Collection GB 0074 CLC/B/227-090 - HECKSCHER AND PEARSON (COMMISSION MERCHANTS AND UNDERWRITERS)

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/B/227-090

Title

HECKSCHER AND PEARSON (COMMISSION MERCHANTS AND UNDERWRITERS)

Date(s)

  • 1877-1903 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

One production unit.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The firm is listed in directories from 1879 only, as follows: 1879: merchants, of 2 Cowper's Court; 1880-5: commission merchants, of 8 Finch Lane; 1886-1907: underwriters, 8 Finch Lane; 1908-16: underwriters, at various addresses. It is not found after 1916.

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/B/227-090 1877-1903 Collection One production unit. Heckscher and Pearson , commission merchants and underwriters

The firm is listed in directories from 1879 only, as follows: 1879: merchants, of 2 Cowper's Court; 1880-5: commission merchants, of 8 Finch Lane; 1886-1907: underwriters, 8 Finch Lane; 1908-16: underwriters, at various addresses. It is not found after 1916.

Presented to the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library by Phoenix Assurance which is not, however, known to have been connected with Heckscher and Pearson. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

General foreign out-letter book of Heckscher and Pearson, commission merchants and underwriters.

One item.

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. Service industries Financial service industries Insurance services Personnel Mercantile personnel Merchants People People by occupation Agents Insurance agents Insurance underwriters Information sources Documents Insurance records Business records Insurance Finance Heckscher and Pearson , commission merchants and underwriters City of London London England UK Western Europe Europe

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Presented to the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library by Phoenix Assurance which is not, however, known to have been connected with Heckscher and Pearson. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

General foreign out-letter book of Heckscher and Pearson, commission merchants and underwriters.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

One item.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

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

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

Existence and location of copies

Related units of description

Related descriptions

Notes area

Alternative identifier(s)

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Name access points

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Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

London Metropolitan Archives

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.

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

    Sources

    Accession area