Paterson, William, 1842-1914 (merchant)
Person
Biography
William Paterson was a Partner of Jardine, Matheson & Co., 1875-1887.
Found in 40 Collections and/or Records:
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Correspondence of senior partners, 1906-1908
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/K41
Scope and Contents
Private and personal letters of partners of Jardine, Matheson & Co., mainly regarding the retirement of Herbert Irving-Bell from Yokohama. Much of the correspondence is between Sir R.W.B. Jardine and William Keswick. The other correspondents include C.E. Anton, Aubrey Brocklebank, W.J. Gresson, H. Irving-Bell, Messrs J.C. & A. Steuart, Henry Keswick, J.J. Keswick, W. Paterson, Sir W.G. Armstrong & Co., and Henry Wenham. Most of the letters are manuscript originals, but there are...
Dates:
1906-1908
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Access to the collection is subject to special conditions and is at the discretion of Matheson and Co. Ltd, part of the Jardine Matheson Group. A statement of the conditions and an application form are available in the Manuscripts Reading Room. Printed copies of the form are available by post (please contact the University Library). An electronic version can also be found at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_application_form_2024_02.pdf.
Records described in the catalogue as being in a bad condition are in a fragile state that precludes them being made available to readers.
Access is generally available to documents dated up to 1969. Access to some earlier records may be restricted under the terms of the Data Protection Act, 1998.
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Correspondence on the Rawang Tin Mining Co. Ltd, 1887-1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/K26
Scope and Contents
Copies of correspondence between Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, and Messrs W.R. Scott & Co., Singapore, regarding the Rawang Tin Mining Company Ltd. The correspondence is in two parts. The first part consists of manuscript and press copies of correspondence between W.R. Scott & Co. and Jardine Matheson, 5 March 1889-8 May 1889, regarding the Rawang Tin Mining Concession. This includes a cutting of an article from the 'Straits Times', 9 April 1889, which is mentioned in Jardine,...
Dates:
1887-1889
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Access to the collection is subject to special conditions and is at the discretion of Matheson and Co. Ltd, part of the Jardine Matheson Group. A statement of the conditions and an application form are available in the Manuscripts Reading Room. Printed copies of the form are available by post (please contact the University Library). An electronic version can also be found at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_application_form_2024_02.pdf.
Records described in the catalogue as being in a bad condition are in a fragile state that precludes them being made available to readers.
Access is generally available to documents dated up to 1969. Access to some earlier records may be restricted under the terms of the Data Protection Act, 1998.
Item
Grant of the Selangor mining concession, 1887
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/F12/5
Scope and Contents
A wrapper containing a draft of a grant by William Paterson of Shanghai, merchant, to the Rawang Tin Mining Company Ltd of a mining concession in the State of Selangor, dated Singapore, 1887.
Dates:
1887
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Access to the collection is subject to special conditions and is at the discretion of Matheson and Co. Ltd, part of the Jardine Matheson Group. A statement of the conditions and an application form are available in the Manuscripts Reading Room. Printed copies of the form are available by post (please contact the University Library). An electronic version can also be found at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_application_form_2024_02.pdf.
Records described in the catalogue as being in a bad condition are in a fragile state that precludes them being made available to readers.
Access is generally available to documents dated up to 1969. Access to some earlier records may be restricted under the terms of the Data Protection Act, 1998.
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Letters from A.F. Angus and W. Paterson, June 1875-Oct. 1875
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/D7/4
Scope and Contents
Copies (mostly press copies) of letters from Alexander Forbes Angus and William Paterson, agents of Jardine Matheson, Foochow, with related bills of lading, characters of tea, and invoices. Most of the letters are to correspondents in Australia and New Zealand, but there are also some to Burma, India and Great Britain. In some cases the name of the author is not included, and the signatory is given as the agent for Jardine, Matheson & Co. The addressees include Captain Bezer; Brown &...
Dates:
June 1875-Oct. 1875
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Access to the collection is subject to special conditions and is at the discretion of Matheson and Co. Ltd, part of the Jardine Matheson Group. A statement of the conditions and an application form are available in the Manuscripts Reading Room. Printed copies of the form are available by post (please contact the University Library). An electronic version can also be found at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_application_form_2024_02.pdf.
Records described in the catalogue as being in a bad condition are in a fragile state that precludes them being made available to readers.
Access is generally available to documents dated up to 1969. Access to some earlier records may be restricted under the terms of the Data Protection Act, 1998.
sub-sub-subseries
Letters from Shanghai, 1862-1884
sub-sub-subseries
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/D1/1/3
Scope and Contents
Press copies of letters from R.A. Houstoun, F.B. Johnson, J.J. Keswick, William Keswick, John Macgregor, Henry Murray, William Paterson, Edward Whittall and James Whittall, Shanghai, to correspondents in China and Japan, including partners and employees of Jardine, Matheson & Co. Many of the letters are from F.B. Johnson.
