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Baker, Jonathan


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 527

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Baker, Jonathan

Date(s): 1765-1800

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume containing 127 leaves

Name of creator(s): Baker | Jonathan | fl 1765-1800 | cobbler

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Jonathan Baker was probably a cobbler somewhere in Gloucestershire.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Notebook compiled by Jonathan Baker containing mathematical problems and tables, dated 29 July 1765. The notebook was also used for entering his accounts between 1782 and 1796, with some later, more general, additions to 1800, mostly relating to his work as a cobbler, but also accounts of household expenses and rents received. The accounts mention places between Cirencester and Newnham.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Single item.

Conditions governing access:

Access to the items in the collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the controlled environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Access to archive collections may be restricted under the Freedom of Information Act. 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:

7¼" x 6". In original boards with vellum spine.

Finding aids:

Collection level description.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Bought from W.A. Myers, Ltd. in 1960.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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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
Accounting | Financial administration | Finance
Mathematics

Personal names
Baker | Jonathan | fl 1765-1800 | cobbler

Corporate names

Places
Avon | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Cirencester | Gloucestershire | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Newnham | Gloucestershire | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe