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Accounting and related papers, 1798-1969 (with some photocopies made in 1983)

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/A
Scope and Contents This series contains accounts of Jardine Matheson, & Co. Ltd, its subsidiaries and associated firms, and other business records, including reports and minutes. The series is divided into three main sections:1. A1-6 contain the principal accounting records of Jardine Matheson, including the records of Magniac and Co. and its predecessors.2. A7-8 contain miscellaneous material not relating directly to the main series.3. A9 contains later accounts, reports and...
Dates: 1798-1969 (with some photocopies made in 1983)
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_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 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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Acquired papers: Programmes, cards and souvenirs belonging to Lady Randolph Churchill, [1894] and May 1903-Feb 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAQ/1/11/16
Scope and Contents From the Series: Mainly comprising Lady Randolph Churchill's correspondence on subjects including receiving the Order of the Crown of India, the Hospital Ship “Maine” and Lady Randolph’s literary work (the Anglo-Saxon Review, ‘The Reminiscences of Lady Randolph Churchill’ and a series of articles titled ‘The Simmering Samovar’). Also includes a childhood letter from WSC to Lady Randolph Churchill, letters from Montagu Porch to Lady Randolph Churchill, and a letter from Lord Randolph Churchill to J H...
Dates: [1894] and May 1903-Feb 1919
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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Address to Her Royal Highness, Mary Victoria, Princess of Wales, 1905

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 89/70/10
Scope and Contents

In Urdu.

Dates: 1905
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letters from Urdu Hall to E.M. Forster, 1962

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/EMF/18/561
Scope and Contents

1 autograph letter, signed, 3 typed letters, signed, and 1 appeal notice for funds to E.M. Forster.
To request this envelope, please use the following call mark: 18/Urdu Hall

Dates: 1962
 Sub-Series

Miscellaneous bound accounts and papers, 1802-1941

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/A7
Scope and Contents A wide range of accounts and other papers relating to Jardine, Matheson and Co., companies it owned or managed, and extraneous institutions.Much of the series is concerned with maritime trading, relating primarily to the consignment of goods, notably opium, and the range of expenses incurred by their transportation. Many of the volumes are undifferentiated by creator. However, there are some records relating to particular companies and traders. These include Robert Taylor (1-6),...
Dates: 1802-1941
Conditions Governing Access: Some of the records are unavailable due to their poor physical condition.
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New Testament, 1814

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Reference Code: GBR/0374/BFBS/BSMS 483
Scope and Contents ff.I + 520 + II; 235 x 150mm; text size 175 x 95mm; 16 lines rebound in brown tooled leather stamped in gold on spine "New Testament in Hindoostanee by Rev. H. Martyn". Red ink is used for verse numbers and chapter headings etc. Marginal notes in English, partly trimmed off by rebinding process.Translated by Henry Martyn and copies by an unnamed scribe. Published Serampore Mission Press for BFBS, 1814 (IC 2650 - see note to this entry for further details of the...
Dates: 1814
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Notes on Psalms, 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0374/BFBS/BSMS 486
Scope and Contents

ff.15; 202 x 168mm; text size variable. 20 lines in one gathering. Included in BFBS MS 485.
The "Notes on the tentative version of the Psalms" are by G. J. Dann and dated 1899.

Dates: 1899
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Old Testament (incomplete), 1822

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Reference Code: GBR/0374/BFBS/BSMS 484
Scope and Contents

16 volumes 245 x 160mm; text size 174 x 90mm; 16 lines, bound in yellow suede.
Translated by Henry Martyn, Mirza Muhammad Fitrat (or Fitrit or Fitrut) and revised by Thomas Thomason, and Daniel Corrie, afterwards Bishop of Madras. Published Serampore, Mission Press and Calcutta Auxilliary Bible Society, 1822. (IC 2655). See also note to IC 2650 and BFBS Annual Reports 1821 (Donations to the Library) and 1870.

Dates: 1822
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Old Testament, New Testament, St. Luke, 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0374/BFBS/BSMS 487
Scope and Contents

On ruled cardboard sheets, 315 x 182mm; text size 257 x 160mm; 33 lines in Persian character, loose leaves, unbound.
This was apparently the MS prepared for the printer to produce the 1935 "London" edition, based on the 1927 edition. The MS was prepared in India under the direct supervision of the Chief Reviser, M. Ismail and was sent to London for photography. Published edition Lahore (England printed) BFBS, 1935. (IC 2815).

Dates: 1935
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Synonyms in Urdu and Hebrew, 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0374/BFBS/BSMS 485
Scope and Contents

ff.I + 93 + 1; 321 x 197mm; text size variable; 33 lines, bound in hardback volume. See also BFBS MS 486.
The synonyms, Hebrew into Urdu, run from aleph to tāū.

Dates: 1899
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).