IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 626
Held at: Senate House Library, University of London
Title: Goodman, John
Date(s): 1786-1800
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 volume containing 196 leaves
Name of creator(s): Goodman | John | fl 1786-1800 | grocer
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
No information available at present.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Manuscript account book kept by John Goodman of Eversholt for the sales of household goods and groceries, 1786-1800. The accounts are arranged under the names of customers and cancelled as they were settled.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Single item.
Conditions governing access:
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. Uncatalogued material may not be seen. Please contact the University Archivist for details.
Conditions governing reproduction:
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.
Physical characteristics:
405 x 160mm
Finding aids:
Collection level description.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Archival history:
This volume was formerly deposited in the Bedfordshire Record Office (Ref: DXX 168/1).
Immediate source of acquisition:
Bought from Stanley Crowe in 1964 as an addition to the Goldsmith's Library of Economic Literature.
ALLIED MATERIALS
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.
Rules or conventions: 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.
Date(s) of descriptions: Oct 2001