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- 1903-1941 (Creation)
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13 production units.
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The firm was established by German merchants in London in 1814 as Fruhling, Goschen and Company to act as commission agents exporting colonial produce and cotton to Germany. It later acted as merchant and foreign bankers, and merged in 1920 with Cunliffe Brothers to form Goschens and Cunliffe. The firm ceased trading in 1940. It was based at 12 Austin Friars.
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GB 0074 CLC/B/102 1903-1941 Collection 13 production units. Goschens and Cunliffe , merchants and bankers
Fruhling, Goschens and Co , merchants and bankers
The firm was established by German merchants in London in 1814 as Fruhling, Goschen and Company to act as commission agents exporting colonial produce and cotton to Germany. It later acted as merchant and foreign bankers, and merged in 1920 with Cunliffe Brothers to form Goschens and Cunliffe. The firm ceased trading in 1940. It was based at 12 Austin Friars.
The archives of the firm were deposited with the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1963 by Antony Gibbs and Sons. H K Goschen had become a partner of Antony Gibbs in 1947. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Records of Goschens and Cunliffe, merchants and bankers, comprising out-letter books, telegram books and register of policies. Also records of predecessor Fruhling, Goschens and Company, comprising letters to their agent in Germany.
CLC/B/102-01: Goschens and Cunliffe; CLC/B/102-02: Fruhling, Goschens and Company.
These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.
Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
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.
November 2010 to January 2011. Business records Trade International trade Exports Personnel Mercantile personnel Merchants Business people Bank employees Bankers People People by occupation Agents Documents Information sources Overseas trade Trade (practice) Goschens and Cunliffe , merchants and bankers Fruhling , Goschens and Co , merchants and bankers Germany Western Europe Europe City of London London England UK
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The archives of the firm were deposited with the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1963 by Antony Gibbs and Sons. H K Goschen had become a partner of Antony Gibbs in 1947. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
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Records of Goschens and Cunliffe, merchants and bankers, comprising out-letter books, telegram books and register of policies. Also records of predecessor Fruhling, Goschens and Company, comprising letters to their agent in Germany.
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CLC/B/102-01: Goschens and Cunliffe; CLC/B/102-02: Fruhling, Goschens and Company.
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These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
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- English
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- 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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- English