IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/227-193
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: W. W. POWNALL AND COMPANY
Date(s): 1895-1898
Level of description: Collection
Extent: One production unit.
Name of creator(s): W.W. Pownall and Company | wine merchants
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
WW Pownall and Company took over as proprietors of The Australian Wine Company in 1887-8, at which time the company was at 4 Mill Street, Hanover Square. It moved to 57 St Mary Axe in 1897.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Letter book of BW Bagenal, agent in Australia of WW Pownall and Company, wine merchants, containing copies of his correspondence with Australian wine producers sent out from his offices in Melbourne. It ends in February 1898, when he was recalled to London.
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 depositor.
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
This volume was transferred to the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1994 having originally been deposited in the Printed Books Section of the Library in 1971 by the Institute of Masters of Wine as part of their collection of printed books. 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.