Private letters: Bombay, 1828-1871
Scope and Contents
The correspondents include Ardaseer Hormasjee (Ardaseer Hormarjee); John Andrew Baumbach; John Fizgibbon, Earl of Clare; Joseph Coolidge; Thomas Stock Cowie; Robert Wigram Crawford; Cursetjee Ardaseer; Cursetjee Ardaseer and Co.; Cursondass Mathooradass; Dadabhoy Rustomjee Patell; João de Deos de Castro (J. Castro); Roger D'Faria and Co. (Roger de Faria and Co.); E.M. Fogo; Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, 1st Baronet; Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy (Cursetjee Jamsetjee), 2nd Baronet; (Sir) Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy Sons and Co.; David Jardine (partner, Jardine, Matheson and Co.); David Jardine (founder of Jardine, Skinner and Co.); Joseph Jardine; William Jardine; William Keswick; Leckie and Co.; Francis Frederick Lidderdale; Lindsay and Co.; W. Macaulay (P. and O. agent, Hong Kong); Cameron Macpherson (brother of A.W. Macpherson); Duncan Macpherson (also McPherson; General, India Army); Herbert St Leger Magniac; Alexander Matheson; Donald Matheson; (Nicholas) James Sutherland Matheson (also 'Santiago Thomasen', pseudonym); Merwanjee Jejeebhoy; Harriett Morgan; Alexander Perceval; Reginald Frederick Remington; Remington and Co.; Rustomjee Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy; Ruttonjee Eduljee (Ruttunjee Eduljee); Sapoorjee Nusserwanjee Moos (Shapoorjee Nusurwanjee Moos); Charles Binny Skinner; Aaron Smith; George G. Stewart; Gilbert Macleod Stewart; James Whittall; and Montague Cleugh Wilkinson.
Dates
- Creation: 1828-1871
Creator
- From the Fonds: Jardine, Matheson and Co. Ltd (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
The original letters are not available to readers, but microfilm copies may be ordered in the Manuscripts Reading Room - Reel 58 (letters P1-168) and Reel 59 (P169-283).
Extent
283 item(s) (283 letters)
Language of Materials
English
Subject
- Jardine, William, 1784-1843 (physician and merchant) (Person)
- Matheson, Sir Nicholas James Sutherland, 1796-1878 (1st Baronet, merchant and politician) (Person)
- Matheson, Sir Alexander, 1805-1886 (1st Baronet, merchant and banker) (Person)
- Matheson, Donald, 1819-1901 (merchant) (Person)
- Keswick, William, 1834-1912 (merchant) (Person)
- Perceval, Alexander, 1821-1866 (merchant) (Person)
- Magniac, Herbert St Leger, 1830-1879 (merchant) (Person)
- Whittall, James, 1827-1893 (merchant) (Person)
- Jardine, Joseph, 1822-1861 (merchant) (Person)
- Jardine, David, 1818-1856 (merchant) (Person)
- Fitzgibbon, John, 1792-1851 (2nd Earl of Clare) (Person)
- Jejeebhoy, Sir Jamsetjee, 1783-1859 (1st Baronet, merchant) (Person)
- Jejeebhoy, Sir Jamsetjee, 1811-1877 (2nd Baronet, businessman) (Person)
- Jardine, David, 1819-1853 (founder of Jardine, Skinner & Co) (Person)
- Macpherson, Cameron, 1813-1869 (Person)
- Macpherson, Duncan, 1812-1867 (military surgeon) (Person)
- Jejeebhoy, Rustomjee Jamsetjee, 1824-1872 (Person)
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