IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/423
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: BAKER FAMILY
Date(s): 1770-1824
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 2 production units.
Name of creator(s): Baker | Edward | b 1757 | mathematical instrument maker
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Edward Baker, mathematical instrument maker, was born in 1737. He was a freeman of the Merchant Taylor's Company.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Edward Baker, mathematical instrument maker, comprising a letter book containing correspondence with family, and a genealogy of the Baker family 1650-1776. The papers were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in 1977.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Two items in chronological order.
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:
Given to Guildhall Library as "Records of the Vincent, Newton, Macken and Baker families" (former refs: MS 16927- 16940) together with records of William Newton (1786-1861) of Bloomsbury and Herne Bay in Kent (see CLC/482); and of Zelophead Wyeth Vincent (1755-1840), Citizen and Barber Surgeon (see CLC/512).
Immediate source of acquisition:
Given to Guildhall Library in 1973-4. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note:
Date(s) of descriptions: Records prepared May to September 2011.