IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/227-098
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: HURT, William (MERCHANT AND OFFICIAL OF EAST INDIA COMPANY)
Date(s): 1632-1636
Level of description: Collection
Extent: One production unit.
Name of creator(s): Various.
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
William Hurt was a merchant of Bishopsgate and official of the East India Company, while his nephew Thomas Rogers was a factor for the Company. Although Hurt and Rogers were both employed by the East India Company, and Rogers' letters contain much about the Company's business, they appear to be private correspondence.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Letters to William Hurt from Thomas Rogers, writing from Surrat (Surat), Mesulapatam (Masulipatam) and Gulcondah (Golconda, now Hyderabad).
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
1 folder containing 13 sheets.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
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 letters were copied in 1992 for Guildhall Library by a private individual who owns the original letters which came from the collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps. 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.