Cotton
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 39 Collections and/or Records:
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Prices current and market reports, Jan. 1869-May 1873
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/G30
Scope and Contents
Disbound and loose prices current and market reports from Manchester and elsewhere. The documents are in English and German, and include issues of 'C. P. Henderson & Co.'s Circular', with supplements; 'Fortnightly Circular for Bombay, Calcutta and China Mails'; 'Thornton, Slingsby & Co.'s Market Report'; 'Robert Barbour & Brother's Monthly Table of Exports'; 'The Public Ledger'; 'Sam Mendel's Prices Current'; 'Alexander Collie & Co.'s Monthly Prices Current'; 'George Fraser,...
Dates:
Jan. 1869-May 1873
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Series:
A few items in this series are unavailable due to their poor condition.
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Prices current and market reports, Jan. 1872-Dec. 1872
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/G31
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Bound and disbound prices current, market reports and price lists from London, Manchester, Liverpool and elsewhere, some addressed to Augustine Heard & Co., Hong Kong, The documents are in English and French, and include issues of 'Brookes & Faith's Monthly Price Current'; Bessède Fils' 'Prix Courant'; 'The Liverpool Cotton Brokers' Association Weekly Circular'; 'Weekly Cotton Circular'; 'Wiseman, Dunlop & Co.'s Monthly Circular'; 'S. Rucker & Co.'s Weekly Price Current';...
Dates:
Jan. 1872-Dec. 1872
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Series:
A few items in this series are unavailable due to their poor condition.
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Prices current and market reports, Feb. 1873-Dec. 1874 (mostly 1874)
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/G33/1
Scope and Contents
Bound and disbound prices current and market reports from Great Britain and elsewhere, mostly from London, Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow and Cardiff. Some documents are addressed to Fearon & Co., London, and Augustine Heard & Co., Hong Kong. The items include issues of 'French & Smith's Metal Circular'; 'Weekly Cotton Circular'; 'Greg & Co.'s Bi-monthly Circular'; 'Thomas Barlow & Brother's Prices Current'; 'The East India, China and Japan Weekly Shipping Register'; 'The...
Dates:
Feb. 1873-Dec. 1874 (mostly 1874)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Series:
A few items in this series are unavailable due to their poor condition.
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Prices current and market reports: Britain and Holland, Nov. 1860-Dec. 1866
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/G26/2
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Prices current and market reports from London, Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow and Rotterdam, some addressed to Augustine Heard & Co., Hong Kong. The items include issues of 'James Bateson, Sons & Co.'s Monthly Prices Current'; 'Maclean, Maris & Co.'s Price Current'; 'Maclean, Maris & Co.'s Market Report'; 'Sam Mendel's Prices Current'; 'Lewis & Peat's Early-monthly Price-current'; 'James & Shakspeare's Prices Current'; 'Trueman & Fry's Metal Circular'; 'Brookes...
Dates:
Nov. 1860-Dec. 1866
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Series:
A few items in this series are unavailable due to their poor condition.
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Prices current and market reports: Calcutta, Jan. 1880-Dec. 1881
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/G12/3
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Bound and disbound prices current, market reports and circulars, including issues of 'J. Thomas & Co.'s Indigo Report'; 'J. Thomas & Co.'s Price Current'; and 'William Moran & Co.'s Market Report'. There are also reports of shipments of opium to China and the Straits, opium delivery reports, memoranda regarding cotton shipments, and related circulars.
Dates:
Jan. 1880-Dec. 1881
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Series:
A few items in this series are unavailable due to their poor condition.
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Prices current and market reports: Calcutta, Mar. 1884-Nov. 1884
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/G12/4
Scope and Contents
Prices current, market reports and circulars, some addressed to Jardine, Matheson & Co., Hong Kong. The items include issues of 'William Moran & Co.'s Market Report'; 'J. Thomas & Co.'s Price Current'; and 'J. Thomas & Co.'s Indigo Report'. There are also reports on the sale and movement of opium, opium and delivery reports, and memoranda regarding cotton shipments.
Dates:
Mar. 1884-Nov. 1884
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Series:
A few items in this series are unavailable due to their poor condition.
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Prices current and market reports: Canton and Hong Kong, July 1871-Dec. 1875
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/G64
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Bound, disbound and loose prices current and market report from Canton and Hong Kong, some addressed to Augustine Heard & Co. in Hong Kong and Foochow. The documents include issues of 'Wm. K. Hughes' Market Report'; 'Exchange Circular'; 'J. P. N. da Silva's Cotton Market Report'; 'Fortnightly Price Current and Market Report'; 'Freight Circular'; 'W. M. Morgan & Co.'s Market Report'; 'John A. Sandilands' Market Report'; 'Bottomley & Hughes' Market Report'; 'Jameson & Barton's...
Dates:
July 1871-Dec. 1875
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Series:
A few items in this series are unavailable due to their poor condition.
