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Senate House Library, University of London

Letter relating to the French cloth trade


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 135

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Letter relating to the French cloth trade

Date(s): 1780, 1783

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: Single sheet.

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

No information available at present.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Manuscript letter appointing Louis Casimir Brown Inspector of Manufactures in Caen producing cloth or materials used in its treatment, 15 Sep 1780. With the signature of Jacques Necker, Director General of Finances, the signature of the Intendant of Caen, and a note dated 27 Feb 1783 of registration by the greffiers of the bailliage of Caen.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: French

System of arrangement:

Single sheet.

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:

Applied seal.

Finding aids:

Collection level description.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Part of the Goldsmith's Library of Economic Literature, initially collected by Herbert Somerton Foxwell and presented by the Goldsmith's Company to the University of London in 1903.

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

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

Rules or conventions: ISAD(G) 2nd edition, and NCA rules for the construction of personal, place and corporate names (1997).

Date(s) of descriptions: Aug 2000


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Textile industry | Manufacturing industry | Industry

Personal names
Brown | Louis Casimir | fl 1780-1783 | French textile inspector
Necker | Jacques | fl 1780-1783 | Inspector General of Finances

Corporate names

Places
Caen | France | Western Europe | Europe