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- 1828-1953 (Creation)
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1.92 linear metres
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The Royal Standard Benefit Society was a mutual sickness and burial society founded in 1828. According to Dickens's Dictionary of London, 1879, the object of the Society was to provide members with weekly payments in cases of sickness, monies towards their own or their wives' funerals, the expenses of their wives' lying-in, replacement of tools if lost in a fire, and superannuation. The Society was open to "respectable healthy men under 35 years of age" who earned over 28 shillings a week, and charged a joining fee and a quarterly subscription.
Dickens Dictionary of London consulted at: http://www.victorianlondon.org/dickens/dickens-f.htm.
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GB 0074 A/RSB 1828-1953 Collection 1.92 linear metres Royal Standard Benefit Society
The Royal Standard Benefit Society was a mutual sickness and burial society founded in 1828. According to Dickens's Dictionary of London, 1879, the object of the Society was to provide members with weekly payments in cases of sickness, monies towards their own or their wives' funerals, the expenses of their wives' lying-in, replacement of tools if lost in a fire, and superannuation. The Society was open to "respectable healthy men under 35 years of age" who earned over 28 shillings a week, and charged a joining fee and a quarterly subscription.
Dickens Dictionary of London consulted at: http://www.victorianlondon.org/dickens/dickens-f.htm.
Records deposited in October 1962.
Records of the Royal Standard Benefit Society, including Committee and Trustees meeting minutes; notices of forthcoming meetings; registers of members; example of a certificate of the freedom of the Society; and financial accounts.
A/RSB-1: Notices; A/RSB-2: Registers; A/RSB-3: Certificates; A/RSB/4: Accounts.
These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to access restrictions.
Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.
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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.
June to August 2010. Social welfare Organizations Associations Societies Benevolent societies Finance Financial institutions Friendly societies Royal Standard Benefit Society London England UK Western Europe Europe
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Records deposited in October 1962.
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Records of the Royal Standard Benefit Society, including Committee and Trustees meeting minutes; notices of forthcoming meetings; registers of members; example of a certificate of the freedom of the Society; and financial accounts.
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A/RSB-1: Notices; A/RSB-2: Registers; A/RSB-3: Certificates; A/RSB/4: Accounts.
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These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to access restrictions.
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Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.
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- English
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- Latin
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English
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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