IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/227-090
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: HECKSCHER AND PEARSON (COMMISSION MERCHANTS AND UNDERWRITERS)
Date(s): 1877-1903
Level of description: Collection
Extent: One production unit.
Name of creator(s): Heckscher and Pearson | commission merchants and underwriters
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The firm is listed in directories from 1879 only, as follows: 1879: merchants, of 2 Cowper's Court; 1880-5: commission merchants, of 8 Finch Lane; 1886-1907: underwriters, 8 Finch Lane; 1908-16: underwriters, at various addresses. It is not found after 1916.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
General foreign out-letter book of Heckscher and Pearson, commission merchants and underwriters.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
One item.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Presented to the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library by Phoenix Assurance which is not, however, known to have been connected with Heckscher and Pearson. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note:
Date(s) of descriptions: January to May 2011.