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Senate House Library, University of London

Account book, Sussex farm


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 688

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Account book, Sussex farm

Date(s): 1811-1821

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume containing 51 leaves

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

No information available at present.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Manuscipt volume, consisting of an account book for a farm near Funtington, Sussex, giving expenses for building, 1811-1813, farming expenses, including poor rates, land tax and tithes, 1814-1821, and 'Profits of Farm', 1814-1821.

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:

7" x 4½". Bound in leather.

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 and Co. in 1966.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

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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: Nov 2001


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Accounting | Financial administration | Finance
Agriculture

Personal names

Corporate names

Places
Funtington | Sussex | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe