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- 1832-1855 (Creation)
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35 production units.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Accruals
System of arrangement
Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.
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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
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English
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Finding aids
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