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Anti-Abolition meeting minutes printed for circulation for meeting held at London Tavern, London 9th April, 1789. Circulated to alert people to the threat of Abolition and to urge merchants, etc, to give evidence to the proposed House of Commons Select Committee.

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: 9th April, 1789

Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers