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Page of pamphlet concerning tea
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The New Room, John Wesley’s Chapel, Bristol. Founding date 1739.
Page of pamphlet – A letter to a friend concerning tea, 1768.
Wesley considered tea to be expensive, but fashion meant people were buying it who could not afford it.Wesley also considered it to be bad for the health.
John Wesley was the founder of the Methodist Church. He was an Abolitionist and a preacher, who wrote and preached against the slave trade.
Date: 1768
Copyright: Copyright, John Wesley's Chapel
Object ID:NR 2001.393
Part of Manor of Beere survey map
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Part of the survey map of the Manor of Beere by De Wilstar, 1744.
De Wilstar mapped the lands belonging to the Hospital, and noted the income from rents for some of the land.
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: 1744
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
Map of coast of Africa
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A new and correct map of the cost of Africa , probably based on D’Anvilles map. From The Universal Dictionary of Trade and Commerce . Translated from Monsieur Savary by Malachy Postlethwayt esq. Published London, 1757.
Date: 1757
Copyright: Copyright Bristol University
Map of the Empire of Mexico
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A new mapp of the Empire of Mexico showing the Caribbean islands. From A New Survey of the West Indies, by Thomas Gage, published London 1677.
Date: 1677
Copyright: Copyright Bristol University
Plan for curing house
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Plan for curing house for drying out sugar. From A True and Exact History of the Island of Barbadoes , by Richard Ligon, gent. London 1673.
Date: 1673
Copyright: Copyright Bristol University
Map of the island of Barbadoes
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Map of the island of Barbadoes. From A True and Exact History of the Island of Barbadoes , by Richard Ligon, gent. London 1673.
Date: 1673
Copyright: Copyright Bristol University
Map of St Vincent
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Map of St Vincent . From the Atlas of the West Indies .
Date: 1775
Copyright: Copyright Bristol University
Map of St Lucia
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Map of St Lucia . From the Atlas of the West Indies .
Date: 1775
Copyright: Copyright Bristol University
Map of Barbadoes
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Map of Barbadoes . From the Atlas of the West Indies .
Date: 1775
Copyright: Copyright Bristol University
Map of Antigua
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Map of Antigua . From the Atlas of the West Indies .
Date: 1775
Copyright: Copyright Bristol University
