London's Literary Merchants

Citation

Vine A (2022) London's Literary Merchants. London Metropolitan Archives [Online newsletter] 12.08.2022. https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-to-do/history-and-heritage/london-metropolitan-archives/collections/londons-literary-merchants?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter&utm_term=2022-03

Abstract
First paragraph: LMA’s collections are full of intriguing records of seventeenth-century merchant life. We might think, for example, of the sixteen books (CLC/509/MSS05100–05110) of Sir William Turner (1615–93), a London textiles merchant, and a leading figure in the Merchant Taylors’ Company. This collection of handwritten volumes, many still in their original bindings or wrappers, includes expenses books, cash books, sales books, letter books, purchase books, stock books, and journals. Together, these sixteen books constitute one of the most extensive surviving business archives from the early modern world.