W. W. POWNALL AND COMPANY

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 CLC/B/227-193
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: W. W. POWNALL AND COMPANY
Date(s)	: 1895-1898
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: One production unit.
Name of creator(s)	: W.W. Pownall and Company | wine merchants

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

WW Pownall and Company took over as proprietors of The Australian Wine Company in 1887-8, at which time the company was at 4 Mill Street, Hanover Square. It moved to 57 St Mary Axe in 1897.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Letter book of BW Bagenal, agent in Australia of WW Pownall and Company, wine merchants, containing copies of his correspondence with Australian wine producers sent out from his offices in Melbourne. It ends in February 1898, when he was recalled to London.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

One item.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

This volume was transferred to the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1994 having originally been deposited in the Printed Books Section of the Library in 1971 by the Institute of Masters of Wine as part of their collection of printed books. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

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Description Notes

Archivist's note:

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:
January to May 2011.