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Taylor, John Cameron, 1890-1950 (businessman)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1890 - 1950

Biography

John Cameron Taylor was employed by Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd in mainland China and Hong Kong, 1912-1946. He worked mainly in the Accounts Department, but was also employed as the company's Agent at Chungking, Hankow, Tientsin and Tsingtao. He later joined the Private Office at Hong Kong.

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Semi-official letters from Tientsin to Shanghai, 1929-1941

 sub-subseries
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/J1/76
Scope and Contents

Copies of semi-official letters from Jardine Matheson, Tientsin, to Jardine Matheson, Shanghai, with enclosed letters and papers, including monthly agency trade reports. There are also some property letters. The correspondents are R.M. Austin, B.D.F. Beith, H. Flint, R. Gordon, J.H. Keswick, W.J. Keswick, D.L. Newbigging, J.J. Paterson, F.A. Pollock, A.E. Smith, J.C. Taylor and F.W. Warrington.

Dates: 1929-1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Access to the collection is subject to special conditions and is at the discretion of Matheson & 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_permission_form.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 to some records may be restricted under the terms of the Data Protection Act, 1998.
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