Private letters: Great Britain, 1829-1873
Scope and Contents
Letters from places in Great Britain (excluding London). The correspondents include Dr Alexander Anderson; George Armstrong; Bank of Scotland; Francis Bulkeley Bulkeley-Johnson (also Francis Bulkeley Johnson, afterwards Bulkeley-Johnson); John Burd (Captain of the 'Norden' and 'Syden'); Canton Regatta Club; Adam Howden Crawford; Donald Currie (brother of John Currie of Hong Kong); John Currie (of Jardine, Matheson and Co.); John Currie Senr (father of John Currie of Hong Kong); Helena Dallas; Duncan George Davidson (Captain of H.M.S. 'Hornet'); John Francis Davis; George and R. Dewhurst; John Durant (attorney at Poole); Thomas and William Earle and Co.; James Ewing and Co.; William Fraser; Alexander Thomas Gordon; George Grant (of Liverpool); W.F. Gray; Thomas Holroyd; Robert Horn (of the Bank of Scotland, Inverness); Robert Alexander Houstoun; Mary Grant Hughes (Mary Grant Macpherson; sister of A.W. Macpherson); Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, 1st Baronet; Andrew Jardine; David Jardine (partner, Jardine, Matheson and Co.); Joseph Jardine; Sir Robert Jardine, 1st Baronet; William Jardine; Francis Jauncey (of the 'Austen' and 'Governor Findlay'); W.A. Jeffray; R.C. Jenkins and Co.; George Johnston; William Keswick; Hugh Hamilton Lindsay; Lloyd, Matheson and Co.; John Richard Lumsden (Lieutenant, 63rd N.I.); Dr Mathew Lumsden; Robert Lumsden; Charles Lyall; Lyall, Matheson and Co.; Emily Macdonald (aunt of A.W. Macpherson); Donald Macdougall (of Inverness); Lewis McIver; John Mackenzie (Agent, Bank of Scotland, Inverness); Louisa Maclean (Louisa Macpherson; sister of A.W. Macpherson); Malcolm Anderson Macleod (junior partner, Jardine, Matheson and Co.); George McAlister (Executor in China of W.W. McIver); Captain Henry McMinnies; Alexander Wentworth Macpherson; Duncan Macpherson (surgeon in Madras Army); Duncan Macpherson (also McPherson; General, India Army); Ronald Macpherson; Williamina Macpherson (widow of R.W. Macpherson and sister-in-law of A.W. Macpherson); Hollingworth Magniac; [ ] Matheson; Alexander Matheson; Donald Matheson; Hugh Matheson; Hugh Mackay Matheson; (Nicholas) James Sutherland Matheson (also 'Santiago Thomasen', pseudonym); Thomas Matheson (merchant of Liverpool and nephew of Sir James Matheson); Matheson and Scott; Henry Melling; Henry John Temple, Lord Palmerston; Floriano Antonio Rangel (of Jardine, Matheson and Co.); Rathbone Brothers and Co.; Alexander Robertson; Royal Mersey Yacht Club; Rustomjee Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy; John Scott (of Matheson and Scott and Scott, Meldrum and Co.); Sheppard and Co.; James Adam Smith; John Abel Smith (partner, Magniac, Smiths and Co.); John Stewart; William Stewart (partner, Jardine, Matheson and Co.); Sykes Schwabe and Co.; Charles Edward Trevelyan; James Whittall; and Thomas Blenkinsop White (Captain of the 'Lanrick' and 'Fiery Cross'); and Wilson and McIver (of Liverpool).
Dates
- Creation: 1829-1873
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 117.
Extent
171 item(s) (171 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)
- Johnson, Francis Bulkeley Bulkeley-, 1828-1887 (merchant) (Person)
- Magniac, Hollingworth, 1786-1867 (merchant) (Person)
- Whittall, James, 1827-1893 (merchant) (Person)
- Jardine, Joseph, 1822-1861 (merchant) (Person)
- Jardine, David, 1818-1856 (merchant) (Person)
- Jardine, Sir Robert, 1825-1905 (1st Baronet, merchant and politician) (Person)
- Houstoun, Robert Alexander, 1838-1879 (merchant) (Person)
- Jardine, Andrew, 1812-1881 (merchant) (Person)
- Stewart, William, d 1846 (merchant) (Person)
- Temple, Henry John, 1784-1865 (3rd Viscount Palmerston and Prime Minister) (Person)
- Anderson, Alexander, d 1857 (doctor) (Person)
- Currie, John, c 1817-1851 (merchant) (Person)
- Davis, Sir John Francis, 1795-1890 (1st Baronet, Governor of Hong Kong) (Person)
- Hughes, Mary Grant, 1822-1851 (Person)
- Jejeebhoy, Sir Jamsetjee, 1783-1859 (1st Baronet, merchant) (Person)
- Lindsay, Hugh Hamilton, 1802-1881 (MP) (Person)
- Maclean, Louisa, b 1822 (Person)
- Macpherson, Alexander Wentworth, b 1824 (Person)
- Macpherson, Duncan, 1812-1867 (military surgeon) (Person)
- Macpherson, Duncan, 1778-1850 (General) (Person)
- Macpherson, Ronald, 1817-1869 (Colonel) (Person)
- Matheson, Hugh, 1805-1875 (merchant) (Person)
- Rangel, Floriano Antonio, d 1873 (bookkeeper) (Person)
- Jejeebhoy, Rustomjee Jamsetjee, 1824-1872 (Person)
- Trevelyan, Sir Charles Edward, 1807-1886 (Knight, colonial administrator) (Person)
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