Collection GB 0074 CLC/B/227-115 - LEWIS, NATHANIEL AND BAILY, ALEXANDER (MERCHANTS AND SHIPPERS)

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/B/227-115

Title

LEWIS, NATHANIEL AND BAILY, ALEXANDER (MERCHANTS AND SHIPPERS)

Date(s)

  • 1711-1712;1716-1717 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

One production unit.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Business partners Nathaniel Lewis and Alexander Baily were merchants and shippers, based in Charleston, South Carolina, USA.

John Pope was a merchant, possibly of Bristol from internal evidence.

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/B/227-115 1711-1712;1716-1717 Collection One production unit. Lewis and Baily , merchants and shippers

Business partners Nathaniel Lewis and Alexander Baily were merchants and shippers, based in Charleston, South Carolina, USA.

John Pope was a merchant, possibly of Bristol from internal evidence.

Found in offices of Antony Gibbs, Sons and Co, Liverpool in 1909. Original provenance unknown. Deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library by Antony Gibbs and Sons in 1963. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Accounts ledger of Lewis and Baily, merchants and shippers, 1711-12; with accounts of John Pope, merchant, 1716-17.

One volume.

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 Business records People People by occupation Personnel Mercantile personnel Merchants Trade International trade Information sources Documents Financial records Lewis and Baily , merchants and shippers Bristol Avon England UK Western Europe Europe USA North America

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Found in offices of Antony Gibbs, Sons and Co, Liverpool in 1909. Original provenance unknown. Deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library by Antony Gibbs and Sons in 1963. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Accounts ledger of Lewis and Baily, merchants and shippers, 1711-12; with accounts of John Pope, merchant, 1716-17.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

One volume.

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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Notes area

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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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