IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/227-063
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: DOBREE (? SAMUEL DOBREE AND SONS)
Date(s): 1779-1784
Level of description: Collection
Extent: Two production units.
Name of creator(s): Unknown.
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The name of Peter Dobree is found in a number of places in these ledgers, perhaps as a partner in the business, but the bank cannot be identified from London directories. Samuel Dobree and Sons (later of 6 Tokenhouse Yard) can be found in directories at 65 Old Broad Street from 1800; Dobree and Aubin, merchants, are found at this address 1798-99.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Current account ledgers of a merchant banker, perhaps a predecessor of Samuel Dobree and Sons.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Volumes in chronological order.
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:
Purchased by Guildhall Library in 1934. 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.