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- 1799-1809 (Creation)
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3 production units.
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The Loyal London Volunteers were a militia unit formed to protect London against the threat of French invasion during the Napoleonic wars.
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GB 0074 CLC/091 1799-1809 Collection 3 production units. Loyal London Volunteers
The Loyal London Volunteers were a militia unit formed to protect London against the threat of French invasion during the Napoleonic wars.
The records of the Loyal London Volunteers were acquired by Guildhall Library in two stages, probably before 1900 (Mss 4-5) and in 1971 through the British Records Association (Ms 14290). They were catalogued by Guildhall Library staff. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Loyal London Volunteers records comprise: orderly book of the 5th regiment, 1806-1809; minute book of the committee of the Royal Exchange Division, 1799-1804; and swearing-in list of the 7th company of the 4th regiment, c 1800.
Three items arranged chronologically.
Not available for online ordering. Please see staff.
Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.
English
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
For records of ward "armed" or "military" associations which later became regiments of the Loyal London Volunteers see CLC/056, CLC/W/GE/036 and CLC/W/LA/015.
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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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The records of the Loyal London Volunteers were acquired by Guildhall Library in two stages, probably before 1900 (Mss 4-5) and in 1971 through the British Records Association (Ms 14290). They were catalogued by Guildhall Library staff. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
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Loyal London Volunteers records comprise: orderly book of the 5th regiment, 1806-1809; minute book of the committee of the Royal Exchange Division, 1799-1804; and swearing-in list of the 7th company of the 4th regiment, c 1800.
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Accruals
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Three items arranged chronologically.
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Not available for online ordering. Please see staff.
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Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.
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- English
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- Latin
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English
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For records of ward "armed" or "military" associations which later became regiments of the Loyal London Volunteers see CLC/056, CLC/W/GE/036 and CLC/W/LA/015.
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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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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- English