Letters Patent of William III appointing Commissioners to receive subscriptions for the "General Society entitled to the advantages given by an Act of Parliament for advancing a Sum, not exceeding Two Millions, for the Service of the Crown in England" : Charter

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Imprint:Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2017.
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Language:English
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URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12578893
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Other authors / contributors:Adam Matthew Digital (Firm), digitiser.
Notes:IOR/A/1: Charters of the East India Company with related documents: the 'parchment records' (1600-1947). These consist of legal and other formal documents relating mainly to the rights and privileges of the East India Company (1600-1858). Many are records of key evidential value, being proof of the rights and privileges accorded to the Company by the monarch or by his or her ministers.;After the first Act of Parliament for regulating the trade to the East Indies was passed, effectively putting the Company's monopoly up for auction, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord Montagu, devised an arrangement for the government to borrow £2 million. All those who offered money, whether individuals or corporations, were to be united into a corporation called the General Society and each member of the Society was to be permitted to trade to the East Indies. This document appoints commissioners to receive subscriptions for the General Society. Subtitle: 'With Schedule A, draft charter of General Society, and Schedule B, draft charter for Company to trade under a joint stock, if the £2,000,000 be subscribed'.Dated '10 William III'.
AMDigital Reference: IOR/A/1/52.
Reproduction of: Letters Patent of William III appointing Commissioners to receive subscriptions for the "General Society entitled to the advantages given by an Act of Parliament for advancing a Sum, not exceeding Two Millions, for the Service of the Crown in England" 14 Jul 1698.
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