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Extract of remarks made in Correspondence regarding the state of government and the continuation of trade with the Gold Coast. In letter to Lord Hillsborough, 20th Feb., 1772.

Inside a letter to Paul Farr, part of correspondence between Farr and John Arbuthnott.

The Farrs were a family of ropemakers and slave traders.

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: 20th Feb, 1772

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