Record

Document Reference	Pl C 59/3/1-3
Title	Memorandum of controls on importation and exportation of goods; n.d. [c.1799]
Date	1799 (c)
Extent	6 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Memorandum mentioning the 1793 Act to prevent Traitorous Correspondence with France and subsequent Orders in Council and licences dated 1796 to 1798 regulating trade with Holland and Spain; request for the Privy Council to consider the plight of certain ships which were permitted to carry non-prohibited articles to those countries, but which have subsequently been stopped from so doing following a conversation between the Chancellor of the Exchequer [William Pitt] and Lord Glenbervie; mentions the measures in place during the last war of 1763 and their repeal on the signing of the Peace Treaty; asks for consideration of whether two Embargo Orders should be repealed by order of the King in Council. Date estimated from internal references.
Term	trade, restrictions on

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA8610	George III (1738-1820); King of Great Britain and Ireland	1738-1820
NA979	Pitt; William (1759-1806); Mr; the younger; statesman	1759-1806
NA33820	Douglas; Sylvester (1743-1823); Baron Glenbervie; Privy Councillor	1743-1823