Collection GB 0074 CLC/B/227-156 - RIVER GAMBIA TRADING COMPANY

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/B/227-156

Title

RIVER GAMBIA TRADING COMPANY

Date(s)

  • 1882-1899 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

One production unit.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The company, later known as the Bathurst Trading Company Limited, had premises successively at 5 Drapers' Gardens and 16 Mincing Lane. It was associated with Lintott, Spink and Company, Africa merchants, and William Goddard and Company, Africa and general merchants.

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/B/227-156 1882-1899 Collection One production unit. River Gambia Trading Co Ltd x Bathurst Trading Co Ltd

The company, later known as the Bathurst Trading Company Limited, had premises successively at 5 Drapers' Gardens and 16 Mincing Lane. It was associated with Lintott, Spink and Company, Africa merchants, and William Goddard and Company, Africa and general merchants.

Presented to the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library by the Business Archives Council in 1967. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Agreements for the hire of vessels at Bathurst, Australia, to the River Gambia Trading Company Limited.

One volume.

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

See also CLC/B/146: Lintott, Spink and Company, Africa merchants.

The main archives of the River Gambia Trading Company Ltd are held by the British Library of Political and Economic Science at the London School of Economics. They cover the period ca 1867-1920.

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. Overseas trade Information sources Documents Business records People People by occupation Personnel Mercantile personnel Merchants Trade International trade Trade (practice) River Gambia Trading Co Ltd x Bathurst Trading Co Ltd Australia Oceania City of London London England UK Western Europe Europe

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Presented to the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library by the Business Archives Council in 1967. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Agreements for the hire of vessels at Bathurst, Australia, to the River Gambia Trading Company Limited.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

One volume.

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

See also CLC/B/146: Lintott, Spink and Company, Africa merchants.

The main archives of the River Gambia Trading Company Ltd are held by the British Library of Political and Economic Science at the London School of Economics. They cover the period ca 1867-1920.

Finding aids

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

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Existence and location of copies

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Description control area

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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

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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