Collection GB 0074 O/460 - NEW YORK, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

0.01 linear metres

GB 0074 O/460 1880-1889 Collection 0.01 linear metres Jennings , W E , fl 1880 , businessman
Erdmann and Schanz , boot and shoe importers, Clapham Junction

According to the Post Office London Directory, 1889, Erdmann and Schanz were "boot and shoe importers and photo publishers".

These documents were sent as a gift by the Chemung County Historical Society, Elmira, New York. It was pointed out that their provenance was properly a United States one, not a London one, but an offer to return them was declined.

Letters from American correspondents relating to business with Britain, comprising: letter from W. E. Jennings to Gillet and Company of Elmira, New York, on notepaper of the Castle and Falcon Hotel, London E.C., about the trade in Great Britain in auger bits and about other woods in the tool and hardware trade, 1880 and letter from W. E. Jennings to Gillet and Company from the same London hotel, about the writer's efforts to collect a debt for Gillet and Company in Hamburg, and about the trade in Europe for American tools, 1880. Also letter from Erdmann and Schanz, of Clapham Junction, to Fitch and Billings, of Elmira, New York, acknowledging their request and sending photographs (as an accompanying statement, missing) for them to choose from, 1889.

Three documents.

Available for general access.

Copyright rests with the City of London.

English

Fit

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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.

July to October 2009 Communication process Communication skills Writing Letter writing Equipment Tools People People by occupation Business people Overseas trade Trade (practice) Enterprises Business Jennings , W E , fl 1880 , businessman Erdmann and Schanz , boot and shoe importers , Clapham Junction

These documents were sent as a gift by the Chemung County Historical Society, Elmira, New York. It was pointed out that their provenance was properly a United States one, not a London one, but an offer to return them was declined.

Letters from American correspondents relating to business with Britain, comprising: letter from W. E. Jennings to Gillet and Company of Elmira, New York, on notepaper of the Castle and Falcon Hotel, London E.C., about the trade in Great Britain in auger bits and about other woods in the tool and hardware trade, 1880 and letter from W. E. Jennings to Gillet and Company from the same London hotel, about the writer's efforts to collect a debt for Gillet and Company in Hamburg, and about the trade in Europe for American tools, 1880. Also letter from Erdmann and Schanz, of Clapham Junction, to Fitch and Billings, of Elmira, New York, acknowledging their request and sending photographs (as an accompanying statement, missing) for them to choose from, 1889.

Three documents.

Available for general access.

Copyright rests with the City of London.

• English

• Latin

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.

• English