Located AtStaffordshire Record Office
LevelItem
Alt Ref NoD(W)1778/II/1115
TitlePetition of merchants, heads of the petition from the merchants, traders and others, concerned in the North American commerce [presented to the House of Commons on this day]
Date23 Jan 1775
DescriptionThat on the balance of the extensive commerce carried on with North America there is now due from the colonies to the city of London alone two million sterling, that by the operation of various injurious acts the minds of the people in the colonies are greatly disquieted, a total stop is put to the export trade, and that ruin and distress are before them, they crave an examination of the commercial policy previously maintained to the happiness of both countries and that healing remedies should be applied to establish the commerce between them on a permanent foundation
Extent2 pages
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