Collection GB 0074 O/209 - W. BARNETT (merchants)

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 O/209

Title

W. BARNETT (merchants)

Date(s)

  • [1850]-1878 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.04 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

W Barnett and Company are described in their adverts as "Merchants, Colonial, Shipping and General Agents".

Archival history

GB 0074 O/209 [1850]-1878 Collection 0.04 linear metres W Barnett and Co , merchants, shipping and general agents

W Barnett and Company are described in their adverts as "Merchants, Colonial, Shipping and General Agents".

Received in 1966. AC/66/003.

Records of W Barnett and Company, including letter from Messrs Dale and Stretton, Gray's Inn Square, inviting applications for debenture stock of the London Bridge Land Company, Ltd. secured on the freehold estate of the Company at London Bridge, 1865; sales particulars of 9 Fleet Street with rear premises abutting on Hare Court, Temple, 1878; poster and handbill issued by W. Barnett and Company, advertising passages to Australia and other destinations, c 1850-1860.

O/0209/1-4.

Available for general access.

Copyright rests with the City of London.

English

Fit

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.

July to October 2009 Information sources Documents Business records Finance Investment Financial markets Share dealing Communication process Advertising Advertisements Visual materials Posters Transport Maritime transport People by occupation Commercial agents Business people Shipping Shipping agents People Merchant shipping W Barnett and Co , merchants , shipping and general agents London Bridge Land Company , Ltd Water transport

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Received in 1966. AC/66/003.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of W Barnett and Company, including letter from Messrs Dale and Stretton, Gray's Inn Square, inviting applications for debenture stock of the London Bridge Land Company, Ltd. secured on the freehold estate of the Company at London Bridge, 1865; sales particulars of 9 Fleet Street with rear premises abutting on Hare Court, Temple, 1878; poster and handbill issued by W. Barnett and Company, advertising passages to Australia and other destinations, c 1850-1860.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

O/0209/1-4.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright rests with the City of London.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

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Existence and location of originals

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Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

London Metropolitan Archives

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

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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