Dates:
1862-1884
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Access to the collection is subject to special conditions and is at the discretion of Matheson and Co. Ltd, part of the Jardine Matheson Group. A statement of the conditions and an application form are available in the Manuscripts Reading Room. Printed copies of the form are available by post (please contact the University Library). An electronic version can also be found at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_application_form_2024_02.pdf.
Records described in the catalogue as being in a bad condition are in a fragile state that precludes them being made available to readers.
Access is generally available to documents dated up to 1969. Access to some earlier records may be restricted under the terms of the Data Protection Act, 1998.
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Letters from W. Keswick, H. Magniac and J . Whittall, Jan. 1870-Dec. 1870
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/D1/1/2/3/12
Scope and Contents
Press copies of letters from William Keswick, Herbert Magniac, James Whittall and Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, to correspondents in Foochow. Most of the letters are to William Paterson, but there are also some to T.G. Glover and R.F. Hamilton. An accompanying label describes the contents of the bundle as 'Private Correspondence to Foochow 1870'.
Dates:
Jan. 1870-Dec. 1870
Conditions Governing Access:
Twenty-three letters have been removed due to their bad condition and are not available to readers.
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Letters from W. Keswick, H. Magniac and J. Whittall, Jan. 1872-Dec. 1872
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/D1/1/2/3/14
Scope and Contents
Press copies of letters from William Keswick, Herbert Magniac and James Whittall, Hong Kong, to correspondents in Foochow. Most of the letters are addressed to William Paterson, but there are also some to Alexander Forbes Angus. The bundle also includes a few letters to John Dodd, Tamsui, and Edmund Pye, Amoy. An accompanying label describes the contents of the bundle as 'Private Letters to Foochow 1872'.
Dates:
Jan. 1872-Dec. 1872
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Access to the collection is subject to special conditions and is at the discretion of Matheson and Co. Ltd, part of the Jardine Matheson Group. A statement of the conditions and an application form are available in the Manuscripts Reading Room. Printed copies of the form are available by post (please contact the University Library). An electronic version can also be found at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_application_form_2024_02.pdf.
Records described in the catalogue as being in a bad condition are in a fragile state that precludes them being made available to readers.
Access is generally available to documents dated up to 1969. Access to some earlier records may be restricted under the terms of the Data Protection Act, 1998.
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Letters from William Keswick and James Whittall, Jan. 1871-Dec. 1871
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/D1/1/2/3/13
Scope and Contents
Press copies of letters from William Keswick and James Whittall, Hong Kong, to correspondents in Foochow, mainly William Paterson. An accompanying label describes the contents of the bundle as 'Copies of letters written to Foochow during 1871'.
Dates:
Jan. 1871-Dec. 1871
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Access to the collection is subject to special conditions and is at the discretion of Matheson and Co. Ltd, part of the Jardine Matheson Group. A statement of the conditions and an application form are available in the Manuscripts Reading Room. Printed copies of the form are available by post (please contact the University Library). An electronic version can also be found at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_application_form_2024_02.pdf.
Records described in the catalogue as being in a bad condition are in a fragile state that precludes them being made available to readers.
Access is generally available to documents dated up to 1969. Access to some earlier records may be restricted under the terms of the Data Protection Act, 1998.
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Private letters: Canton, 1813-1872
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/B2/2
Scope and Contents
The correspondents include the following names:Rutherford Alcock; John Anderson (of London); Peter Anderson; William Henry Anderson; George A. Archer; J.H. Astell.Samuel Ball; James Bannerman (of the East India Co.); Bartolomeu Barretto; Antonio Lourenço Barretto and Co.; William Baynes; Thomas Beale; Thomas Chay Beale; Beale and Co.; Robert Berry; Francis B. Birley; Birley and Co.; John Blain; George Blight; W.O. Bokee; Bomnajee Hormasjee (Bomanjee Hormarjee); William...
Dates:
1813-1872
Conditions Governing Access:
The original letters are not available to readers, but microfilm copies may be ordered in the Manuscripts Reading Room - Reels 28 (letters P1-199), 29 (P200-648), 30 (P649-1155), 282 (P1156-1518), 283 (P1519-1761), 284 (P1762-2072), 285 (P2073-2308) and 286 (2309-2492).
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Private letters: Foochow and River Min, 1854-1880
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/B2/9
Scope and Contents
The correspondents include Rutherford Alcock; Walter E. Allum; Alexander Forbes Angus (tea inspector for Jardine, Matheson and Co.); Viscomte Brenier de Montmorand (French Consul-General, Shanghai); Francis Bulkeley Bulkeley-Johnson (also Francis Bulkeley Johnson, afterwards Bulkeley-Johnson); Charles Carroll; Thomas H. Chapman (of Dent and Co.); Richard Bell Davies; Albert Deacon; A. Fincham; British merchants at Foochow, 1866; William Raymond Gingell; Thomas Gibson Glover (Captain of the...
