Copies of letters from William Sherard, Consul of the Turkey Company at Smyrna, 1703.
Sherard , William , 1659-1728 , botanistAssignment of a rent of two shillings each night of performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and free privilege for 21 years, between Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Thomas Linley and James Ford; and Anna Maria Ford.
Sheridan , Richard Brinsley , 1751-1816 , playwright and politicianPolitical papers of Lord Shore including material relating to the governments of Harold Wilson and James Callaghan, Labour Party politics, opposition to Europe and the single currency and papers relating to constituency affairs.
Shore, Peter David, 1924-2001, Baron Shore of Stepney, politicianRecords, 1960-1986, of Sidney Webb College and its successor, including minutes and related papers, comprising Advisory Committee and Governing Body minutes, 1960-1970; Governing Body agendas, minutes and papers, 1971-1975, including published HMSO and ILEA reports on education and teacher training, 1972-1973; Staff and Academic Board minutes, 1961-1967; Staff Meeting agendas, minutes and papers, 1967-1968; Academic Board agendas, minutes and papers, 1968-1975; Library Committee minutes and other papers, 1961-1977; Staff Appointments and Promotions Committee agendas, minutes and papers, 1969-1975; Appeals Committee papers, 1973. Other administrative papers comprise papers relating to the early years of the College, including premises, 1961-1970; letters from students, 1964; papers on non-academic staffing matters, including issues relating to the merger with the Polytechnic of Central London, 1969-1977; papers on staffing and re-structuring with relation to amalgamation with the Polytechnic of Central London, 1971-1975; papers of the Joint Working Party on the Future Role of the College, 1972-1973; papers, including minutes of meetings, on the future of the College, including proposed transfer of departments to Battersea College, 1973-1974; Principal's papers, including correspondence, reports and minutes, on the merger with the Polytechnic of Central London, 1973-1976; financial estimates, 1974-1975; Bachelor of Education degree submission to the CNAA, 1975-1976; papers relating to valedictory meeting at final closure, 1980. Various student records, 1961-1980, include exam results. Publications comprise prospectuses, 1961-1975; College magazines, 1965-1968 and undated; Students' Union constitution and standing orders, undated; LCC publications on training colleges, 1964; ILEA publication on colleges of education, 1973; article on the College, 1978. Papers of the Central School comprise memorandum and new articles of association, 1947; papers, including correspondence and notes of meetings, 1970-1976; notes of an ILEA meeting on a link between Sidney Webb College and the Central School, 1971; exam results, 1974-1980; and other papers, 1983-1986.
Sidney Webb College , London Polytechnic of Central London , Sidney Webb School of Education Central School of Speech and Drama , Swiss CottageRecords of Singlo Holdings Limited, comrpising minutes of the Board of Directors and annual general meetings.
Singlo Holdings LtdManuscript volume containing accounts of a sinking fund, 1718-1728, entitled 'Accounts shewing the surplus's on the several Fonds composing the sinking fond from the first establishment thereof to Michaelmas 1728'.
UnknownPrinted receipt form, completed in manuscript, 14 Jul 1747, for annuities paid from the Sinking Fund to Sir John Barnard, 'executor of Mr. Robert Pain Barnard and Samuel Troughton assignees of...[the 16 persons named in the] margin'. The payment from the Receipt of the Exchequer totalled £181 10s. The document is signed by the two assignees and Thomas Hankey as witness.
UnknownRecords of Sissons, Bersey, Gain, Vincent and Company, chartered accountants, comprising articles of partnership and related deeds and papers, 1895-1953, a balance sheet, 1934, menus for staff dinners and other occasions, 1919-70, and correspondence to do with the accountancy careers of Joseph Walter Vincent, 1895-1902.
Sissons, Bersey, Gain, Vincent and Co , chartered accountantsCollection of documents relating to national events or institutions. The documents relate to varied subjects including Parliamentary elections and proceedings; taxation including tax assessments, tax agents and accounts; military commissions; the Tower of London; excise; military orders; passwords issued by royalty; bankruptcies; militia; licences; warrants; petitions; and patents.
Various.Account books of Smalley and Co., [merchants], 1697-1729, including details of goods for Ralph and Francis Smalley and others.
