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South Sea Co (Company of Merchants Trading to the South Seas)

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Date: 1711-1856
Places:
  • London
Functions, occupations and activities: Shops, merchants and distributors > Overseas merchants
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/C121720 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/B5213 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1711-1856: directors, general and committee minutes, official copies of home letters and memorials, petitions, instructions
British Library, Manuscript Collections
2
c1711-33: minutes, accounts, reports, subscriptions books etc
Parliamentary Archives
See MF Bond Guide to the records of Parliament 1971
3
1711-1765: corresp and receipts
The London Archives: City of London
4
1712-24: misc warrants, deeds, accounts, receipts etc
London University: Senate House Library
5
1720-1853: register of clerks
The London Archives: City of London
See Accessions to Repositories 1979
6
1720: notebook
London University: London School of Economics Library, Archives and Special Collections
7
1721: Parliamentary Reports
London University: London School of Economics Library, Archives and Special Collections
8
1744-53: balance sheets and accounts (1 vol)
London University: London School of Economics Library, Archives and Special Collections