Dates:
1854-1880
Conditions Governing Access:
The original letters are not available to readers, but microfilm copies may be ordered in the Manuscripts Reading Room - Reels 581 (P1-114), 582 (P115-406) and 583 (P407-626).
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Private letters: Hong Kong, 1829-1886
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/B2/12
Scope and Contents
The correspondents include Major Edward Aldrich (Royal Engineers); William Henry Alexander (Registrar, Supreme Court, Hong Kong); Harvey F. Allan; Walter E. Allum; Arbuthnot and Co.; [ ] Armstrong; Hugh Piercy Austin (of Jardine, Matheson and Co.); Bartolomeu Antonio Barretto; Charles William Barry (Captain, Royal Engineers); Thomas Bell M.D. (of Ecclefechan and S.S. 'Pekin' and S.S. 'Singapore'); John Bell-Irving; John Bowring; John Charles Bowring; William Sprott Boyd (also Thomas Podé,...
Dates:
1829-1886
Conditions Governing Access:
The original letters are not available to readers, but microfilm copies may be ordered in the Manuscripts Reading Room - Reels 120 (P1-408), 121 (P409-723) and 122 (P724-1090).
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Private letters: Kiukiang, 1865-1872
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/B2/15
Scope and Contents
The correspondents include Robert Anderson (of Robert Anderson & Co., Kiukiang and Hankow); Francis Bulkeley Bulkeley-Johnson (also Francis Bulkeley Johnson, afterwards Bulkeley-Johnson); Thomas Hunt & Co.; William Keswick; William Paterson (partner, Jardine, Matheson & Co.); William Fellowes Russell (of Thomas Hunt & Co.); and Edward Whittall.
Dates:
1865-1872
Conditions Governing Access:
The original letters are not available to readers, but microfilm copies may be ordered in the Manuscripts Reading Room - Reel 31.
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Private letters: London, 1814-1882
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/B1/10
Scope and Contents
The correspondents include Aldridge and Blackwell; John H. Alley; John Lavicourt Anderdon; William Henry Anderson; Alexander Forbes Angus (tea inspector for Jardine, Matheson and Co.); [ ] Armstrong; Samuel Ball; Baring, Brothers and Co.; Samuel George Bonham; Boorman, Johnston and Co.; John Bowring; [ ] Brown; Francis Bulkeley Bulkeley-Johnson (also Francis Bulkeley Johnson, afterwards Bulkeley-Johnson); Charles John Canning, Lord Canning; Lieutenant-Colonel Francisco de Castro; Samuel W....
Dates:
1814-1882
Conditions Governing Access:
The original letters are not available to readers, but microfilm copies may be ordered in the Manuscripts Reading Room - Reel 463.
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Private letters: Shanghai, 1844-1888
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/B2/23
Scope and Contents
The correspondents include Thomas Allen; Walter E. Allum; Robert Anderson (of Robert Anderson and Co., Kiukiang and Hankow); Robert Crawfurd Antrobus; Benjamin Parke Avery; Edward William Batt (of Jardine, Matheson and Co., then G. Barnet and Co.); John Thomas Batt (of Jardine, Matheson and Co.); John Bell-Irving; John Bowring; Brand, Monro and Co.; Frederick William Adolphus Bruce; J.J. Buchheister; Francis Bulkeley Bulkeley-Johnson (also Francis Bulkeley Johnson, afterwards...
Dates:
1844-1888
Conditions Governing Access:
The original letters are not available to readers, but microfilm copies may be ordered in the Manuscripts Reading Room - Reels 424 (P1-255), 425 (P256-454), 426 (P455-584), 427 (P585-740), 428 (P741-918), 429 (P919-1109), 430 (P1110-1380) and 431 (P1382-1411). No. P1381 has not been microfilmed.
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Private letters: unplaced, 1806-1886
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/B5
Scope and Contents
Private letters sent from unknown places. The correspondents include Rutherford Alcock; Bartolomeu Barretto; Bartolomeu Antonio Barretto; Thomas Bell M.D. (of Ecclefechan and S.S. 'Pekin' and S.S. 'Singapore'); William Sprott Boyd (also Thomas Podé, pseudonym); [ ] Brown; Lieutenant Bruce; Francis Bulkeley Bulkeley-Johnson (also Francis Bulkeley Johnson, afterwards Bulkeley-Johnson); Abraham Joseph Burley (or J. Burley; Captain of the 'John', 'Zenobia' and 'Falcon'); J.M. Canny; H. Cole;...
Dates:
1806-1886
Conditions Governing Access:
The original letters are not available to readers, but microfilm copies may be ordered in the Manuscripts Reading Room - Reel 587.