Smalley and Co. , [merchants]Records of discount bankers Smith St Aubyn and Company Limited, comprising ledgers and general ledgers 1891-1954, ledgers of partners' and trustees' accounts 1930-1939, trade acceptors ledgers 1927-1955, cash books 1891-1960, daybooks and rough daybooks 1891-1958, journals 1946-50, loans books and ledgers 1932-1952, private accounts loans and interest books 1931-1952, bills books 1891-1892 and 1933-1956, business and appointments diaries 1891-1959.
Smith St Aubyn and Co Ltd , discount bankersLetter from Adam Smith to William Strahan, Esq, MP, 20 Dec 1777, address: Edinburgh, New Street, Shoe Lane, London. Asks for information on the delay in his appointment as a Commissioner of Customs for Scotland. A postscript states: 'Neither you nor Mr [Thomas] Cadell have wrote me anything concerning the new Edition of My Book, is it Published? does it sell well? does it sell ill? does it sell at all?'
Autograph, with signature.
Smith , Adam , 1723-1790 , economist and moral philosopherLetter from Adam Smith, 5 Feb 1778. Address: Edinburgh. Acknowledging the receipt of his commission as Commissioner of Customs for Scotland. 'I received the Commission on Monday the 2d ist: four days after my name had appeared in the Gazette: I am assured there is scarce an example of any such commissions coming to Edinburgh in less than four weeks after that publication'.
Autograph, with signature.
Smith , Adam , 1723-1790 , economist and moral philosopherPapers of Charles William Smith, [1895-1910], comprising papers, correspondence and press cuttings relating to stock exchange speculation.
Smith , Charles William , fl 1893-1912 , writer on economicsLetter from Richard Smith of 'Bordeaux River', [France] to Seth Barton, merchant, Baltimore, [USA], 1794. Giving the terms of a charter party between James Swan and Co and Thomas Harris, on the London Packet (c 260 tons), which was to take on a cargo of wines and brandy at Bordeaux, to carry to Baltimore; discussing expenses and asks Barton to take out £400 insurance for him.
Autograph, with signature.
Smith , Richard , fl 1794 , of BordeauxLetter from William Collingwood Smith of Wyndam Lodge, Brixton Hill, London [the printed address of the Society of Painters in Water Colours, Pall Mall East, London SW, has been struck through] to Augustus De Morgan, 8 Dec 1870. Asking him to assess the depreciation in the Society's assets.
, Smith, William Collingwood (1815-1887) artistA bill, late 17th century, for services rendered and items supplied by a saddler.
UnknownRecord of the Society for Equitable Assurances on Lives and Survivorships, comprising a volume containing copies of the deed of settlement, bye-laws and speeches.
Society for Equitable Assurances on Lives and Survivorships Equitable Life Assurance SocietyRecords of the Society for the Relief of Distress, including minutes; reports; annual reports; financial accounts including papers relating to appeals, subscribers and donors; correspondence; and a scrapbook.
Society for the Relief of DistressRecords of the Society for the Relief of Persons Confined for Small Debts, including minutes; extracts of proceedings; Acts of Parliament; papers concerning J C Neild; financial accounts including legacy books, income books, general expenditure books, annual accounts and auditor's reports; papers regarding the disposal of surplus funds; bequests; press cuttings; correspondence; and histories of the Society.
The minutes contain reports of visits of inspection as well as names and numbers of prisoners assisted. A number of the papers relate to the destruction of the book containing the minutes and accounts of the Society 4 Mar 1818 to 5 Apr 1826 by John Camden Neild, treasurer 1814-1827.
Society for the Relief of Persons Confined for Small DebtsMinute books of the Society of Apothecaries, 1629-1675.
Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of LondonMemorandum book including copy letters to the Court of the East India Company; bye-laws and resolutions of the Society; and printed East India Company notices.
Society of East India Commanders East India CompanyRecords of the Society of Licensed Victuallers comprising rules and bye-laws, correspondence, plans and property records, and related papers.
Society of Licensed VictuallersRecords of the Society of Pension Consultants, comprising minutes, agendas, reports and correspondence from various committees; secretary's files; documents concerning membership; published reports and surveys.
Society of Pension ConsultantsBusiness records of Solicitors and General Assurance Society comprising policy papers, including prospectus.
Eagle Insurance Co Solicitors and General Assurance SocietyCorporate records of Solicitors and General Assurance Society including deeds of settlement, and memorial relating to policyholders' petition for meeting to convert to mutual status.
