| Reference | Detail | Dates | Archive | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PM 2745-87 | Merchant account books of Dutch and East Indian trade, 1737-62 | 1737 to 1762 | Bedfordshire County Record Office | Trade Commerce Accounts |
| J1505 | Arrangements for John St John to travel to Batavia in East India Company's ship as an apprentice, 1719 |
1719 to 1719 | Bedfordshire County Record Office | Indenture |
| L29/563/5 | Claims by East India Company when Hinde Cutter seized at Rio de Janeiro, 1782 |
1782 to 1782 | Bedfordshire County Record Office | legal correspondence |
| X143 | East India Company records including 8a-b, index sheet to letter book, 1795 |
1795 to 1795 | Bedfordshire County Record Office | Correspondence Commerce Trade |
| FN 1055 | Letter book of the Royal African Company, 1727-8 (transcript CRT 180/546) |
1727 to 1728 | Bedfordshire County Record Office | Correspondence Commerce Trade |
| HW 97/1 | Printed prospectus of the South Sea Company, 1720 |
1720 to 1720 | Bedfordshire County Record Office | Commerce Trade |
| L29 | L29, papers of William Robinson including 187-341, as Commissioner of Trade and Plantations, 1754-1783, notably concerned with Africa, America, Honduras, Portugal, Board of Trade; 342-546, as Ambassador to Spain, 1760-77, including summaries of na |
1754 to 1783 | Bedfordshire County Record Office | Diplomatic Commerce Correspondence |
| W1/3749-876 | Whitbread family papers regarding Privy Council, 1780-1812, mainly relating to trade, particularly overseas, including lists of ships, export and import accounts |
1780 to 1812 | Bedfordshire County Record Office | Commerce Trade Government |
| W1/3877-962 | W1/3877-962, Whitbread family papers relating to America, 1800-1814, including relating to trade |
1800 to 1814 | Bedfordshire County Record Office | Commerce Trade |
| W1/4137-78 | Whitbread family papers relating to the slave trade, 1795-1815, including account of treatment on British ships, 1814, account of capture of slave ships |
1795 to 1815 | Bedfordshire County Record Office | Commerce Slavery |
| X263/2-12 | Personal papers of Capt. Richard Bastard, 1819-59 (also see Mic.83, withdrawn papers, 1798-c.1850) |
1819 to 1859 | Bedfordshire County Record Office | Correspondence Diary |
| PM3009 | Sheet two, bill of fare of SS Pekin, 1891 |
1891 to 1891 | Bedfordshire County Record Office | Menu Catering |
| Z313/22 | Programme of sports on a voyage of the Arlanza from Southampton to Buenos Aires, 1924 |
1924 to 1924 | Bedfordshire County Record Office | Passengers Entertainment |
| X619/3,8 | Sea Scout records, 1945, 1963 |
1945 to 1953 | Bedfordshire County Record Office | Youth |
| L29/562/7 | Letter regarding use made by Dutch merchants of neutral flags, 1782 |
1782 to 1782 | Bedfordshire County Record Office | Correspondence Disguise |
| W3958 | Papers regarding cruelty on the high seas and murder of merchant seamen on ships between England and the USA, 1857-9 |
1857 to 1859 | Bedfordshire County Record Office | Crime Punishment Torture |
| R5/79/8 | Paper regarding money for two boys who enter the merchant navy, 1646-7 |
1646 to 1647 | Bedfordshire County Record Office | Recruitment Appentice |
| L list 149 | Note of cost of alterations of the Mermaid, nineteenth century |
1800 to 1899 | Bedfordshire County Record Office | Shiprepair Modifications |
| W1/4947, 4988-5005 | Whitbread family papers relating to convict hulks, 1810-14 |
1810 to 1814 | Bedfordshire County Record Office | Correspondence Prisoners |
| W1/5826-8 | Whitbread family papers relating to wharfingers and Wet Docks Act, 1810 |
1810 to 1810 | Bedfordshire County Record Office | Legislation |