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

This page summarises records created by this Business

The summary includes a brief description of the collection(s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection), the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection.

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	Add MSS 25494-584
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	CLC/B/227/MS03612
4	1712-24: misc warrants, deeds, accounts, receipts etc	London University: Senate House Library	MS 89, 218, 394, 490
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	SR 0083
7	1721: Parliamentary Reports	London University: London School of Economics Library, Archives and Special Collections	SR 1073
8	1744-53: balance sheets and accounts (1 vol)	London University: London School of Economics Library, Archives and Special Collections	COLL MISC 0017