Eagle Insurance Co Solicitors and General Assurance SocietyInsurance policy upon passengers' effects, to be shipped on the "Rhone" from London to Algoa Bay, Cape Province, South Africa, taken out by A. F. Evans, 1894.
The North China Insurance Company LimitedThe records of the South African Accident Council include copy minutes, meetings papers and circulars of several of the South African accident associations, which were sent back to the South African Accident Council in London. These include records of: the Cape Accident Offices Association; the Transvaal Accident Offices Association; the Workmen's Compensation Insurers' Association of South Africa; the Accident Insurance Council of South Africa; the Southern Rhodesian Workmen's Compensation Insurers' Association; and the Accident Offices Association of Southern Africa.
South African Accident CouncilLetters of attorney given by holders of South Sea stock in Amsterdam, The Hague and Geneva to London merchants respecting their stock, 1731-1739.
South Sea CompanyNotebook containing a draft address to Robert, Earl of Oxford, by the subscription commission of the Corporation for carrying on trade to the South Seas, [1711], including a list of subscribers of more than £3,000. The names of Governors and Directors of the Corporation are indicated by a mark in the margin. The last page of the book has been reused for personal accounts, including the purchase of female mourning clothes, 1720.
South Sea Company x Corporation for carrying on trade to the South SeasPrinted reports of the House of Commons Committee of Secrecy, 1721, appointed to enquire into the 'Act for Enabling the South Sea Company to increase their present capital stock by redeeming such publick debts and incumbrances...and for calling in Exchequer Bills remaining uncancelled...'.
House of CommonsRecords of the South London Waterworks Company (later the Southwark and Vauxhall Water Company) including papers relating to shares; minutes of Director's meetings; stock certificates; papers relating to works and papers relating to a lawsuit.
Southwark and Vauxhall Water Company South London Waterworks CompanyCorporate records of the Southwark and Vauxhall Water Company, including Board meeting minute books; Committee meeting minute books; Secretary's reports; correspondence and letter books; solicitor's accounts; legal papers; records relating to stocks and shares; registers of probates; mortgage records and contracts records.
Southwark and Vauxhall Water CompanyRecords of Saint George the Martyr Poor Law Parish, 1835-1873; including minutes of the Board of Guardians; orders of removal; admission and discharge registers; and registers of children admitted.
Records of Saint Mary Newington Poor Law Parish, 1867-1874, comprising Board of Guardians minute books and Newington Sick Asylum District manager's minute books.
Records of the Southwark Poor Law Union (formerly the Saint Saviour's Poor Law Union), 1798-1933, including minutes of the Board of Guardians and various Committees; byelaws and regulations; property documents including deeds; correspondence; settlement examinations; removal orders; report books; admission and discharge registers and creed registers; registers of children admitted and boarded out; register of boys sent to the Training Ship Exmouth; registers of children sent to the Hanwell Schools, Central London Schools District; financial accounts; staff records; plans made as part of survey for rating valuation of property in Saint Saviour's Union; and notices of marriage.
Saint George the Martyr Poor Law Parish x Saint George the Martyr Board of Guardians Saint Mary Newington Poor Law Parish x Saint Mary Newington Board of Guardians Southwark Poor Law Union x Southwark Board of Guardians x Saint Saviour's Poor Law Union x Saint Saviour's Board of GuardiansRecords of Spicer and Pegler, chartered accountants, comprising private letterbooks 1902-12 and 1972, and photographs of Ernest Pegler, 1936.
Spicer and Pegler , chartered accountantsPapers relating to the Association of University Teachers (AUT), including minutes, 1919-1971; cash and account books, 1920-1972; discussion papers and reports, 1919-1935; correspondence, papers and magazines, 1919-1954; correspondence with members and membership lists, 1919-1955. Papers of the Bedford College Assistant Staff Association, notably minutes, 1917-1929, and draft constitutions and rules, 1918-1922. Papers of the Bedford College Staff Association, including minutes, 1917-1958; papers relating to a meeting with the College Council concerning public statements by staff, 1956-1957; printed regulations, [1950-1960]; papers concerning the Senior Common Room and the Senior Common Room Club, 1921-1975, including minutes of meetings, accounts, suggestion books and dinner menus. Minutes of the Staff Athletics Club, 1928-1947. Correspondence and papers relating to the National Association of Local Government Officers, [1970-1985]. Accident Book, 1950-1982.
