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- 1810 (Creation)
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One production unit.
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Biographical history
A 'factory' in this context is an establishment for traders carrying on business in a foreign country or a merchant company's trading station. Leghorn or Livorno is a port city in Tuscany which was important for trade with the Levant and the population included many foreign merchants. There was a thriving and wealthy British community there which used the British Factory chapel and chaplain for Protestant services. The Factory closed in 1825 and the community dwindled.
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GB 0074 CLC/035 1810 Collection One production unit. British Factory , Leghorn
A 'factory' in this context is an establishment for traders carrying on business in a foreign country or a merchant company's trading station. Leghorn or Livorno is a port city in Tuscany which was important for trade with the Levant and the population included many foreign merchants. There was a thriving and wealthy British community there which used the British Factory chapel and chaplain for Protestant services. The Factory closed in 1825 and the community dwindled.
This volume was deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1989. It was catalogued in the same year by a member of Guildhall Library staff. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Transcription of the register of the British Factory chapel at Leghorn [Livorno], covering the years 1707 to 1783.
One volume.
Available for general access.
Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.
English
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
The original register is held at the National Archives.
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.
June to August 2010. People People by occupation Business people Foreign traders Cultural identity Cultural nationalism National identity British Primary documents Church records and registers Information sources Documents Parish records Marriage registers Baptism registers Burial registers British Factory , Leghorn , Italy Livorno Italy Western Europe Europe Burial records Legal documents
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
This volume was deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1989. It was catalogued in the same year by a member of Guildhall Library staff. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
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Transcription of the register of the British Factory chapel at Leghorn [Livorno], covering the years 1707 to 1783.
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One volume.
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Available for general access.
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Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.
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- English
Script of material
- Latin
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English
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The original register is held at the National Archives.
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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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- English