London Parcels Delivery Company records comprise: board of directors' minutes, 1837-46; and notes concerning the early history of the company, circa 1926-9. No other records of London Parcels Delivery Company are known to survive.
Sin títuloMarine chronometer rating book kept by C Lupton, watchmaker.
Sin títuloPapers of Luxton and Company, fishmongers, mostly letters to John Hawkins Luxton relating to trading and family matters.
Sin títuloOutgoing letter book of Thomas March, merchant trading with Turkey. This is a photocopy made in 1968; the original letter-book was in the possession of Squire de Lisle in 1968. Contains copies of letters concerning general financial matters and his estates at Garendon, Leicestershire.
Sin títuloAccounts ledger and cash book of an unidentified furrier, possibly P R Poland and Sons.
Sin títuloRoger Cunliffe, Sons and Company records comprising partnership agreements 1835 and 1851-83.
Sin títuloAccount book for work done at Greenwich Hospital by Edward Strong, mason and builder, giving detailed descriptions of the work.
Sin títuloCopies of correspondence and memoranda relating to a dispute between the proprietors of the Theatre Royal at Covent Garden and performers.
Sin títuloLegal and business papers of Thomas Vyse and Sons, merchants.
Sin títuloLetters of attorney by John Thornbury, knight and William Thornbury, clerk for Robert Billesdon, gentleman to deliver seisin of two shops with upper rooms in Walbrook, to Robert Ferbras, surgeon, John Dayvile, surgeon, William Sipnam, grocer and Walter Bartlot, fishmonger.
Sin títuloUnited Tanners Federation sub-committee minutes relating to trade after the First World War.
Sin títuloFinancial accounts ledger of Venables, Tyler and Company, wholesale stationers and papermakers.
Sin títuloCopy deeds of the sale, in 1903, of the wine and spirit merchant businesses of WH Tomsett and Company and Sinclair, Birch and Company, which were both owned by William Henry Tomsett (died 1903).
Sin títuloLetter book of BW Bagenal, agent in Australia of WW Pownall and Company, wine merchants, containing copies of his correspondence with Australian wine producers sent out from his offices in Melbourne. It ends in February 1898, when he was recalled to London.
Sin títuloAnnual report and accounts of William T Storer and Company, 1969, with report and accounts of Pinn and Wheeler Limited, a wharfing subsidiary of the company.
Sin títuloRecords of Gresham House Estate Company Limited and subsidiaries Broad Street Estates Limited and Great Winchester Street Estates Limited; comprising minutes and financial material, correspondence, rent rolls and other tenancy material and plans.
Sin títuloGresham House Estate Company Limited records comprise minutes of the committee of management and the board of directors; financial material including investments ledgers; annual reports; letter books; rent rolls and other tenancy material.
Sin títuloGreat Winchester Street Estates Limited records comprise annual reports, accounts, plans, and tenancy agreements.
Sin títuloCaledonian Insurance Company records comprise minutes and agendas, as well as overseas report books. They are held off-site and therefore require 24 hours notice for access.
Sin títuloEssex and Suffolk Insurance Company Limited records comprise board minutes and agendas 1907-1909 (Mss 16193-4) and a register of applications for and allotment of shares 1907 (Ms 16192).
Sin títuloLiverpool and London Plate Glass Insurance Company Board of Directors minutes.
Sin títuloManchester Fire and Life Assurance Company (later known as Manchester Assurance Company Limited) records comprise deeds of settlement 1824 and 1846, and registers of proprietors and/or shareholders 1825-1854 (Mss 16217-221); minutes 1825-1905 (Mss 16222-5); overseas department accounts 1889-94 (Ms 16226) and register of losses 1901-3 (Ms 16227).
Sin títuloMotor Union Insurance Company Limited records comprise board minutes 1920-1936 (Ms 16228) and committee of directors minutes 1930-1941 (Ms 16229).
Sin títuloEssex and Suffolk Accident Indemnity Society records comprise board minutes and agendas 1907-9 (Mss 16193-4) and a register of applications for and allotment of shares 1907 (Ms 16192).
