Collection Level Description: Papers of Jacob Hagen & Sons, Merchants
Reference: MSS. Eng. misc. b. 40-1, b. 43, c. 250-4, c. 283-7, d. 270, f. 77
Title: Papers of Jacob Hagen & Sons, Merchants
Dates of Creation: 1716-1843
Extent: 15 shelfmarks
Language of Material: English
Administrative/Biographical History
Jacob Hagen & Sons, merchants of London.
Scope and Content
Papers relating mainly to the business of Jacob Hagen & Sons, including:
- Accounts, 1716-1801
- Letter-book of Jacob Hagen II, 1743-61
- Diaries of Jacob Hagen II, 1752, 1780-90
- Account book of Jacob Hagen II for domestic expenses, 1785-8
- Copies of letters relating to the affairs of the Pennsylvania Land Company, London, 1723-42
- Copies of deeds and papers relating to the Echunga Estate, South Australia, 1840-53
- Notes relating to commodities in South Australia, c.1841-2
- Miscellaneous papers and letters of the Hagen family, 1740-1843
- Memento 'printed upon the ice, on the River Thames', 14 February 1740, with the name 'Jacob Hagen,
Jun.'
Administrative Information
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The papers were acquired by the Library, 1937-47.
Access Conditions
Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a
valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see
http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/services/admissions/).
Further Information
Finding Aids
M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the
Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 42135-49.
Access Points
Merchants | England | London
Diaries | 18th century
Hagen | Jacob | fl. 1743-1790 | merchant
Hagen | family | merchants
Jacob Hagen & Son, merchants
Pennsylvania Land Company | London
Australia
South Australia
Enquiries
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09 June 2011