At a meeting of the merchants, traders, and manufacturers of the town of Greenock, : convened by the magistrates, and held in the Town Hall, on the 27th day of December, 1811, for the purpose of deciding on the propriety of petitioning Parliament in regard to the present state of the foreign trade of Great Britain. ...
[Greenock? : s.n.,
1811]
Caption title.
The report of the resolutions passed by the meeting not only in favour of support for British industry but also complaining at the unfair and privileged position of the East India Company (whose monopoly was shortly to be under review). The Greenock merchants decided to ask Parliament to treat them on a more equal footing.
International trade
Scotland Greenock.