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Trade Correspondence and Papers

Catalogue reference: CMAY/1/5/3

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This record is about the Trade Correspondence and Papers dating from [mid-15th century]-1647.

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Reference
CMAY/1/5/3
Title
Trade Correspondence and Papers
Date
[mid-15th century]-1647
Description

A series of correspondence, the bulk of 16th-century date, and chiefly concerned with the trading activities of the Company and its relations with other trading companies, towns, and organisations. The contents belie the original outer label of this collection, which described the contents in a 17th-century hand thus: 'These are waste Papers'!

Held by
Borthwick Institute for Archives: University of York
Creator(s)
The Company of Merchant Adventurers of the City of York
Physical description
3 files
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/71884e53-bcd2-4d91-97e6-4ba3745bb40e/

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Trade Correspondence and Papers