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- 1814-1899 (Creation)
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9 production units.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Henry Butterworth senior was a timber merchant in Coventry. Henry Butterworth junior is well known as the founder of a publishing firm at 7 Fleet Street in 1818, later known as Butterworth and Company (Publishers). Shortly after 1836 he moved to Upper Tooting in Surrey. The business was taken over on his death by his second son, Joshua Whitehead Butterworth. In 1895 the firm was sold to Shaw and Sons.
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Archival history
GB 0074 CLC/431 1814-1899 Collection 9 production units. Butterworth , family , of Coventry and Surrey
Henry Butterworth senior was a timber merchant in Coventry. Henry Butterworth junior is well known as the founder of a publishing firm at 7 Fleet Street in 1818, later known as Butterworth and Company (Publishers). Shortly after 1836 he moved to Upper Tooting in Surrey. The business was taken over on his death by his second son, Joshua Whitehead Butterworth. In 1895 the firm was sold to Shaw and Sons.
These records were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1997 by Eversheds, solicitors, via the British Records Association. They were catalogued in 2004 by a member of Guildhall Library staff. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
These family papers relate to trusts established by Henry Butterworth (d 1847) and bequests by his son, Henry (1786-1860).
Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.
Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.
Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
English
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
For business records of Butterworth and Company (Publishers) Limited and related companies see CLC/B/034
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.
Records prepared May to September 2011. Property transfer Bequests Information sources Documents Primary documents Personal papers Family records Property Wills Family archives
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
These records were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1997 by Eversheds, solicitors, via the British Records Association. They were catalogued in 2004 by a member of Guildhall Library staff. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
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Scope and content
These family papers relate to trusts established by Henry Butterworth (d 1847) and bequests by his son, Henry (1786-1860).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.
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Conditions governing access
Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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English
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
For business records of Butterworth and Company (Publishers) Limited and related companies see CLC/B/034
Finding aids
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