Business papers from Great Britain, 1834-1902
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous business papers from Great Britain, including a notice of the voyage of the barque 'Sovereign' from Glasgow to Batavia, Manila and China, dated Glasgow, 14 August 1834; the landing account for rum from the 'Zemindar' from Calcutta, entered by Magniac, Jardine & Co, London, 15 July 1842; particulars of remittances made to Matheson & Co., London, 6 March 1861; an adjustment by Matheson & Co. of the charter party of the 'Queensbury' from Kanagawa, dated London, 22 December 1862; two warrants for bags of coffee imported from Colombo, entered by Matheson & Co., and deliverable to W. Broadhurst & Co., dated St Katharine Docks, 7 May 1864 and 21 December 1865; and particulars of the screw steamer 'Peiho', Dumbarton, 1 October 1870.
Dates
- Creation: 1834-1902
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
1 envelope(s) (1 envelope)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Most of the documents were found loose among the uncatalogued papers in the archive, but a few items were transferred from Series F.
Geographic
Repository Details
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