IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/482
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: NEWTON FAMILY
Date(s): 1760-1961
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 3 production units.
Name of creator(s): Newton | William | 1786-1861 | patent agent
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
William Newton (1786-1861) was a patent agent of Bloomsbury and Herne Bay in Kent.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of William Newton and his family, including historical research and family pedigree.
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 City of London.
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Given to Guildhall Library in 1973-4. The papers were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in 1977. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
Given to Guildhall Library as "Records of the Vincent, Newton, Macken and Baker families" (former refs: MS 16927- 16940) together with records of Papers of Edward Baker (b. 1737), mathematical instrument maker (see CLC/423) and of Zelophead Wyeth Vincent (1755-1840), Citizen and Barber Surgeon (see CLC/512).
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note:
Date(s) of descriptions: Records prepared May to September 2011.