Sin títuloThe surviving records of Hambros Bank Limited include:
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Accounts;
- Correspondence: from 1836-c 1864 there are separate bundles or files for each correspondent or topic, from 1861-1892 there is also a general series of "private letters" in annual bundles;
- Loan papers: from 1880 an additional series of correspondence and related papers was kept, arranged in bundles by loan. The bundles were kept in "loan boxes" (if the loan was made) or "rejected addresses" (if the loan was not made);
- Agreements;
- General business papers;
- Administrative papers: internal organisation, title deeds etc;
- Family papers.
There is however a considerable overlap between material in many of the categories mentioned above and a number of documents relate to personal and family as well as business matters. The records of the Hambro family (MS19216- 20B) include baptismal certificates, photographs, papers relating to probate and related items.
Permission for access to records post-1975 should be sought from the depositor. Please ask a member of staff for further information.
Records of Harrison and Legas, ironfounders, gunfounders and ordnance contractors, comprising correspondence, accounts, inventories and an assignment of a lease.
Sin títuloRecords of Harrisons and Crosfield Limited, traders in tea, coffee, rubber, timber, chemicals, and other agricultural products. The catalogue includes: corporate records (including articles of association, agreements, minutes and annual reports and accounts); share records; internal administration records (including directories of operations, directors' and general letter books); accounting records; operational records (including reports on estates); branch records (including correspondence and accounts); insurance department records; papers concerning the careers of directors; staff records; premises and property records; historical notes, photographs and plans; records of subsidiary companies, and companies for which Harrisons and Crosfield acted as secretaries and/or agents.
The archive includes records relating to Harrisons and Crosfield's activities as secretaries and/or agents for other companies. As these records were generated as part of Harrisons and Crosfield's role as secretaries and/or agents for another company, they have been catalogued as records of that particular company. However, they comprise correspondence and other papers of the head office of Harrisons and Crosfield, and supporting papers acquired by Harrisons and Crosfield (e.g. memoranda and articles of association, and annual reports and accounts) to assist in that role. The records of the companies for which Harrisons and Crosfield acted as secretaries and/or agents are arranged so that each company is followed by its subsidiary companies (if any).
Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).
Sin títuloFinancial records of Harrisons and Crosfield Limited, including ledgers, statements of account, journals, bills books. The records relate to sales, imports and exports, purchases, profits and losses, debts, investments and taxes. Tea, coffee, silk and rubber are particularly mentioned.
Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).
Sin títuloCorporate records of Harrisons and Crosfield Limited, including memorandum and articles of association; deeds and agreements of partnership; lists of power of attorney issued by the company; Board minutes and agendas; annual general meeting papers; press cuttings; and annual reports.
Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).
Sin títuloRecords of Directors of Harrisons and Crosfield, including correspondence; papers of director and chairman Sir Eric Miller; papers of director Sir Leonard Paton and papers of director Haydn Oliver Peake.
Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).
Sin títuloRecords of Harrisons and Crosfield Limited relating to insurance; including Insurance Department reports, financial accounts, papers and policy journals; and papers relating to insurance claims, particularly for cargoes diverted or requisitioned during the Second World War.
Sin títuloAdministrative records of Harrisons and Crosfield Limited, including organisational charts; papers relating to the directors of the company; reports on the organisation of the company; book 'sphere of operations', produced by the company to outline its departments, branches and subsidiaries; circulars; correspondence and lists of records.
Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).
Sin títuloRecords of the Indian branch of Harrisons and Crosfield Limited, including correspondence with head office; memoranda; papers regarding the business including trading, shipping and property; papers relating to staffing issues including disputes and migration; press cuttings and notes relating to the political situation in India; and financial accounts.
Sin títuloRecords of the Sri Lanka branch of Harrisons and Crosfield Limited, including correspondence with head office; administrative papers; papers relating to projects including the construction of new lead mills; papers relating to shares; papers regarding tea shipments; and financial accounts.
Sin títuloRecords of Allied Sumatra Plantations Limited, including articles of association; minute books; annual reports; prospectus and circulars to shareholders.
Access to records less than 30 years old should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).
