Collection GB 0074 CLC/B/164 - MORRISON, CRYDER AND COMPANY

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/B/164

Title

MORRISON, CRYDER AND COMPANY

Date(s)

  • 1832-1855 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

35 production units.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

James Morrison and John Cryder were London-American and general merchants. The company was later known [from about the mid-1840s?] as Morrison, Sons and Company. It had London offices successively at 9 Broad Street Buildings and 62 Moorgate.

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/B/164 1832-1855 Collection 35 production units. Morrison, Cryder and Co , London-American and general merchants
Morrison, Sons and Co , London-American and general merchants

James Morrison and John Cryder were London-American and general merchants. The company was later known [from about the mid-1840s?] as Morrison, Sons and Company. It had London offices successively at 9 Broad Street Buildings and 62 Moorgate.

Some of the archives were donated to the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1966, though others remain in private hands. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Records of Morrison, Cryder and Company, London-American and general merchants, comprising: correspondence, 1834-55; accounts, 1836-49; shipping papers, 1836-9; legal papers, 1832-1851; insurance papers, 1837-1848; reports, 1846; and dividend lists, 1837-1839.

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

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. Morrison , Sons and Co , London-American and general merchants Water transport Information sources Business records Documents Shipping People People by occupation Personnel Mercantile personnel Merchants Transport Maritime transport Merchant shipping Morrison , Cryder and Co , London-American and general merchants USA North America City of London London England UK Western Europe Europe

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Some of the archives were donated to the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1966, though others remain in private hands. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of Morrison, Cryder and Company, London-American and general merchants, comprising: correspondence, 1834-55; accounts, 1836-49; shipping papers, 1836-9; legal papers, 1832-1851; insurance papers, 1837-1848; reports, 1846; and dividend lists, 1837-1839.

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

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

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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    Sources

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