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Lee, John: letter (1877)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 AL264

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Lee, John: letter (1877)

Date(s): 1877

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 1 sheet

Name of creator(s): Lee | John | fl 1877 | of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal Company

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

No information was available at the time of compilation.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Letter from John Lee of the Traffic Manager's Office, Leeds and Liverpool Canal Company, Old Hall Street, Liverpool to E Hailstone of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal Office, Leeds, 17 Jan 1877. Thanking him for the loan of the Bridgewater Canal Acts 'which I have perused in conjunction with our Leigh Branch Act'. Discusses the matter of tolls leviable by the Bridgewater Canal Company: 'In the case of one of our boats they have charge a much higher rate of toll than I feel disposed to pay, and before settling with them I am desirous to know what their powers really are'. Written in another hand and signed by Lee.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

See hard copy catalogue.

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. Please contact the University Archivist for details. 24 hours notice is required for research visits.

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:

Finding aids:

Typescript catalogue available in the Library's Palaeography Room.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

See archivist

Immediate source of acquisition:

Found inserted in a volume of Bridgewater Canal Acts, 1759-1795 - classmark: [G.L.] 1759 fol.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

A photostatic copy and a microfilm copy of the text are held by the University of Viriginia.

Related material:

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Anya Turner.

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: July 2008


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Canal companies | Canal construction | Construction industry | Industry
Canal navigation and inland waterways legislation | Transport legislation | Legislation | Law
Tolls | Taxation | Fiscal policy | Finance
Navigation (engineering)
Transport companies

Personal names
Lee | John | fl 1877 | of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal Company

Corporate names
Bridgewater Canal Company
Leeds and Liverpool Canal Company

Places