Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1704-1726 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
Two production units.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Benjamin Gray was a watchmaker and clockmaker, of Pall Mall (in 1727).
Repository
Archival history
GB 0074 CLC/B/227-082 1704-1726 Collection Two production units. Gray , Benjamin , fl 1727 , watch and clock maker
Benjamin Gray was a watchmaker and clockmaker, of Pall Mall (in 1727).
The original manuscript was deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in July 1996. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Day book of clock and watch maker Benjamin Gray.
One volume with one photocopy, made while the manuscript was still in private hands.
Available for general access.
Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
English
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
For further biographical information on Benjamin Gray, see G H Baillie, Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World, vol.1 (3rd ed 1963), available at the enquiry desk of the Printed Books Section of Guildhall Library.
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. Measuring instruments Time measuring instruments Watches Information sources Documents Business records People People by occupation Personnel Workers Skilled workers Craft workers Clockmakers Scientific equipment Equipment Horology Metal industry Manufacturing industry Industry Clocks Gray , Benjamin , fl 1727 , watch and clock maker Pall Mall London England UK Western Europe Europe
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The original manuscript was deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in July 1996. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Day book of clock and watch maker Benjamin Gray.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
One volume with one photocopy, made while the manuscript was still in private hands.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
Language and script notes
English
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
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Subject access points
- Scientific equipment » Measuring instruments
- Scientific equipment » Measuring instruments » Time measuring instruments
- Information sources
- Documents
- Personnel
- Personnel » Workers
- Personnel » Workers » Skilled workers
- Personnel » Workers » Skilled workers » Craft workers
- Scientific equipment
- Industry » Manufacturing industry » Metal industry
- Industry » Manufacturing industry
- Industry
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Rules and/or conventions used
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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Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English