Miscellaneous memoranda and accounts, 1852-1875
Scope and Contents
The documents are dated Amoy, Bombay, Calcutta, Canton, Foochow, Hong Kong, Lyon, Macao, Manila, New York, San Francisco, Shanghai, Sydney, Tientsin, Whampoa and elsewhere. They include statements of coal received and expended on account of Jardine, Matheson & Co., Calcutta; other memoranda regarding coal; dispatches from Tientsin, possibly from Henry Beveridge, regarding diplomatic and military affairs, marked up for printing, dated September-November 1875; notices of rates on various tenements in Hong Kong, 1864; memoranda of sundries to be advertised for auction; memoranda and receipts for the purchase and supply of office and shipping stores and provisions; memoranda and stock accounts regarding lumber; a note of the weight of opium shipped to Hong Kong, dated Lyon; sales accounts of tea, New York; memoranda of masts on board the 'Queen of England'; memoranda regarding the cost of teas, Foochow; sales and stock accounts of opium from the 'Hellas', Lookong; a stock list and memoranda regarding Thomas Hunt; memoranda regarding the Hongque yard, Shanghai; memoranda of opium exported from Bombay, some showing the names of exporters; a statement of imports of tea for 1862, dated San Francisco; and memoranda from the Royal Mint, Sydney. The documents include reference to Daniel Patridge; Canton Insurance Office; Howland & Aspinwall; Jardine, Skinner & Co.; 'Carthage'; Yokohama; and shipping.
Dates
- Creation: 1852-1875
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. 250 item(s) (c. 250 items)
Language of Materials
English
Repository Details
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