BARTON, John, 1789-1852, economist

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0097 SR 1088
Held at	: British Library of Political and Economic Science   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.lse.ac.uk/library ›
Full title	: BARTON, John, 1789-1852, economist
Date(s)	: [1814-1849]
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 1 volume
Name of creator(s)	: possibly Barton | John | 1789-1852 | economist

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Possibly created by John Barton (1789-1852) an economist who lived in Chichester, was well known as a Quaker businessman and man of letters and wrote 'The influence of machinery on labour'. He was also a promoter of, and lecturer at, the Chichester Mechanics Institute (later part of the Literary and Philosophical Society).

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Commonplace book of John Barton, [1814-1849], containing statistics, notes on the economic condition of the UK, Europe and the USA, draft essays and cuttings of his letters to the press.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

1 volume.

Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

No copyright restrictions. No documents may be photocopied.

Finding aids:

No further list required.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Bought in 1952.

Allied Materials

Related material:

National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.

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:
Apr 2001