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DIXON, MORGAN AND COMPANY


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/069

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: DIXON, MORGAN AND COMPANY

Date(s): 1785-1847

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 5 production units.

Name of creator(s): Dixon, Morgan and Co | wine and spirits traders

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The firm of Dixon, Morgan and Company shipped wine and spirits, specifically from Oporto in Portugal, where it had considerable interests and where many members of the firm were based. It developed from the successive partnerships of numerous wine merchants, starting with Messrs Haughton, Langston and Dixon in the early 18th century. By 1785 the firm was known as Langston and Dixon. By 1800 this had become Dixon, Brett and Morgan, and was based at 13 Savage Gardens. in circa 1810 the name changed again to Dixon, Morgan and Company, which in turn became Morgan Saunders and Company in circa 1835, then Thomas Morgan & Company (moving to 11 Mark Lane) in circa 1840, Morgan jun and Ridge (of 24 Savage Gardens) from circa 1845, and finally Morgan Bros from 1858. It became a limited liability company in 1872, and moved to Clements House, 27 St Clements Lane in circa 1865; 39 Trinity Square in 1872, 16 Mark Lane in 1901, 14 Trinity Square in circa 1925; 20 & 22 Wellington Street, WC in circa 1940 and 23-29 Walbrook in circa 1950. The firm is believed to have been taken over by Crofts in circa 1970.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of Dixon, Morgan and Company, wine and spirits traders, including incoming letters, vouchers, balance sheet and accounts.

ACCESS AND 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 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:

The records were purchased by Guildhall Library in 2006. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Publication note:

For some further (though patchy) information, see Charles Sellers, Oporto Old and New, 1899, Chapter XXI, pp.199-203

DESCRIPTION NOTES 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: November 2010 to January 2011.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Alcoholic beverages | Beverages | Food | Agricultural products
Business records | Documents | Information sources
Wine industry | Food industry | Manufacturing industry | Industry
Wine merchants | Merchants | Mercantile personnel | Personnel | People by occupation | People
Spirits x Alcoholic beverages
Wine x Alcoholic beverages

Personal names

Corporate names
Dixon | Morgan and Co | wine and spirits traders

Places
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Oporto | Portugal | Western Europe | Europe