IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/1682
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: BAKER, DANIEL {MERCHANT}
Date(s): 1670-1694
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.16 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Baker | Daniel | fl 1670-1694 | merchant
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Daniel Baker was a merchant based at Hatton Gardens. Hatton Gardens is named after the house built there by Sir Christopher Hatton in 1576, which had been demolished by 1720. The street was first known as Hatton Street, Hatton Gardens being the name for the area between Leather Lane, Saffron Hill, Holborn and Hatton Wall. Until the early 19th century it was a location for gentlemen's homes, with views over the fields towards Pentonville. Shops were permitted only on the lower side. The first jewellers were established there by 1836, and the street has subsequently become the centre of London diamond trade.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Memorandum book of Daniel Baker. A memorandum book was a note-book which was sometimes used to record financial transactions.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
One item
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright rests with the depositor.
Physical characteristics:
Fit
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Received in 1981 (ACC/1682)
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
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: July to October 2009