Description:

Handbill of Rules for the better government of the Floating Dock in Bristol, 1778.
The Society of Merchant Venturers was in charge of the running of the dock, so the rules come from the Society’s
headquarters, Merchants Hall.

The Society of Merchant Venturers is a Bristol-based organisation, which was formed in 1552 as an elite body of merchants involved in overseas trade. The Society still exists today.

Date: 1778

Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers