| Content Description | Detailed evidence provided by Mr Alderman Wooldridge, Mr Hake, Mr Long, Mr Creighton, Mr Olive, Mr Shoolbred and Mr Payne pertaining to; ships captured since the start of the war with the American colonies; the value of ships trading between Britain, Africa, and the West Indies, including the value of their cargoes of sugar, rum and slaves; the procedure of insuring ships at Lloyds Coffee House; American privateering ships; the effect the war has had on trade with the West Indies, Africa, Newfoundland and elsewhere; the rise in the cost of insurance for shipping and in sailors' wages; the effect of the war on the fishing trade in Newfoundland and the three-way trade between Britain, Africa and the West Indies; and the establishment of a whale fishery off the coast of Africa.
Taken from Mr Gurney's shorthand notes. |