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JOHN MOTTEUX AND COMPANY


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/227-110

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: JOHN MOTTEUX AND COMPANY

Date(s): 1772-1775

Level of description: Collection

Extent: One production unit.

Name of creator(s): John Motteux and Co | merchants

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

John Motteux and Company were merchants, with premises at 11 Walbrook.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of John Motteux and Company, merchants, comprising letters from the company's agent in L'Orient (Brittany) and Paris.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

1 envelope containing 11 double sheets.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

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Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Purchased by Guildhall Library in 1991. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

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.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Business records | Documents | Information sources
International trade | Trade
Merchants | Mercantile personnel | Personnel | People by occupation | People
Overseas trade | Trade (practice)
Shipping | Maritime transport | Transport
Water transport

Personal names

Corporate names
John Motteux and Co | merchants

Places
Brittany | France | Western Europe | Europe
City of London | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Paris | France | Western Europe | Europe