29. Petition in BRO, AC/JS (12)a; Miller to Smith, 8 March 1760, BRO, AC/JS 96 (11)a. The Merchants turned a deaf ear to the council's request for direct financial aid. Hall Book 8, 16 and 23 January 1759. See Patrick McGrath, The Merchant Venturers of Bristol (Bristol, 1975).

30. Minutes of Council's Bridge Committee, 22 April 1760, BRO, AC/JS 96 (16); several citizens to Nugent and Smith, 24 April 1760, AC/JS 96 (17)a. The act (33 Geo II c.52) may be seen in the BRO or the Bristol Reference Library (hereafter BRL), 11539.

31. William Barrett, History and Antiquities of the City of Bristol (Bristol, 1789), p. 97.