HURT, William (MERCHANT AND OFFICIAL OF EAST INDIA COMPANY)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 CLC/B/227-098
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: HURT, William (MERCHANT AND OFFICIAL OF EAST INDIA COMPANY)
Date(s)	: 1632-1636
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: One production unit.
Name of creator(s)	: Various.

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

William Hurt was a merchant of Bishopsgate and official of the East India Company, while his nephew Thomas Rogers was a factor for the Company. Although Hurt and Rogers were both employed by the East India Company, and Rogers' letters contain much about the Company's business, they appear to be private correspondence.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Letters to William Hurt from Thomas Rogers, writing from Surrat (Surat), Mesulapatam (Masulipatam) and Gulcondah (Golconda, now Hyderabad).

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

1 folder containing 13 sheets.

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:

The letters were copied in 1992 for Guildhall Library by a private individual who owns the original letters which came from the collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps. 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:
January to May 2011.