Society of Merchant Venturers

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Reference number	12152
Level	Collection
Description	Papers relating to various schemes and to Bills before Parliament, belonging to the Society of Merchant Venturers, and deposited with Osborne, Ward & Co. 12152/1-18 are original bundles 12152/19-20 are made up of miscellaneous items
Access status	Open

Correspondence and papers re the Society's opposition to the St. Ives Harbour Alteration Bill. Petition and correspondence of the Society against the renewal of the East India Company's Charter. Papers and correspondence re complaint concerning the lighthouse on the Flat Holmes, Bristol Channel. 1809-1814 Papers re the Mumbles lighthouse. Petition and correspondence against the Hull Shipping Bill, with a copy of the bill. Correspondence re provision of a lifeboat. Papers re proposal to establish a Post Office Steam Packet at the Port of Bristol Report of Committee appointed by the Lords of the Treasury on the best means of communication between London and Dublin, 1840. Merchant Venturers' correspondence re an Irish Mail Packet Station at Bristol. Copy of Newquay Harbour and Railway Bill, and correspondence. Newport (Man) Dock Bill Padstow Harbour Bill (two copies) and correspondence. Papers relating to Clifton Water Works. Merchant Seamen's Fund Bill (three copies) Greenwich Hospital Annuity Bill, 1834 (one copy) Correspondence re opposition of Merchant Venturers to the Fund Bill. Abstract of title, sale catalogue and assignment of an annuity paid by Bristol Corporation to the Society as trustees of the Merchant Seamen's Fund. Mercantile Marine Bill (one copy) Papers and correspondence re oppostion of the Merchant Venturers. Papers re sewers and the Merchant Venturers' culvert at Clifton. Papers re proposal to make Lundy Island a Harbour of Refuge. Land tax assessments (4), correspondence and papers. Petition and correspondence of the Society against the Bristol Central Station and Railways Bills. Abstract of title, terms of sale and correspondence re sale of Clifton Turnpike to the Society of Merchant Venturers. Notification of election of new Haven Master for Port of Bristol. Copy of Board of Trade returns: British and foreign vessels entered and cleared at various ports.