings of the British Library in 1843. About 1919, the National Archives of Canada transcribed two small exerpts (ff. 24-91v, 211-214v) from it. These were bound with other material from Add. MSS. 19049, Add. MSS. 27859, and Egerton MSS. 2395, in a volume entitled "Sterling Peerage, Nova Scotia, 1632-1763" which originally constituted volume 371 of the old "M" Series. This volume was unbound in 1990 and its contents dispered to their separate locations., Additional Manuscripts 14035 was added to the holdings of the British Library in 1843 and, in 1919, the National Archives of Canada transcribed a number of exerpts (ff. 26, 126-127v, 186-187v, 190-191v, 199-200v, 237-238v, 241-242v, 326-327v, 354-355v, 364-364v, 387-390) from it. Additional Manuscript 30372 was purchased by the National Archives of Canada in 1930.

Location of originals note:

Originals with the British Library, London, England.

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30372 : P
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Colonial administrators - West Indies, ca. 1749

Governors - British North America, ca. 1749

Governors - West Indies, ca. 1749

Petition, Right of, 1763, [after 1763] Prince Edward Island, [after 1763]

Land grants, 1763, [after 1763] New France, 1632-1698

Agriculture - Prince Edward Island, [after 1763]

Fisheries - Prince Edward Island, [after 1763] Annapolis Royal (N.S.), 1654

Land titles - Registration and transfer - Canada, 1632-1698 Capt. Richard Gridley, 1763

Attack and defence (Military science),1654 Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Saunders, [after 1763]

Port Royal Habitation (N.S.), 1654 Rear-Admiral Augustus Keppel, [after 1763]

Acadia - History, 1632-1698 Saint John's Island, [after 1763]

Great Britain - Commerce, ca. 1724, 1751, 1761-1779 John Pownall, 1761-1772

Newfoundland - Commerce, ca. 1724, 1761-1779 Great Britain. Board of Trade. Secretary to the Board of Trade and Plantations,1761-1772

Hudson Bay - Commerce, ca. 1724 Great Britain. Privy Council, 1779

Great Britain - Commercial policy, 1751, 1761-1779 John Nesbitt, 1779

Tariff - Law and legislation - Great Britain, 1761-1779 Great Britain. Lords of Trade, ca. 1749

France - Commerce, 1779 Henry M'Culloh, 1751

Great Britain - Commerce - Newfoundland, ca. 1724, 1761-1779 Lord Halifax, 1751

France - Relations - Great Britain, 1779

Colonial administrators - British North America, ca. 1749, 1751

France - Commercial policy, 1751

Great Britain - Relations - France

Magdalen Islands (Québec)

Canada To 1763 (New France)

Canada Jusqu'à 1763 (Nouvelle-France)

Great Britain

Grande-Bretagne

Acadie

Acadia
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Private

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MG21-Add.MSS.-11514,14034,14035,30372
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG21 Add. Mss.-11514] 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

Volume [MG21 Add. Mss.-14034] 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

Volume [MG21 Add. Mss.-14035] 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

Volume [MG21 Add. Mss.-30372] 30372

[Consultation 90 Open]

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