Collection GB 0097 RIVER GAMBIA - River Gambia Trading Company Ltd, merchants of London

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0097 RIVER GAMBIA

Title

River Gambia Trading Company Ltd, merchants of London

Date(s)

  • 1860-1920 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

12 shelves

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

No further information available at present.

Archival history

GB 0097 RIVER GAMBIA 1860-1920 Collection 12 shelves River Gambia Trading Company Ltd

No further information available at present.

Unknown

Records of the River Gambia Trading Company Ltd, 1860-1920, including accounts, ledgers, stock books, invoice books, cash books, wages books, expenses books, receipt books and letter books. Also includes: papers regarding the Bathurst Trading Company of Mincing Lane, London; papers regarding the will of Richard Lloyd (died 1853) of Bathurst, Gambia and Harriet Fanny, his wife (died 1855).

Unsorted

Mainly closed; some items open.

No material may be published without the prior permission of both the copyright holder and the Library. All applications for publication must be made to the Archivist in the first instance, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user.

English

Draft catalogue available from Archives staff.

Sources: Copied from LSE Archives CALM database by Anna Towlson.

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.

Apr 2008 Africa African history Bathurst Trading Company Business Economic history Economics Enterprises Gambia Lloyd , Harriet Fanny , d 1855 , wife of Richard Lloyd of Bathurst, Gambia Lloyd , Richard , d 1853 , of Bathurst, Gambia National history River Gambia Trading Company Ltd Trade (practice) West Africa

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Unknown

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of the River Gambia Trading Company Ltd, 1860-1920, including accounts, ledgers, stock books, invoice books, cash books, wages books, expenses books, receipt books and letter books. Also includes: papers regarding the Bathurst Trading Company of Mincing Lane, London; papers regarding the will of Richard Lloyd (died 1853) of Bathurst, Gambia and Harriet Fanny, his wife (died 1855).

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Unsorted

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Mainly closed; some items open.

Conditions governing reproduction

No material may be published without the prior permission of both the copyright holder and the Library. All applications for publication must be made to the Archivist in the first instance, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

Draft catalogue available from Archives staff.

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

Related units of description

Related descriptions

Notes area

Alternative identifier(s)

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Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

British Library of Political and Economic Science

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

Script(s)

    Sources

    Accession area