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NICHOLLS AND LEATHERDALE


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/026-4

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: NICHOLLS AND LEATHERDALE

Date(s): 1868 Jan- 1884 Jan

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 1 production unit.

Name of creator(s): Nicholls and Leatherdale | insolvency accountants

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Francis Nicholls White and Company originated before 1858 as Robinson, Nicholls and Company of 13 Old Jewry, London. In 1863 the name was changed to Francis Nicholls White and Company, in 1866 to Nicholls and Leatherdale and, in 1885, back to Francis Nicholls White and Company. From its beginnings, the firm practised as accountants dealing only with insolvency matters; it also acted as proprietors of a debt collection business known as the British Mercantile Agency and of a number of trade associations. The practice continued at 13/14 Old Jewry Chambers until 1924 when it moved to 73 Cheapside; in 1954 it moved to 19 Eastcheap. In 1967 the firm amalgamated with Parkin S Booth and Company.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of Nicholls and Leatherdale, insolvency accountants, comprising a private ledger.

Access is restricted to records less than 30 years old where specified and 24 hours notice is required for access to all the records.

ACCESS AND 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:

Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.

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 archives of Booth White together with those of Nicholls and Leatherdale, Francis Nicholls White and Company, the British Mercantile Agency and its trade protection associations, and Parkin S Booth and Company were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library on 12 November 1992 by Booth White through P Granville White via the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Publication note:

For a brief history of Booth White and its constituent bodies see P. Granville White, Booth White & Co (1983) (available in the collection, see CLC/B/026/MS28898).

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: November 2010 to January 2011.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Accountancy | Occupations
Accountants | Business people | People by occupation | People
Business records | Documents | Information sources
Insolvency | Finance

Personal names

Corporate names
Francis Nicholls White and Co | insolvency accountants
Nicholls and Leatherdale | insolvency accountants

Places
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe