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Jones, H: letter (1841)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 AL287

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Jones, H: letter (1841)

Date(s): 1841

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 2 leaves (1 blank)

Name of creator(s): Jones | H | fl 1841 | naval officer and honorary secretary of the Property Tax Association

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

No information was available at the time of compilation.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Letter from H Jones of 54 Dorset Street, Fleet Street, London to Colonel [Charles Richard] Fox, 24 Jun 1841. Covering letter (written on behalf of the Property Tax Association) to a printed copy of Joshua Scholefield's speech, (made in the House of Commons on 23 Mar 1841) proposing that a property tax be substituted for the existing customs and excise taxes. Jones forecasts that the proposed property tax 'is likely to become a populat topic at the [forthcoming] elections' and expresses the hope that Fox would be elected MP for Tower Hamlets. Autograph, with signature.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

See hard copy catalogue.

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. Please contact the University Archivist for details. 24 hours notice is required for research visits.

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:

Finding aids:

Typescript catalogue available in the Library's Palaeography Room.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

See archivist

Immediate source of acquisition:

Found enclosed in a Goldsmiths' Library volume Scholefield - Speech on the substitution of a property tax - classmark [G.L.] 1841

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

A photostatic copy and a microfilm copy of the text are held by the University of Viriginia.

Related material:

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Anya Turner.

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: July 2008


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Customs and excise legislation | Legislation | Law
Property tax | Taxation | Fiscal policy | Finance
Speeches | Literary forms and genres | Literature

Personal names
Jones | H | fl 1841 | naval officer and honorary secretary of the Property Tax Association
Scholefield | Joshua | 1744-1844 | MP, banker, and merchant

Corporate names
House of Commons
Property Tax Association

Places
Tower Hamlets | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe