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3 items (7 leaves)
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Caspar von Voght was born in Hamburg. With his business partner Georg Heinrich Sieveking, he led one of the largest trading firms in that City during the late 18th century and travelled widely across Europe. Voght's greatest achievement was perhaps his reform of the welfare system in Hamburg. He was granted the title of Reichsfreiherr (usually rendered in English as 'Baron') in 1801.
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GB 0096 AL 332 1823 collection 3 items (7 leaves) Voght , Caspar von , 1752-1839 , Baron , German nobleman, merchant and social reformer
Caspar von Voght was born in Hamburg. With his business partner Georg Heinrich Sieveking, he led one of the largest trading firms in that City during the late 18th century and travelled widely across Europe. Voght's greatest achievement was perhaps his reform of the welfare system in Hamburg. He was granted the title of Reichsfreiherr (usually rendered in English as 'Baron') in 1801.
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Papers of Caspar von Voght, 1823, comprise three letters to William Jacob. Topics covered include: Jacob's travels through Europe, including his book Travels in the south of Spain (1811); and the state of agriculture in Denmark and Germany, including statistics.
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Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Please contact the University Archivist for details. 24 hours notice is required for research visits.
Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.
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Typescript catalogue available in the Library's Palaeography Room.
Compiled by Samantha Velumyl.
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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Papers of Caspar von Voght, 1823, comprise three letters to William Jacob. Topics covered include: Jacob's travels through Europe, including his book Travels in the south of Spain (1811); and the state of agriculture in Denmark and Germany, including statistics.
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Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Please contact the University Archivist for details. 24 hours notice is required for research visits.
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Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.
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Typescript catalogue available in the Library's Palaeography Room.
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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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