Private letters: East Indies, Siam and Malaya, 1813-1882
Scope and Contents
The correspondents include James Anderson (of Strachan and Co.); Bartolomeu Antonio Barretto; Antonio Lourenço Barretto and Co.; B.A. Barretto and Co.; Batlle, Hermanos and Co.; A. Bauermeister (of Behre and Co.); Captain Dionisio Bordenave; William Sprott Boyd (also Thomas Podé, pseudonym); Francis Bulkeley Bulkeley-Johnson (also Francis Bulkeley Johnson, afterwards Bulkeley-Johnson); Carnegy and Co.; Thomas Church (Resident Councillor, Singapore); J.F. Crockett (Captain of the 'Hellespont' and 'Clan Alpine'); John Dent; George Basil Dixwell (of Augustine Heard and Co.); Francis Durrant (Royal Naval Captain, H.M.S. 'Cleopatra', and Rear-Admiral); F.P. Enriques; A. Evans; Fairlie, Bonham and Co.; Henry Gribble (of the 'Marquis Camden' and British Consul at Amoy); Charles Gutzlaff (Karl Friedrich August Gützlaff); William Hamley; Andrew Henderson (of the 'Forbes' and 'Water Witch'); [ ] Houston; David Jardine (partner, Jardine, Matheson and Co.); William Jardine; H.U. Jeffries; Thomas Jones; William Keswick; Victor Kresser (of Comptoir d'Escompte de Paris, Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, and Wahee, Smith and Co. of Saigon); Thomas Larkins (Captain of H.C.S. 'Marquis of Camden'); Joseph Lèques; Alexander Wentworth Macpherson; Christina Macpherson (wife of Ronald Macpherson); Ronald Macpherson; Hollingworth Magniac; Antonio Maria de Marcaida; [ ] Matheson; Alexander Matheson; Donald Matheson; (Nicholas) James Sutherland Matheson (also 'Santiago Thomasen', pseudonym); John Ambrose Mercer (purser on the 'Inglis'); Theophilus John Metcalfe; P. Myers; Eugenio de Otadui; Edward Campbell Rich Owen; Peele, Hubbell and Co.; Alexander Perceval; John Purvis; John Murray Purvis; Floriano Antonio Rangel (of Jardine, Matheson and Co.); Alexander Robertson; James Adam Smith; Sabina de Souza (also Sabina d'Machado and Sabina Zausa de Machado); William S. Stockley (Captain of the 'Neptune' and 'Lord William Bentinck'; partner, F. Mangles and Co., Perth); Strachan and Co.; Syde Aboo Bukka; James Tait (Spanish Vice-Consul, Amoy); Miss M.A. Thomas; Charles Thomas and Co.; T.S. Thomson; Mary Croft Turner (wife of Richard Turner); H.B. Warburton (Secretary to Rear Admiral Sir Edward Owen); George Frederick Weller (of Augustine Heard and Co.); [ ] Whittall; James Whittall; and Thomas Blenkinsop White (Captain of the 'Lanrick' and 'Fiery Cross').
Dates
- Creation: 1813-1882
Creator
- From the Fonds: Jardine, Matheson and Co. Ltd (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
The originals of B1-11 are not available to readers, but microfilm copies may be ordered in the Manuscripts Reading Room using the microfilm reference numbers listed in this catalogue, which are also found in the Outline Catalogue.
Conditions Governing Use
The original letters are not available to readers, but microfilm copies may be ordered in the Manuscripts Reading Room - Reel 117.
Extent
188 item(s) (188 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)
- Johnson, Francis Bulkeley Bulkeley-, 1828-1887 (merchant) (Person)
- Magniac, Hollingworth, 1786-1867 (merchant) (Person)
- Whittall, James, 1827-1893 (merchant) (Person)
- Jardine, David, 1818-1856 (merchant) (Person)
- Gützlaff, Karl Friedrich August, 1803-1851 (German missionary) (Person)
- Macpherson, Alexander Wentworth, b 1824 (Person)
- Macpherson, Ronald, 1817-1869 (Colonel) (Person)
- Metcalfe, Sir Theophilus John, 1783-1822 (2nd Baronet, Indian civil servant) (Person)
- Owen, Sir Edward Campbell Rich, 1771-1849 (Knight, Admiral) (Person)
- Rangel, Floriano Antonio, d 1873 (bookkeeper) (Person)
- Hamley, William, 1786-1866 (Commander Royal Navy) (Person)
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