Jardine, Joseph, 1822-1861 (merchant)
Dates
- Existence: 1822 - 1861
Found in 58 Collections and/or Records:
Business letters: Swatow, 1853-1894
Business letters: unplaced, 1813-1900
Business letters: Whampoa, 1825-1885
Business letters: Woosung, 1844-1871
Correspondence on ships, circa 1851-circa 1859
Early correspondence of partners, 1856-1900
Two identical sets of undated typescript extracts from miscellaneous correspondence of partners of Jardine, Matheson & Co., November 1837-September 1856. Most of the letters are from Great Britain to Canton or Hong Kong, and were exchanged between David Jardine, Joseph Jardine, William Jardine, Andrew Johnstone, Alexander Matheson, James Matheson and Donald Matheson, but there are also letters from C.B. Skinner, Calcutta; Donald Matheson, Singapore; and James Hope Stewart, Gillenbie.
Early letters from London and elsewhere, circa 1938 (copies of originals of 1838-1895)
Lease of Canton house, 1851
A lease by Joseph Jardine to Meer Mahomed Tuckey and Aga Mahomed Ally of House No. 4 in the Pawshong Hong Factory, Canton, for a period of two years from 15 December 1831, dated Canton, 30 December 1851.
Lease of the Imperial Hong, 1854
A lease by Joseph Jardine to Wm. Robinet & Co. of House No. 4 in the Imperial Hong Factory, Canton, for a period of one year (changed in pencil to two years) from 1 January 1854, dated Canton, 9 March 1854.
Letters from Canton, 1846-1856
Press copies of early letters from Canton, comprised predominantly of private correspondence between partners. The correspondents include David Jardine, Joseph Jardine, Robert Jardine, Donald Matheson, A.C. Maclean, M.A. Macleod and Alexander Perceval.
Letters from Great Britain, 1851-1882 (mostly 1851-1860)
Letters from the East, 1841-1886
Letters on the purchase of Castlemilk, 1855-1860
Letters to Foochow, 1858-1872
Press copies of letters from Joseph Jardine, William Keswick, James Macandrew, Herbert Magniac, Alexander Perceval and James Whittall, Hong Kong, to correspondents in Foochow, with odd letters to other parts of China. Most of the letters are addressed to partners or employees of Jardine, Matheson & Co. Many were sent to Richard Farr Hamilton, who was employed as a clerk by Jardine, Matheson & Co. at Foochow.
Letters to India, 1855-1865
Copies (mostly press copies) of letters from Joseph Jardine, William Keswick, James Macandrew, Alexander Perceval and James Whittall, Hong Kong, to correspondents in India, including John Andrew Baumbach, Claud H. Brown, George Brown, Thomas J. Cowie, C.H. Hamilton, Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, Rustomjee Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, F.F. Lidderdale, M.C. Wilkinson & Co., John Purvis, G.M. Robertson, C.B. Skinner and John Skinner.
Letters to local correspondents, 1847-1872
Copies (mostly press copies) of letters from Hong Kong to partners and employees of Jardine, Matheson & Co. and other correspondents at Canton, Hong Kong and Macao, with odd letters to other places. The authors are J.C. Bowring, Joseph Jardine, Robert Jardine, William Keswick, James Macandrew, A.C. Maclean, Herbert Magniac, Donald Matheson, Alexander Perceval and James Whittall.
Letters to Shanghai, 1856-1872
Memoranda of Joseph Jardine, Dec. 1857-June 1858
Domestic and comprador memoranda of Joseph Jardine, dated Hong Kong, including receipts and bills for goods and subscriptions, payment orders, and a memorandum of Jardine's account with the cash comprador. The documents include reference to W.J. Preston; Henry Vaucher; and the Union Chapel.
Power of attorney of Andrew and Robert Jardine, 1861
An envelope containing a power of attorney granted by Andrew Jardine of 3 Lombard Street, London, and Robert Jardine of Castlemilk, Dumfriesshire, brothers of Joseph Jardine, deceased, to Alexander Percevel of Hong Kong to prove the will or administer the estate of the late Joseph Jardine, 25 July 1861. There are also letters of administration of the estate of Joseph Jardine granted to Perceval by the Supreme Court of Hong Kong, 20 March 1862.