IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): B/SM
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: SWAINE MINNET AND COMPANY {DISTILLERS} ('MINNITT'S TRUST')
Date(s): 1778 - 1844
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.15 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Coare and Swaine | distillers
Coare, Swaine and Minnitt | distillers
Swaine, Minnet and Co | distillers
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Previously known as Coare and Swaine, then as Coare, Swaine and Minnitt. By 1815 the firm was known as Swaine, Minnet and Company. The distillery was based at 8 Holborn Bridge, City of London. Upon the death of Mrs Mary Minnitt of Bruce Grove, Tottenham, a trust was established know as Minnitt's Trust.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records comprise mainly partnership, family and trust deeds. The inventory (1815) is particularly detailed account of the firm's distillery. Note: various spellings of Minnitt surname are given in the documents and in this catalogue.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English.
System of arrangement:
Arranged as follows:
B/SM/01: PARTNERSHIP;
B/SM/02: PREMISES;
B/SM/03: FAMILY AND TRUST.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright 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:
Records deposited in 1967.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note:
Description compiled by Richard Wiltshire.
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: August 2010.