Identity area
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Date(s)
- 1857-1907 (Creation)
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4 production units.
Context area
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Biographical history
This company of Africa merchants had premises at 5 New City Chambers, Bishopsgate. It was associated with River Gambia Trading Company Limited and William Goddard and Company.
Repository
Archival history
GB 0074 CLC/B/146 1857-1907 Collection 4 production units. Lintott, Spink and Co , Africa merchants
River Gambia Trading Co Ltd
This company of Africa merchants had premises at 5 New City Chambers, Bishopsgate. It was associated with River Gambia Trading Company Limited and William Goddard and Company.
These archives were presented to the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library through the Business Archives Council in 1961 and catalogued shortly afterwards by a member of Guildhall Library staff. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Records of Lintott, Spink and Company, Africa merchants, comprising invoices 1857-1858 and letters to agents 1873-1877 (Ms 10624); in and out letter books, including correspondence between William Goddard and Company and their agents, and letters to the River Gambia Trading Company Limited, 1875-84 (Mss 10625-6); and shop and factory accounts and correspondence of the River Gambia Trading Company Limited 1857-1907 (Ms 10626A).
Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.
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
The main archives of the River Gambia Trading Company Limited (later known as the Bathurst Trading Company Limited) are held by the British Library of Political and Economic Science at the London School of Economics. They cover the period ca. 1867-1920.
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. Lintott , Spink and Co , Africa merchants Trade (practice) Overseas trade Information sources Documents Business records People People by occupation Personnel Mercantile personnel Merchants River Gambia Trading Co Ltd x Bathurst Trading Co Ltd Gambia West Africa Africa City of London London England UK Western Europe Europe
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
These archives were presented to the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library through the Business Archives Council in 1961 and catalogued shortly afterwards by a member of Guildhall Library staff. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Records of Lintott, Spink and Company, Africa merchants, comprising invoices 1857-1858 and letters to agents 1873-1877 (Ms 10624); in and out letter books, including correspondence between William Goddard and Company and their agents, and letters to the River Gambia Trading Company Limited, 1875-84 (Mss 10625-6); and shop and factory accounts and correspondence of the River Gambia Trading Company Limited 1857-1907 (Ms 10626A).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.
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
The main archives of the River Gambia Trading Company Limited (later known as the Bathurst Trading Company Limited) are held by the British Library of Political and Economic Science at the London School of Economics. They cover the period ca. 1867-1920.
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