Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1877-1903 (Creation)
Level of description
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.
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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.
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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
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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