Item COR_002 - Letter stating permission to display "By appointment to His Royal Highness, the Price of Wales".

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MT NAM PDE_0053-COR-COR_002

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Letter stating permission to display "By appointment to His Royal Highness, the Price of Wales".

Date(s)

  • 4th November 1862 (Creation)

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Extent and medium

1 digital surrogate of handwritten correspondence on paper

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Archival history

Private deposit by Ms Doreen Curmi and Louise Zammit La Rosa, grand daughters of the last owner of the business: Arthur Rizzo Marich.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Private deposit by Ms Doreen Curmi and Louise Zammit La Rosa, grand daughters of the last owner of the business: Arthur Rizzo Marich.

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Scope and content

A letter dated 4th November 1862 to Vincenzo Marich from the Private Secretary to the Government of Malta informing him that he was given permission to display "By appointment to His Royal Highness, the Price of Wales" over the door of his establishment.

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2 of 36 digitized paper documents

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Language of material

  • Ingliż

Script of material

  • Latin

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Size of paper document: 20.8cm x 34cm
Size of digitized document: 3624 x 5871 - 771MB
Mounted/not mounted: letter mounted to card
Physical condition: slightly torn paper document - item re-housed and placed in Melinex polyester film

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References:
Toledo, N. (2022). The Rizzo Marich Dynasty: And the tobacco industry in Malta (1st ed.). BDL Books.

Zarb-Dimech, A. (2022, December 4). The ‘Rizzo Marich’ Dynasty and the Tobacco industry in Malta. The Malta Independent. https://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2022-12-04/newspaper-lifestyleculture/The-Rizzo-Marich-Dynasty-and-the-Tobacco-industry-in-Malta-6736247977

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Date of cataloguing: 02/12/2024

Language(s)

  • Ingliż

Script(s)

  • Latin

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Archivist's note

Catalogued by: Sabrina Calleja Jackson

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