IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/192-30
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: PATRIOTIC ASSURANCE COMPANY
Date(s): 1900-1924
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 14 production units.
Name of creator(s): Patriotic Assurance Co
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Patriotic Assurance Company of Dublin was established in circa 1824. It merged with the Sun Insurance Office in 1906.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Patriotic Assurance Company records comprise foreign letter books 1901-7; investment ledger 1903-24; and notes on foreign agencies 1900-20.
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:
48 hours notice required for access.
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:
These records were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library by Sun Alliance in 1987 and 1994. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
See also letter books in the Sun Insurance Office papers: CLC/B/192/DA/046/MS18244 and CLC/B/192/DA/047/MS24714.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's 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.