American Records in the House of Lords Archive, 1621-1917 - Volumes
Volumes
9 volumes in American Records in the House of Lords Archive, 1621-1917 | Page 2 of 3
British relations with Spain and France, 1641-1810
Britain's relationship with Spain and France can be characterised as one of conflagration and conciliation as they fluctuated between war and peace negotiations. Commencing with a list of papers respecting the relationship between Britain, France and Spain. Other items include extracts of letters, copies of memorials and representations relating to encroachments committed by the French in North America. Alongside, the correspondence of the Earl of Albemarle, Colonel Yorke, the Duke... Read more →
Papers re. other countries including Ireland and the Caribbean, 1641-1853
The Scottish papers cover the capture of merchants' ships, the negative oath and the Scotch Act. Irish papers focus more upon the import and export of goods, from the Tallow Act to duties on tobacco. Jamaican papers focus on the empire's treatment of that country and some of its expired laws. Other countries covered include Antigua, the Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Hispaniola, Saint Christopher and the West Indies. Read more →
Military and Related Papers, 1641-1903
These papers cover both naval commands and details of domestic shipping. Often the combination of privateers and attacks on domestic shipping served to blur the lines between the two. Domestic shipping contractors would then look to the military in order to secure the safe passage of their goods in times of war. Spanish privateers posed a particular threat to English ships. Read more →
Trade and Industry, 1640-1917
These papers incorporate very substantial quantities of original documents as listed in the House of Lords Record Office; however, those documents were often only a few pages in length each. Subjects covered include customs accounts, petitions relating to the colonial tobacco trade, whale fishing in the Davis Strait and the Greenland Seas, grain exports, and transatlantic customs negotiations. Read more →
