Collection GB 0074 CLC/B/227-110 - JOHN MOTTEUX AND COMPANY

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/B/227-110

Title

JOHN MOTTEUX AND COMPANY

Date(s)

  • 1772-1775 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

One production unit.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

John Motteux and Company were merchants, with premises at 11 Walbrook.

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/B/227-110 1772-1775 Collection One production unit. John Motteux and Co , merchants

John Motteux and Company were merchants, with premises at 11 Walbrook.

Purchased by Guildhall Library in 1991. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Papers of John Motteux and Company, merchants, comprising letters from the company's agent in L'Orient (Brittany) and Paris.

1 envelope containing 11 double sheets.

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. Trade (practice) Overseas trade Information sources Documents Business records Transport Maritime transport Shipping People People by occupation Personnel Mercantile personnel Merchants Trade International trade Water transport John Motteux and Co , merchants Paris France Western Europe Europe City of London London England UK Brittany

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Purchased by Guildhall Library in 1991. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Papers of John Motteux and Company, merchants, comprising letters from the company's agent in L'Orient (Brittany) and Paris.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

1 envelope containing 11 double sheets.

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

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Note

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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

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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    Sources

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