General letters from Shanghai, Dec. 1870-May 1872
Scope and Contents
Copies of general letters, November 1871-May 1872, and shipping letters, December 1870-May 1872. There is an index of recipients at the start of the volume containing the following entries:
Alsop & Co.; Adamson & Ronaldson; A. Adamson; Bingle & Co.; Borneo Co. Ltd, Singapore; Thomas Bilbe & Co.; Sir John Pirie Bart & Co.; Thomas Bell M.D.; Robert Benson & Co.; Victor Berchut; Robert Blake Byass; Dr Alfred Barton; William Broughall; Robert Barbour & Brothers; Bank of British North America; William Connell; Cruickshank & Ray; Temperleys, Carter & Darke; Adolphe Collin; Alexander Collie & Co.; Cotesworth & Powell; Cronhelm, Son & Tobias; Cutler & Palmer, London; Cutler & Palmer, Bombay; George Collie & Co.; William Denny & Bros; Martin, Dyce & Co.; Walter George Dickson M.D.; Ruttonjee Eduljee; Archibald Orr Ewing & Co.; John Edwards & Sons; Henry Ellis & Sons; Fielden Brothers; Frühling & Göschen; Thomas Farlane & Co.; McDiarmid, Greenshields & Co.; George Gibson; A.C. Gow & Co.; Grindlay & Co.; Howland & Aspinwall, New York; Alexander Hector; F. Hall & Co.; Thomas Newman Hunt; Philip William Heyman; C.P. Henderson; Bomanjee & Ardaseer Hormasjee & Co.; Alf. S. Hooper & Co.; W.B. Jamieson, Ayr; Isaac & Samuel; C.H. Knight & Co.; Henry S. King & Co., Stationer; John R. Kelso; Koenigsberg Commercial Association; G.M. Kiell & Co.; Kraentler & Mieville; A. Latham & Co.; Merchant Shipping Co. Ltd; Gillespie, Moffatt & Co., Montreal; Gillespie, Moffatt & Co., New York; James MacCunn; Shaw, Maxton & Co.; Killick, Martin & Co.; William MacDonald & Co.; J.F. Matthews; F. Machan; Samuel Mendel; Matheson & Co.; Merchant Banking Company of London; F.H. Monger; W. & A. MacArthur; Murdoch's Nephews; Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co.; James Ewing Mathieson; William Henry Marks; Hujarimul Nursingdass; Parrott & Co., San Francisco; Robertson & Co.; Remington & Co.; William Ross & Co.; Charles F. Stokes & Co.; Gellatly, Hankey, Sewell & Co.; Paterson, Simons & Co.; Thomas Steele; Seetaram Joogulkisson; George Shenton; Alexander Stephens & Son; Thomas Skinner & Co.; Suse & Sibeth; J. & W. Stewart; Sandbach, Tinne & Co.; Trautmann & Co., London; Thomas & James Harrison; J. Thomson, T. Bonar & Co.; Temperleys, Carter & Darke; F. Warrack & Co.; Gilfillan, Wood & Co., Singapore; Western Union Telegraph Company; Balfour, Williamson & Co.; John Wilson; F.B. Williams; Mark Whitwill & Son; Warre Bros; and Henry Whittle & Co.
Dates
- Creation: Dec. 1870-May 1872
Creator
- From the Fonds: Jardine, Matheson and Co. Ltd (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
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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 volume(s) (1 volume)
Language of Materials
English
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