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Election address
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Election address To the Independent Electors of the City of Bristol.. Protheroe for ever , 1830.
In the 1830 Parliamentary election, Edward Protheroe and James Baillie both stood for the Whig seat in Bristol (Bristol had two Members of Parliament, and the two seats were divided between the Tory party and the Whig party: voting at this time was not very democratic ). Protheroe, whose family were involved in trade with the West Indies, declared himself opposed to slavery. Baillie, also from a West Indian trade family, supported slavery. A number of leaflets were published by both candidates attacking each other and promoting their own views. In the election, Baillie won the Whig seat by 535 votes.
Date: 1830
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Satirical election address
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Election address – Bill ..Pains and Penalties… West India Whip…Bristol Slaves.1830.
Satirical leaflet from 1830 parliamentary election. The emancipation (freeing) of slaves was an important issue in this election locally.
Date: 1830
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Sailors Insurance Fund minutes
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Sailors Insurance Fund minutes, regarding John Quagua, to stop his money as he is working at sea. No 123
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.
Creator: Sailors Insurance Fund
Date: unknown
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
Sailors Insurance Fund minutes
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Sailors Insurance Fund minutes, 27th Feb, 1760, regarding William Victor. No 77. Whole page
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.
Creator: Sailors Insurance Fund
Date: 27th Feb, 1760
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
Sailors Insurance Fund minutes
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Sailors Insurance Fund minutes, regarding John Fitzgerald, from the slave ship Africa , who lost his sight on voyage from Calabar to Jamaica due to a Distemper then raging among the slaves.
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.
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
Minutes
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Sailors Insurance Fund minutes No, 180. Regarding John Smith who sailed on the slave ship the Africa , and lost his sight during the voyage from Calabar, now Nigeria in Africa, to Jamaica. It was due to a Distemper then raging among the slaves.
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: unknown
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
Minutes
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Sailors Insurance Fund minutes, regarding John Quagua, his pension was stopped whilst at sea now restored as incapable of work No 123.
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.
Creator: Sailors Insurance Fund
Date: unknown
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
Sailors Insurance Fund minutes
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Minute Book of the Sailors Insurance Fund, No. 77. William Victor of the Black Prince, injured in a fall from an awning being set up on deck for the sale of slaves in Virginia. Victor was awarded a pension of 3/- a week.
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.
Creator: Sailors Insurance Fund
Date: unknown
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
Anti-Abolition meeting minutes, reverse
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Reverse side of minutes of Anti-Abolition meeting, 13th April, 1789, with list of names. Includes George Gibbs, gun maker.
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.
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
Petition
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Petition, anti-Abolition, from Edward Peart to the Marquis of Chandos, 1830.
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.
Creator: Edward Peart
Date: 1830
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
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