Identity area
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Date(s)
- 1744-1934 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
10 production units.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
The collection mostly relates to Zelophead Wyeth Vincent (1755-1840), Citizen and member of the Barber Surgeon's Company. His trade was a hotpresser of woollen stuffs.
Repository
Archival history
GB 0074 CLC/512 1744-1934 Collection 10 production units. Vincent , Zelophead Wyeth , 1755-1840 , hotpresser of woollen stuffs
The collection mostly relates to Zelophead Wyeth Vincent (1755-1840), Citizen and member of the Barber Surgeon's Company. His trade was a hotpresser of woollen stuffs.
Given to Guildhall Library in 1973-74. The papers were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in 1977. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Papers of the Vincent family, including business and personal financial accounts of Zelophead Vincent; verses, hymns, lectures, essays and other writings by Zelophead Vincent on a variety of religious, medical and philosophical subjects; genealogy of the Vincent family; and letters of the Vincent family.
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
Given to Guildhall Library as "Records of the Vincent, Newton, Macken and Baker families" (former refs: MS 16927- 16940) together with records of Papers of Edward Baker (b. 1737), mathematical instrument maker (see CLC/423) and of William Newton (1786-1861) of Bloomsbury and Herne Bay in Kent (see CLC/482).
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. Finance Personal finance Archives Personal archives Documents Information sources Primary documents Personal papers Family records Family archives Pedigrees Genealogy Vincent , Zelophead Wyeth , 1755-1840 , hotpresser of woollen stuffs
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Given to Guildhall Library in 1973-74. The papers were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in 1977. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers of the Vincent family, including business and personal financial accounts of Zelophead Vincent; verses, hymns, lectures, essays and other writings by Zelophead Vincent on a variety of religious, medical and philosophical subjects; genealogy of the Vincent family; and letters of the Vincent family.
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
Given to Guildhall Library as "Records of the Vincent, Newton, Macken and Baker families" (former refs: MS 16927- 16940) together with records of Papers of Edward Baker (b. 1737), mathematical instrument maker (see CLC/423) and of William Newton (1786-1861) of Bloomsbury and Herne Bay in Kent (see CLC/482).
Finding aids
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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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.
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Language(s)
- English