IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0096 AL 332
Held at: Senate House Library, University of London
Title: Voght, Baron Caspar von (1752-1839)
Date(s): 1823
Level of description: collection
Extent: 3 items (7 leaves)
Name of creator(s): Voght | Caspar von | 1752-1839 | Baron | German nobleman, merchant and social reformer
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Caspar von Voght was born in Hamburg. With his business partner Georg Heinrich Sieveking, he led one of the largest trading firms in that City during the late 18th century and travelled widely across Europe. Voght's greatest achievement was perhaps his reform of the welfare system in Hamburg. He was granted the title of Reichsfreiherr (usually rendered in English as 'Baron') in 1801.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Caspar von Voght, 1823, comprise three letters to William Jacob. Topics covered include: Jacob's travels through Europe, including his book Travels in the south of Spain (1811); and the state of agriculture in Denmark and Germany, including statistics.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Arranged as in Scope and Content.
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. Please contact the University Archivist for details. 24 hours notice is required for research visits.
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:
Finding aids:
Typescript catalogue available in the Library's Palaeography Room.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Accruals:
Archival history:
Unknown
Immediate source of acquisition:
Unknown
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Samantha Velumyl.
Date(s) of descriptions: April 2008