'Calendar of correspondence of William Miles to John Tharp, 1770-1789' in P McGrath (ed), A Bristol Miscellany

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Author(s) Morgan, Kenneth (ed)
Publication type Chapter
Year published 1985
Pages pp79-121
Publisher Bristol Record Society
Place Published Bristol

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County Greater London
Country England
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Provides summaries of 55 letters [ie copy letters held in a lettebook] sent by William Miles, Bristol merchant, to John Tharp, Jamaican sugar plantation owner, 1770-89, dealing with day to day issues re their trade; the workings of the commission trade; their financial arrangements; nature of the Bristol sugar market; trading conditions during the War of American Independence period; etc. Includes introduction [pp81-6]