Minutes Relating to Messrs Samuel Walker & Co, Rotherham, Iron Founders and Steel Refiners, 1741-1829, and Walkers Parker & Co, Lead Manufacturers, 1788-1893
Details:
- Author(s) John, Arthur H (ed)
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1951
- Pages 78pp; illus
- Publisher Council for Preservation of Business Archives
- Place Published London
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Comprises transcriptions of documents, viz: 'Minutes relating to the proceedings of the foundry company begun by S & A Walker,1741', 1741-1833, [pp1-31]; 'Minutes relating to the lead manufactory begun by Samuel Walker', 1778-1889, [pp33-54]; 'Letters of Samuel Walker & Co and Messrs Boulton & Watt, 1781-1782, concerning the purchase of a steam engine', [pp55-76]. Includes introduction [i-vii] and family tree 'Showing Relationships of Partners in the Iron, Steel and Lead Concerns'. An introductory chapters outlines the businesses and their position in the industry. The documents shed light on employee welfare and on finance of the business in an age before the joint stock form