Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1702-1830 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
8 production units.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Moses Levy Newton was a West India merchant of 5 Great Prescott Street, Goodmans Fields, who died in 1823.
Repository
Archival history
GB 0074 CLC/483 1702-1830 Collection 8 production units. Newton , Moses Levy , d 1823 , merchant
Moses Levy Newton was a West India merchant of 5 Great Prescott Street, Goodmans Fields, who died in 1823.
The records were donated to Guildhall Library, and were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in 1955. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Records of Moses Levy Newton, mostly papers relating to properties in the City of London and Westminster, with some mercantile business and private papers.
Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.
Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.
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.
Records prepared May to September 2011. Title deeds Information sources Documents Primary documents Personal papers Property Property transfer People by occupation Personnel Mercantile personnel Merchants Archives Personal archives People People by roles Property owners Deeds Property ownership Civil law Right to property Property law Newton , Moses Levy , d 1823 , merchant City of Westminster London England UK Western Europe Europe City of London Legal systems Civil and political rights Human rights Law
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The records were donated to Guildhall Library, and were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in 1955. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Records of Moses Levy Newton, mostly papers relating to properties in the City of London and Westminster, with some mercantile business and private papers.
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
Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.
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
Related units of description
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
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