IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0103 MS ADD 132
Held at: University College London
Title: Helsby Family Scrapbook
Date(s): c1460-1903
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 volume
Name of creator(s): Helsby | Thomas | fl 1882 | historian
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
An antiquary and local historian; revised and enlarged George Ormerod's The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester (first published, 1819) for its second edition (3 volumes, London, 1882); a member of Lincoln's Inn.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Scrapbook of letters, legal documents and genealogical notes of the Lancashire and Cheshire Helsby families, including correspondence between members of the firm of Thomas Helsby and Sons in Liverpool and South America (c1828-1835).
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Closed. Please contact UCL Special Collections Team for further information.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.
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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Purchased in 1965.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
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Date(s) of descriptions: 1999, revised Jul 2001