DOBREE (? SAMUEL DOBREE AND SONS)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 CLC/B/227-063
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: DOBREE (? SAMUEL DOBREE AND SONS)
Date(s)	: 1779-1784
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: Two production units.
Name of creator(s)	: Unknown.

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The name of Peter Dobree is found in a number of places in these ledgers, perhaps as a partner in the business, but the bank cannot be identified from London directories. Samuel Dobree and Sons (later of 6 Tokenhouse Yard) can be found in directories at 65 Old Broad Street from 1800; Dobree and Aubin, merchants, are found at this address 1798-99.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Current account ledgers of a merchant banker, perhaps a predecessor of Samuel Dobree and Sons.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Volumes in 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 by Guildhall Library in 1934. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Allied Materials

Related material:

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.