DANIEL HARVEY AND COMPANY
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0074 CLC/B/227-059 |
Held at | : London Metropolitan Archives Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma › |
Full title | : DANIEL HARVEY AND COMPANY |
Date(s) | : 1623-1646 |
Level of description | : Collection |
Extent | : 2 production units. |
Name of creator(s) | : Daniel Harvey and Co | merchants |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Daniel Harvey (1587-1647), a brother of the William Harvey who discovered the circulation of the blood, was a City merchant trading with the Levant. Among his customers was Henry Garraway (Lord Mayor 1639-40), sometime Governor of the Levant Company, of which Harvey was also a Court member.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of Daniel Harvey and Company, merchants, comprising a ledger and loose accounts found inside. The ledger shows trade in silk, velvet and other cloth with merchants in Aleppo, Constantinople [Istanbul], Genoa, Livorno, Naples, Rouen and Hamburg.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
Chronological order.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Purchased at auction in 2001.
Allied Materials
Related material:
London Metropolitan Archives also holds later papers of the Harvey family of Chigwell, Essex. See CLC/460.
Publication note:
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.
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