Bedford College Staff Association Bedford College Assistant Staff AssociationRecords of Littleton and Shepperton Parish, 1897-1965, including rate books, valuation lists, collecting books and balance sheets.
Records of Sunbury Urban District Council, 1895-1965, including rate books, collection books, valuation lists, rate collectors books and financial accounts.
Records of Ashford Parish, 1915-1927, comprising rate books.
Records of Staines Parish, 1897-1925, comprising rate books.
Records of Staines Urban District Council, 1868-1965, including rate books, valuation lists and financial accounts.
Sunbury Urban District Council Staines Urban District CouncilCorporate records of the Staines Reservoir Joint Committee, including Committee meeting attendance books, proceedings books and minutes; legal papers relating to property, rating, water supply, stocks and shares, Parliamentary issues and contracts; correspondence and debenture stock volumes.
Staines Reservoir Joint CommitteeThe Cobden Club prize winning essay for 1912 The taxation of the "unearned increment" by Josiah Charles Stamp.
Stamp , Josiah Charles , 1880-1941 , 1st Baron Stamp of Shortlands , statisticianRecords of Standard Bank Finance and Development Corporation Limited including the founding Memorandum and Articles of Association for the Corporation.
Standard Bank Finance and Development CorporationRecords of Standard Bank Ghana Limited including inward and outward letter books.
Standard Bank Ghana Limited , Standard Bank LimitedRecords of Standard Bank of Nigeria Limited including inward and outward letters between Nigeria Head Office, Lagos and Director's Office (London).
Standard Bank of Nigeria , Standard Bank Limited xx First Bank of Nigeria - Standard BankRecords of Standard Bank of Sierra Leone Limited including correspondence between Sierra Leone Head Office, Freetown and Director's Office (London).
Standard Bank of Sierra Leone Limited , Standard Bank LimitedRecords of Standard Bank of South Africa Limited including balance sheets, ledgers, profit and loss accounts, circulars, records relating to taxation, securities and investment records, head office and branch records, statistics, staff instructions, investment and subject files.
Standard Bank of South Africa xx Standard Bank of British South Africa Limited xx Standard Bank LimitedRecords of Standard Bank of South Africa Limited covering the main administrative functions and departments of the bank. Records include extensive series of letter books and circulars for the Secretary's, General Manager's and Chairman's departments, as well as general correspondence, minutes, notes and files concerning financial and other organisational matters for these departments.
Records from other departments include letter books and memoranda for the Advances Department, records submitted to the Agency Department from Hamburg and New York Agencies, reports and financial assessments by the Inspection Department, records on the merger with the Chartered Bank from the Organisational and Methods Department and correspondence and reports from the East Africa Department.
Standard Bank of South Africa xx Standard Bank of British South Africa Limited xx Standard Bank LimitedRecords of Standard Bank of South Africa Limited including records relating to the foundation of the bank, including the memorandum and articles of association; records of the London Board of Directors and Boards based in South Africa, often providing details of advances and general operations; the annual reports and minutes from the Annual General meetings and the signed seal registers.
Standard Bank of South Africa xx Standard Bank of British South Africa Limited xx Standard Bank LimitedRecords of Standard Bank of South Africa Limited including printed published material, including pamphlets and newsletters, research files for J A Henry's published history of the bank, unpublished notes and newspaper cuttings.
Standard Bank of South Africa xx Standard Bank of British South Africa Limited xx Standard Bank LimitedRecords of Standard Bank of South Africa Limited including printed cases in which the bank was involved at appeal level.
Standard Bank of South Africa xx Standard Bank of British South Africa Limited xx Standard Bank LimitedRecords of Standard Bank of South Africa Limited including advertisements book listing advertisements placed in publications and costs incurred and volume of advertising pulls containing clippings of advertisements and lists of publications they were placed in.
Standard Bank of South Africa xx Standard Bank of British South Africa Limited xx Standard Bank LimitedRecords of Standard Bank of South Africa Limited including records purely created and kept by branches of the bank. These include inward and outward letter books and other branch correspondence, plans of branches, customer documents and accounting notes.
Standard Bank of South Africa xx Standard Bank of British South Africa Limited xx Standard Bank Limited