Semi-official letters from Wuhu to Shanghai, 30 Mar. 1929-29 Nov. 1937
Scope and Contents
Copies of semi-official letters from Jardine Matheson, Wuhu, to Jardine Matheson, Shanghai, with enclosed letters and papers, including annual agency reports:
1. Unnumbered letters from T.S.H. Hoey to J.J. Paterson, 30 March 1929, and from O.V. Lanning to R.M. Austin, 5 and 13 June 1929.
2. No. 1 from P.C. Mansfield to R.M. Austin, 2 November 1929.
3. Nos 1-8, 10-42 and 44 from T.S.H. Hoey, P.C. Mansfield, T.W. Pan, A.M. Scott-Morris and Tu Ying Luan to R.M. Austin, B.D.F. Beith, J.H. Keswick and W.J. Keswick, 22 July 1930-29 November 1937.
The subjects covered in the file include (among others) the Anhwei Provincial Trade Tax Bureau, annual accounts, the Ewo Brewery, the Nangking bungalow, the Nanking-Kweichi Railway, shipping, staff, native staff and Tu Ying Luan (Compradore). The ring-binder is labelled 'Ports. From Wuhu. General'.
Dates
- Creation: 30 Mar. 1929-29 Nov. 1937
Creator
- From the Fonds: Jardine, Matheson and Co. Ltd (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
1 file(s) (1 ring-binder)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Received from Matheson & Co. Ltd, London, 27 February 2012.
Subject
- Austin, Reginald Mein, 1888-1934 (businessman) (Person)
- Beith, Benjamin David Fleming, 1884-1960 (businessman) (Person)
- Hoey, Thomas Stewart Hamilton, 1890-1942 (businessman) (Person)
- Keswick, Sir John Henry, 1906-1982 (Knight, businessman) (Person)
- Keswick, Sir William Johnstone, 1903-1990 (Knight, businessman) (Person)
- Lanning, Oswald Victor, b 1881 (businessman) (Person)
- Mansfield, Philip Cecil, 1893-1942 (Person)
- Morris, Archibald Mortimer Scott-, 1896-1939 (businessman) (Person)
- Pan, Tse-wing, b 1902 (businessman) (Person)
- Paterson, John Johnstone, 1886-1971 (businessman) (Person)
- Luan, Tu Ying, fl 1923-1938 (businessman) (Person)
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