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Four senior hong merchants to Select Committee. They were not in a position to advance...

Catalogue reference: FO 1048/17/28

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Reference
FO 1048/17/28
Date
[1817]
Description

Four senior hong merchants to Select Committee. They were not in a position to advance part of the sums required from the junior merchants for contributions, which the junior merchants have now paid themselves. The details of the consequential arrangements for a levy on goods are private to the hong merchants, who have all agreed to them. (Dated: 3m 8d).

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The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
FO 682/139/2/30
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Subjects
Topics
Trade and commerce
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2715946/

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