EDWARD GRACE AND COMPANY
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0074 CLC/B/078 |
Held at | : London Metropolitan Archives Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma › |
Full title | : EDWARD GRACE AND COMPANY |
Date(s) | : 1766-1849 |
Level of description | : Collection |
Extent | : 6 production units. |
Name of creator(s) | : Edward Grace and Co | brokers and merchants |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Edward Grace and Company, later Grace and Jepson, brokers and merchants, traded in slaves, oil and other commodities, in Gambia, Senegal and the West Indies. The firm had premises at 27 Exchange Alley, Cornhill and later, as Grace and Jepson, at 8 Park Cross Street, Leeds.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of Edward Grace and Company, brokers and merchants, comprising correspondence and accounts.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.
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:
The archives were presented to the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1967 by the Business Archives Council. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
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Description Notes
Archivist's note:
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:
November 2010 to January 2011.
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