Sin títuloRecords of the Ankola Tea and Rubber Company Limited including articles of association; prospectuses; annual reports; correspondence and reports on the estates.
Sin títuloRecords of Borneo Abaca Limited, comprising correspondence relating to the acquisition and administration of estates in Borneo, and some minutes and accounts.
Sin títuloRecords of Chandler, Hargreaves, Whittall and Company Limited, insurance brokers, comprising general correspondence and papers relating to the purchase of the company by Harrisons and Crosfield Limited.
Sin títuloRecords of Cowie Harbour Coal Company Limited, including articles of association; ledger; and report on coal produced at Borneo.
Sin títuloRecords of Djasinga Rubber and Produce Company Limited, including articles of association; board minute books; general meetings minute book; annual reports; circulars to shareholders; and photographs of tea, rubber and coffee operations on the estates.
Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).
Sin títuloRecords of Golden Hope Plantations Limited, rubber estates management, including articles of association; minute books; annual reports; circulars to shareholders; financial accounts; and some papers of subsidiary Coconut Plantations of Perak Limited.
Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).
Sin títuloPapers of the Dusun Durian Rubber Estate Limited, comprising reports of visits to the Dusun Durian estates and circulars to shareholders.
Sin títuloRecords of the New Crocodile River (Selangor) Rubber Company Limited, including articles of association; board minutes; annual reports; and circulars to shareholders.
Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).
Sin títuloRecords of Harrisons and Crosfield (America) Incorporated, including board minutes; correspondence with other branches of Harrisons and Crosfield; memoranda from the head office; financial accounts and auditor's reports.
Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).
Sin títuloRecords of Harrisons and Crosfield Latex Limited, including annual reports; correspondence with head office; and correspondence relating to the purchase of shares.
Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).
Sin títuloRecords of Harrisons and Crosfield Securities Limited, including minutes and agendas; annual reports; general correspondence and list of investments.
Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).
Sin títuloRecords of Harrisons Malaysian Estates (Holdings) Limited, including minute book and circulars to shareholders.
Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).
Sin títuloRecords of the Worshipful Company of Gardeners. The archives date from 1605, however, the early membership records are patchy, and the court minutes do not begin until the second half of the 18th century. The archive is not large, but it is notable for a series of scrapbooks recording the history of the company since 1345, begun by the company in 1934 and continuing to the present day.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING ACCESS: These records are stored at the Guildhall Library site rather than the LMA Clerkenwell site. Researchers wishing to access these records should do so at the Guildhall Library Rare Books table. The Library is open Monday to Saturday, 9:30 to 16:45. Researchers will need to have an Archives History Card or a Library Readers Card. An archivist will be available at Guildhall Library on Thursday mornings to answer any queries.
Sin títuloRecords of the Worshipful Company of Girdlers, 1500? - 1981. The records were compiled from the 16th century, but they include deeds dating from 1326. The membership records include registers of freedom admissions and apprentice bindings from 1654; charters and ordinances; Court minute books; financial accounts; papers relating to charitable bequests and papers relating to property and estates.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING ACCESS: These records are stored at the Guildhall Library site rather than the LMA Clerkenwell site. Researchers wishing to access these records should do so at the Guildhall Library Rare Books table. The Library is open Monday to Saturday, 9:30 to 16:45. Researchers will need to have an Archives History Card or a Library Readers Card. An archivist will be available at Guildhall Library on Thursday mornings to answer any queries.
Sin títuloRecords of the Worshipful Company of Horners, 1373-1997. The records include registers of freedom admissions from 1847 and of apprentice bindings from 1694. Other records include ordinance books; Court minute books; financial accounts; legal documents including covenants; legal case papers and correspondence. NO ACCESS TO MS 30509 WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM THE CLERK.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING ACCESS: These records are stored at the Guildhall Library site rather than the LMA Clerkenwell site. Researchers wishing to access these records should do so at the Guildhall Library Rare Books table. The Library is open Monday to Saturday, 9:30 to 16:45. Researchers will need to have an Archives History Card or a Library Readers Card. An archivist will be available at Guildhall Library on Thursday mornings to answer any queries.
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