Preface

Journals of the Board of Trade and Plantations: Volume 8, January 1742 - December 1749. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1931.

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'Preface', in Journals of the Board of Trade and Plantations: Volume 8, January 1742 - December 1749, (London, 1931) pp. iv. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/jrnl-trade-plantations/vol8/iv [accessed 24 March 2024]

PREFACE.

The object of publishing these Journals independently of the Calendar of State Papers, Colonial, has been explained in the first volume issued (1704–9).

The Journal is now carried down to December 1749.

This volume has been printed under the supervision of Mr. K. H. Ledward, an Assistant Keeper of the Records, who has also compiled the Index.
A. E. STAMP.

Public Record Office,
30th September, 1931.