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MARCH, John (d 1774)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/227-128

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: MARCH, John (d 1774)

Date(s): 1768-1788

Level of description: Collection

Extent: One production unit.

Name of creator(s): March | John | d 1774 | merchant

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

John March (fl 1768-1774) was a Turkey merchant, with premises at 60 Mark Lane. He died sometime between 2 September and 2 December 1774. After that date the firm was taken over by his nephew Thomas March. In the London directory of 1777 the address is given as 58 Leman Street, Goodman's Fields. This is the last reference to the firm traceable in London directories.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Outgoing letters of John March, merchant trading with Turkey.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

One volume.

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:

This item was purchased by Guildhall Library in 1967. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Business records | Documents | Information sources
International trade | Trade
Merchants | Mercantile personnel | Personnel | People by occupation | People
Overseas trade | Trade (practice)

Personal names

Corporate names

Places
City of London | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Turkey | Middle East