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Senate House Library, University of London

Report on the state of coinage in Barcelona


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 483

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Report on the state of coinage in Barcelona

Date(s): 1714

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: Printed volume containing 2 manuscript leaves and annotations

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The report relates to the enquiry into the financial administration of James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope, as Commander-in-Chief of the British Army in Catalonia in 1708, in particular to the recoining of silver sent to Spain from Italy during the War of Spanish Succession (1701-1714).

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Manuscript report entitled 'A State of the Coynage in Barcelona', [1714], with a note that 'This paper was attested upon oath before the Commissioners of Accounts the 14th day of May 1714 by Mr. [John] Mead'. The remainder of the volume comprises a printed copy of the answer of James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope, to allegations concerning his financial administration as Commander-in-Chief of the British Army in Catalonia during 1708, and contains manuscript annotations in Stanhope's hand.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Uncatalogued material may not be seen. Please contact the University Archivist for details.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Physical characteristics:

7½" x 4½"

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Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Bound in a Goldsmiths' Library volume lettered 'Stanhope - Answer to Report of Commissioners sent into Spain' (1714). (G.L. Cat 5160). It is possible that this volume was owned by Lord Stanhope.

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.

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: Aug 2001


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Coinage | Antiquities | Works of art | Arts
Financial audit | Budgetary control | Budgets | Finance
Military expenditure | Public expenditure | Public finance | Finance
Money | Financial resources | Finance
Movable cultural property

Personal names
Mead | John | fl 1714 | [accountant]
Stanhope | James | 1673-1721 | 1st Earl Stanhope | soldier and statesman x Stanhope | 1st Earl

Corporate names

Places
Barcelona | Spain | Western Europe | Europe
Catalonia | Spain | Western Europe | Europe