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- 1854 - 1866 (Creation)
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1 volume
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The Beer Trade Protection Society represented 41,000 "beershops" and 89,000 public houses in England. The Society was based in London and was mainly concerned with the sale of beer and ale within the capital. The Society had a number of functions. It was a political lobbying group but also cared for retired or distressed inn-keepers and their dependents. The Society was particularly concerned with defending the Beerhouse Act of 1830, which exempted the sale of beer from the need to be licensed by a justice. This provision of the Act was under constant pressure from temperance groups.
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GB 0096 MS1183 1854 - 1866 Fonds 1 volume Beer Trade Protection Society
The Beer Trade Protection Society represented 41,000 "beershops" and 89,000 public houses in England. The Society was based in London and was mainly concerned with the sale of beer and ale within the capital. The Society had a number of functions. It was a political lobbying group but also cared for retired or distressed inn-keepers and their dependents. The Society was particularly concerned with defending the Beerhouse Act of 1830, which exempted the sale of beer from the need to be licensed by a justice. This provision of the Act was under constant pressure from temperance groups.
Bought by Senate House Library from a dealer.
Manuscript minutes of the committees of the Society. Includes monthly meetings, and the Parliamentary Committee. Also includes printed minutes of annual general meetings, financial statements, reports of select committees into the licensing system, correspondence with Sir George Gray, Home Secretary, letters from inn-keepers requesting help with magistrates' cases, details of campaigns to resist the temperance movement.
Open for research although at least one working day's notice should be given.
Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by Special Collections Reading Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.
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This description is the only finding aid.
Part of the Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature.
The archives of the National Licensed Victuallers Association and its predecessors are held at the London Metropolitan Archives.
NRA, ISAD(G)
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Bought by Senate House Library from a dealer.
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Manuscript minutes of the committees of the Society. Includes monthly meetings, and the Parliamentary Committee. Also includes printed minutes of annual general meetings, financial statements, reports of select committees into the licensing system, correspondence with Sir George Gray, Home Secretary, letters from inn-keepers requesting help with magistrates' cases, details of campaigns to resist the temperance movement.
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Open for research although at least one working day's notice should be given.
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Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by Special Collections Reading Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.
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- English
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- Latin
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English
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Part of the Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature.
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This description is the only finding aid.
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The archives of the National Licensed Victuallers Association and its predecessors are held at the London Metropolitan Archives.
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