Miscellaneous accounts and bills, 1818-1894
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous accounts, bills, etc., including accounts of James Matheson, dated Hong Kong and elsewhere in Asia. The documents include reference to Acow; Ahoy; L. d'Almeida; J.M. Armstrong; S.W. Baker; A. Bancroft; C.J. Bolton; William Bridges; William Buckler; Herjee Bujorjee; S.E. Burrows; John Cook; J.C. Cowper; Thomas Crossby; John Currie; Patrick Dale; J.F. Edgar; H.C. Endicott; J.B. Endicott; Franco Espeleta; Miss Garrett; G. Goyenna; G.F. Heard; Heng sheng; Charles Hill; W.C. Hunter; Boston Jack; John Jack; Joseph Jardine; Robert Jardine; D. Kennedy; John Lamont; Thomas L. Larken; J.M.O. Lima; G.F. Lyon; William McClure; William Magee; Herbert Magniac; John Major; H. Marsh; Alexander Miller; William Moresby; W.C. Morrisson; A.R.B. Moses; Y.J. Murrow; G. Nesbitt; Macello Nunes; William Palmer; B.A. Pereira; S. Rawling; Lionel Moses Russell; G. King Smith; G. Mackrill Smith; Charles Thomas; Thomas Wallace; A.S. Watson; Edward Williams; Alexander Wilson; Henry Wright; Bowra & Co.; Brown & Co.; Dougall & Co.; Elles & Co.; Everett & Co.; Gaskell & Brown; Harper, Hardy; Augustine Heard & Co.; Holliday, Wise & Co.; Hong Kong Club; Thomas Hunt & Co.; Hunt & Tobey; Douglas Lapraik & Co.; MacEwen & Co.; Magniac & Beale; Maitland, Ewing & Co.; Markwick & Lane; Moncreiff, Grove & Co.; Penang Wharf; Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co.; Rickards, Mackintosh & Co.; Robert Rutherford; Scott, Witham & Co.; Smith & Brimelow; Steuart & Co.; Thompson, Roberts & Co.; Amoor River; Amoy; Australia; Batavia; Calcutta; Canton; Chunsan; Foochow; India; Java; Macao; Malaya; Manila; Newchwang; New South Wales; Penang; Philippines; Shanghai; Whampoa; auctioneering; bean cake; chop dollars; cocoons; coke; cotton; diplomacy; fabric; flange piping; godowns; legal matters; medicine; newspapers; opium; property; silk filature; sugar refineries; tailors; and wharfs.
Dates
- Creation: 1818-1894
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. 300 item(s) (c. 300 items)
Language of Materials
English
Repository Details
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