IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0097 SR 1088
Held at: British Library of Political and Economic Science
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 AND 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.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
No further list required.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Bought in 1952.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.
Date(s) of descriptions: Apr 2001