Board of Trade
17th century to present
British advisors to the king on trade
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The Board of Trade is a British government body concerned with commerce and industry, currently within the Department for Business and Trade. Its full title is The Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council appointed for the consideration of all matters relating to Trade and Foreign Plantations, but is commonly known as the Board of Trade, and formerly known as the Lords of Trade and Plantations or Lords of Trade... -- Read the full entry at Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board_of_Trade
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Office book kept by Daniel Pulteney, a commissioner of the Council of Trade and Plantations, 1717-1721, containing letters, instructions, reports, queries, commissions, and other documents pertaining to the administration of British colonies in the Caribbean, Nova Scotia, and New York. Contains both contemporary and supporting historical documentation concerning matters considered by the commissioners...
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