HC1 - House Correspondence 1 - General

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HC1 - House Correspondence 1 - General

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Reference Number: HC1

Description: This includes papers relating to the private and personal business of partners, of private clients and of staff. The most important groups are: Papers relating to staff - memoranda relating to conditions of employment, papers relating to recruitment, letters from staff relating to their employment [HC1.14]; Correspondence sent to the firm by partners when absent on business [HC1.20]; Papers from a box marked 'Old Firm Documents' covering a wide range of subjects of central importance to the business [HC1.204].The House Correspondence comprises the most important part of Barings' nineteenth century archives (although the ledgers and other account books occupy more space). In the late-1820s record keeping procedures were reorganised and from 1830 each year a deed box was opened to hold the most important letters received by the firm in the previous year. Most were received by partners and therefore relate to the most important transactions; there is relatively little material relating to routine business. The letters were bundled up according to their geographical area of origin and not by name of correspondent. Storing the letters in such an organised and secure way doubtless ensured their survival, an assertion supported by the non-survival of virtually all the pre-1830 correspondence.

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