IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/227-013
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: BALDWIN AND ELLIOTT
Date(s): 1828-1863
Level of description: Collection
Extent: One production unit.
Name of creator(s): Baldwin and Elliott | saddlers and ironmongers
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
James Baldwin (c 1791-1846) set himself up as a saddler and ironmonger at 59 Cannon Street in 1825. In 1829 he moved to 4 Martins Lane and went into partnership with John Hawkins Elliott (1803-1881), who continued to trade at the premises after Baldwin's death, until the firm was taken over by Chase and Fenner in 1870. Elliott served as a common councillor for Candlewick Ward for many years.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Buisness ledger of Baldwin and Elliott, saddlers and ironmongers.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
One item.
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 ledger was given to Guildhall Library in 1953. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note:
Date(s) of descriptions: January to May 2011.