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- 1790-1812 (Creation)
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One production unit.
Context area
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Biographical history
The plantations were acquired in 1837 by Boddington and Company (Samuel and Thomas Boddington and Richard Davis), West India merchants, of 9 St Helen's Place, Bishopsgate.
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Archival history
GB 0074 CLC/B/227-029 1790-1812 Collection One production unit. Boddington and Co , West India merchants
The plantations were acquired in 1837 by Boddington and Company (Samuel and Thomas Boddington and Richard Davis), West India merchants, of 9 St Helen's Place, Bishopsgate.
Deposited in the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section, which merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Papers relating to sugar plantations on St Christopher (St Kitts), West Indies, owned by Boddington and Company, merchants.
Deeds, letter of attorney and map.
Available for general access.
Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.
English
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
January to May 2011. Trade (practice) Food trade Sugar trade Agricultural economics Plantation economy Sugar plantations Information sources Documents Plantation records Business records Boddington and Co , West India merchants Saint Christopher and Nevis Caribbean
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Deposited in the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section, which merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers relating to sugar plantations on St Christopher (St Kitts), West Indies, owned by Boddington and Company, merchants.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
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Deeds, letter of attorney and map.
Conditions of access and use area
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Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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English
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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Language(s)
- English