Scope and arrangement
These items were acquired together, forming a manuscript collection relating to Shelley's Bath upholsterers, English & Becks. Included are letters, documents, and contemporary copies to and from people associated with the following firms: Bell De Young and Co., merchant banking house of Leghorn ; R. G. & H. R. Burfoot, London solicitors ; the Pelican Life Insurance Company ; Tugwell, McKenzie & Co., banking firm ; and the following individuals: Richard Else, Bath solicitor ; Captain Daniel Roberts, superintendant of the building of Shelley's boat ; and Sir Timothy Shelley.|||Items (S'ANA 0510) - (S'ANA 0540) are all filed under "English and Becks" in the SC manuscript file, with the exception of: (S'ANA 0515), filed as (PBS 256a) ; (S'ANA 0522), filed under Timothy Shelley, and (S'ANA 0516) and (S'ANA 0519), filed in the SC oversize drawer.