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Petition for financial help for seaman
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Petition for Nicholas Sanders, of the ship, the Lapwing, for Financial Help from the Seamens’ Hospital Fund. The Fund was the result of an act of Parliament in 1747.
The Society of Merchant Venturers managed the National Insurance Scheme for Bristol, so petitions for help were addressed to them.
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: 14th March 1808
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
Bill
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Proposed new law put to Antigua government for amending the Act for the Abolition of Slavery . The amendment allows immediate emancipation (freedom) for slaves on the Caribbean island of Antigua, without the usual period of apprenticeship. (Slaves who were later freed under the Emancipation Act, were then forced to work as apprentices). From Papers Relative to Abolition of Slavery, Part II, 1833-35.
Date: 1833-35
Copyright: Copyright British Empire Commonwealth Mu
Petition for financial help for seaman
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Petition for Mary Barker, widow of Thomas Barker of the ship, the Lapwing, for financial help from the Seamens’ Hospital Fund. The Fund was the result of an act of Parliament in 1747.
Thomas Barker, a seaman, had fallen overboard by accident and drowned. His widow and two children applied for help to the Trustees of the Fund.
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: 27th Feb 1804
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
Object ID:No. 433
Petition for financial help for seaman
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Petition for Samuel Johnson Philips, of the ship, the Nassau, for Financial Help from the Seamens’ Hospital Fund. The Fund was the result of an act of Parliament in 1747.
The Society of Merchant Venturers managed the National Insurance Scheme for Bristol, so petitions for help were addressed to them.
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: 1st Aug 1795
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
Petition for financial help for seaman
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Petition for Partick How, of the ship, the Nassau, for Financial Help from the Seamens’ Hospital Fund. The Fund was the result of an act of Parliament in 1747.
The Society of Merchant Venturers managed the National Insurance Scheme for Bristol, so petitions for help were addressed to them.
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: 17th Oct 1795
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
Petition for financial help for seaman
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Petition for Michael Metcalfe, of the ship, the Hester, for Financial Help from the Seamens’ Hospital Fund. The Fund was the result of an act of Parliament in 1747.
The Society of Merchant Venturers managed the National Insurance Scheme for Bristol, so petitions for help were addressed to them.
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: 18th Feb 1794
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
Petition for financial help for seaman
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Petition for John Scott, of the ship, the Royal Charlotte, for Financial Help from the Seamens’ Hospital Fund. The Fund was the result of an act of Parliament in 1747.
The Society of Merchant Venturers managed the National Insurance Scheme for Bristol, so petitions for help were addressed to them.
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: 6th July 1793
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
Petition for financial help for seaman
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Petition for Edward Cole, of the ship, the Trusty, for Financial Help from the Seamens’ Hospital Fund. The Fund was the result of an act of Parliament in 1747.
The Society of Merchant Venturers managed the National Insurance Scheme for Bristol, so petitions for help were addressed to them.
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: 14th Jan 1793
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
Petition for financial help for seaman
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Petition for John Brewer, of the ship, the Mercury, for Financial Help from the Seamens’ Hospital Fund. The Fund was the result of an act of Parliament in 1747.
The Society of Merchant Venturers managed the National Insurance Scheme for Bristol, so petitions for help were addressed to them.
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: 10th Nov 1790
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
Petition for financial help for seaman
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Petition for George Roberts, of the ship, the Albion, for Financial Help from the Seamens’ Hospital Fund. The Fund was the result of an act of Parliament in 1747.
The Society of Merchant Venturers managed the National Insurance Scheme for Bristol, so petitions for help were addressed to them.
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: 7th Jan 1792
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
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