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Senate House Library, University of London

Notes on Calcutta banking


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 227

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Notes on Calcutta banking

Date(s): (1786-1791) 19th century

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume containing 23 leaves

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Calcutta was the former capital (1772-1912) of British India.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Manuscript volume containing a collection of notes, mainly extracts taken from the Calcutta Gazette in 1786, relating to the Bengal Bank and the General Bank of India, probably written in the 19th century.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Single item.

Conditions governing access:

Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Uncatalogued material may not be seen. 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:

Manuscript folio. Bound in half-morocco.

Finding aids:

Collection level description.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Archival history:

This manuscript was formerly part of the library of Colonel Hyde, Master of the Calcutta Mint.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Part of the Goldsmith's Library of Economic Literature, collected by Herbert Somerton Foxwell and presented by the Goldsmith's Company to the University of London in 1903.

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Smith as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.

Rules or conventions: ISAD(G) 2nd edition, and NCA rules for the construction of personal, place and corporate names (1997).

Date(s) of descriptions: Jul 2000


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Banks | Financial institutions | Finance
Industrial societies | Social systems

Personal names

Corporate names
Bengal Bank
Calcutta Gazette
General Bank of India

Places
Bengal | South Asia
Calcutta | West Bengal | India | South Asia