MOCATTA AND GOLDSMID LIMITED

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 CLC/B/161
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: MOCATTA AND GOLDSMID LIMITED
Date(s)	: 1762-1947
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 71 production units.
Name of creator(s)	: Mocatta and Goldsmid Ltd | bullion brokers

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Active from the late 17th century, the Mocatta family went into partnership with the Goldsmids in 1779 in the businesses of banking and bullion broking and dealing. They have had London offices at Grigsby's Coffee House, Threadneedle Street; 61 Threadneedle Street; King's Arms Yard; Throgmorton Avenue; and Finsbury Circus.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of Mocatta and Goldsmid Limited, bullion brokers, comprising: partnership records, 1874-1930, financial records, 1762-1947; agreements, contracts and related papers, 1912-36; records relating to B E Mocatta, 1913-22; correspondence, 1798-1817; and miscellaneous items, 1883-1945.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.

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:

Ms 10399-400 were deposited by the company in 1959; Ms 18637-65 were deposited in 1979. They were catalogued in 1959 and 1979 respectively. 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.