Shipping accounts, 8 Jan. 1824-27 Sep. 1890
Scope and Contents
Accounts for various vessels, including portage bills, owners' accounts, and bills for provisions, dated Hong Kong and elsewhere in Asia. The documents include reference to H.P. Baylis; E.L. Beake; J.C. Cowper; W.W. Dale; Robert Duncan; John Gemmill; P.W. Graves; G.F. Heard; Joseph Holden; F.S. Hopkins; John Jack; Joseph Jardine; Robert Jardine; J.W. Lakeman; Lyall, Still & Co.; Herbert Magniac; Pedro Masselino; Thomas O'Sullivan; James Purdon; John Purvis; Heerjeebhoy Rustomjee; William Scott; John Stirling; John Vincent; J.B. White; Charles Willson; Brown & Co.; De Silver & Co.; Gribble, Hughes & Co.; Augustine Heard & Co.; Thomas Hunt & Co.; Steuart & Co.; 'Aallotar'; 'Burlington'; 'Cama Family'; 'Carmen'; 'Clan Alpine'; 'Clarendon'; 'Colonel Young'; 'Cumfa'; 'Dolphin'; 'Don Juan'; 'Emigrant'; 'Fiery Cross'; 'Florence Nightingale'; 'Folkestone'; 'Glengyle'; 'Golden Gate'; 'Granville'; 'Hampshire'; 'Harvest Home'; 'Heloise'; 'Jeddo'; 'Lady Hayes'; 'Lancefield'; 'Lanrick'; 'Lauderdale'; 'Lord Warrington'; 'Mavis'; 'Mazeppa'; 'Merchantman'; 'Messenger'; 'Octavia'; 'Omega'; 'Poyang'; 'Preston'; 'Reiver'; 'River Bird'; 'Siam'; 'Sovereign'; 'Spark'; 'Surge'; 'Titana'; 'Ville de Dieppe'; 'Weltevreden'; 'White Cloud'; 'Witch Of The Seas'; Bangkok; Batavia; Calcutta; India; Java; Macao; Malaya; Manila; Moulmein; Penang; Philippines; Singapore; Whampoa; docks; hospitals; medicine; opium; pilotage; shipping; and timber.
Dates
- Creation: 8 Jan. 1824-27 Sep. 1890
Creator
- From the Fonds: Jardine, Matheson and Co. Ltd (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
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.
Extent
c. 225 item(s) (c. 225 items)
Language of Materials
English
Repository Details
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