IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 627
Held at: Senate House Library, University of London
Title: Carte, John
Date(s): 1793-1815
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 2 volumes
Name of creator(s): Carte | John | fl 1793-1815 | glazier
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
No information available at present.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Two manuscript volumes containing accounts of John Carte of Ampthill, giving details of work done as a glazier, and, less frequently, as a plumber and decorator, 1793-1811. Customers are named, as are their places of residence, mostly in the immediate vicinity of Ampthill. Inserted loosely are four bills addressed to Carte for plumbing equipment and glass supplied from Birmingham and London, 1810-1815.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
2 volumes
Conditions governing access:
Access to the items in the collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the controlled environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Access to archive collections may be restricted under the Freedom of Information Act. Please contact the University Archivist for details.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.
Physical characteristics:
192 x 160mm
Finding aids:
Collection level description.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Archival history:
These volumes were formerly deposited in the Bedfordshire Record Office (Ref: DXX 168/90-1).
Immediate source of acquisition:
Bought from Stanley Crowe in 1964.
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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: Oct 2001