Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1728-1734 (Creation)
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Two production units.
Context area
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Biographical history
Joseph Smith of 'The Sugar Loaf', Cannon Street was a wholesale grocer to customers largely in London and the Home Counties.
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GB 0074 CLC/B/227-170 1728-1734 Collection Two production units. Smith , Joseph , fl 1728-1734 , wholesale grocer
Joseph Smith of 'The Sugar Loaf', Cannon Street was a wholesale grocer to customers largely in London and the Home Counties.
The ledger belonged to Joseph Travers and Sons Ltd in 1957 when a history of the firm was written, but it was purchased by Guildhall Library from auctioneers in 1999 (although not delivered until 2002). The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Custom ledger of Joseph Smith, wholesale grocer, 1728-1734, with notes tracing the company Joseph Travers and Sons back to Joseph Smith's wholesalers, 1951.
One volume and one envelope.
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
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. Business records Wholesale trade Trade (practice) Grocery trade People People by occupation Personnel Mercantile personnel Grocers Documents Information sources Smith , Joseph , fl 1728-1734 , wholesale grocer Joseph Travers and Sons Ltd , wholesale grocers
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The ledger belonged to Joseph Travers and Sons Ltd in 1957 when a history of the firm was written, but it was purchased by Guildhall Library from auctioneers in 1999 (although not delivered until 2002). The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
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Scope and content
Custom ledger of Joseph Smith, wholesale grocer, 1728-1734, with notes tracing the company Joseph Travers and Sons back to Joseph Smith's wholesalers, 1951.
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One volume and one envelope.
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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
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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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Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English