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HARRIS, WILLIAM {HATTER}


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 O/437

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: HARRIS, WILLIAM {HATTER}

Date(s): 1838-1882

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 0.01 linear metres

Name of creator(s): Harris | William | fl 1838-1882 | hatter

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

William Harris was the stepson of James Crowcher of Portsea, Hampshire, a labourer. He was apprenticed to Thomas Ellyett of Portsea, hatter, for seven years. He subsequently leased a house and workshop at 5 Upper Ashby Street, Northampton Square, Finsbury.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of William Harris, hatter, comprising apprenticeship indenture for William Harris, 1838; leases of messuage with workshop in the rear, 1868 and 1882.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Three documents in chronological order.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright rests with the City of London.

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:

Donated to the Archive in 1975.

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


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Apprenticeship indenture | Apprenticeship records | Documents | Information sources
Hat making | Manufacturing industry | Industry
Hat trade | Clothing trade | Trade (practice)
Hatters | Clothing workers | Textile industry personnel | Personnel | People by occupation | People
Leases (documents) | Title deeds | Deeds | Documents | Information sources

Personal names
Harris | William | fl 1838-1882 | hatter

Corporate names

Places