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Prices current and market reports: Great Britain, Jan. 1866-Dec. 1867
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/G27
Scope and Contents
Bound and disbound prices current, market reports and circulars from London, Liverpool and Glasgow, including issues of 'The Liverpool Cotton Brokers' Association Weekly Circular'; 'J. & T. Wiseman & Co.'s Overland Circular'; 'Brookes & Faith's Price Current'; 'Brookes & Faith's Cinnamon Report'; 'Corrie & Co.'s India & China Circular'; 'Barber, Nephew & Co.'s Monthly Price Current'; 'Weekly Cotton Circular'; and 'Lewis & Peat's Mid-monthly Price Current'.
Dates:
Jan. 1866-Dec. 1867
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Series:
A few items in this series are unavailable due to their poor condition.
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Prices current and market reports: Great Britain, Jan. 1873-Dec. 1873
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/G32
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Bound and disbound prices current and market reports from London, Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow and Cardiff, some addressed to Fearon & Co., London, and Augustine Heard & Co., Hong Kong. The documents include issues of 'The Liverpool Cotton Brokers' Association Weekly Circular'; 'Weekly Cotton Circular'; 'F. W. Cosens' Monthly Circular'; 'R. H. Chambers' Tea Report'; 'Alexr. Collie & Co.'s Monthly Prices Current'; 'Greg & Co.'s Bi-monthly Circular'; 'S. Rucker & Co.'s...
Dates:
Jan. 1873-Dec. 1873
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Series:
A few items in this series are unavailable due to their poor condition.
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Prices current and market reports: Great Britain, Jan. 1884-Dec. 1884
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/G33/2
Scope and Contents
Prices current and market reports from London and Liverpool, including issues of 'John Kershaw & Co.'s Monthly Circular'; 'Waithman & Co.'s Circular'; 'Hogg, Walker & Co.'s Circular'; 'W. H. Nott & Co.'s Monthly Tables of Exports of British Manufactures'; 'Weekly Cotton Circular'; 'C. M. & C. Woodhouse's Prices Current'; 'Hale & Son's Fortnightly Prices Current of Produce from India, Ceylon &c.'; 'Macgregor & Co.'s Weekly Sugar Report'; and 'Patry &...
Dates:
Jan. 1884-Dec. 1884
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Series:
A few items in this series are unavailable due to their poor condition.
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Prices current and other papers, Jan. 1823-Nov. 1881
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/G39
Scope and Contents
Prices current, market reports, memoranda, letters, quotations and statements of exports from London, Manchester, Liverpool, Rotterdam and elsewhere, mainly regarding tea. Some of the documents are addressed to Jardine, Matheson & Co. and Augustine Heard & Co. at Canton and Hong Kong. The items include issues of 'Forbes, Forbes & Co.'s Circular'; 'Du Fay & Co.'s Trade Report'; 'Ripley, Brown & Co.'s Circular'; 'Carlisle, Capel & Co.'s Tea Circular'; 'Hubert, Layton...
Dates:
Jan. 1823-Nov. 1881
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Series:
A few items in this series are unavailable due to their poor condition.
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Receipt from Hui-chi hui, 1837
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/H1/28
Scope and Contents
A cotton receipt from Hui-chi (Huiji) hui to Mr Pi-lie-tu (Biliedu), 2 September 1837.
Dates:
1837
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Access to the collection is subject to special conditions and is at the discretion of Matheson and Co. Ltd, part of the Jardine Matheson Group. A statement of the conditions and an application form are available in the Manuscripts Reading Room. Printed copies of the form are available by post (please contact the University Library). An electronic version can also be found at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_application_form_2024_02.pdf.
Records described in the catalogue as being in a bad condition are in a fragile state that precludes them being made available to readers.
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.
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Receipt from Tong-hsing, 1836
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/H1/24
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A receipt (in Chinese) from Tong-hsing (Dongxing) to Ma-lie-tu (Ma lie du) for 600 bales of Jardine's cotton delivered by Ma-lie-tu, 31 August 1836, with a Chinese envelope which includes a note on the back: 'Cotton en Sr Francisco de Paula (?)'
Dates:
1836
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Access to the collection is subject to special conditions and is at the discretion of Matheson and Co. Ltd, part of the Jardine Matheson Group. A statement of the conditions and an application form are available in the Manuscripts Reading Room. Printed copies of the form are available by post (please contact the University Library). An electronic version can also be found at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_application_form_2024_02.pdf.
Records described in the catalogue as being in a bad condition are in a fragile state that precludes them being made available to readers.
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.
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Richard Holt's inquiry respecting his machine, 1827-04-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/30: 385-386
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The first part of collection is comprised of papers concerning the internal affairs of the Board of Longitude, including the granting of awards, accounts, minutes, committee papers, petitions and memorials, the loan of instruments, publications and the payment of staff. These are followed by a wide range of papers relating to the Board's work, concerning clocks, chronometers and other instruments; longitude and latitude; magnetic variation; schemes and inventions; tables; pendulum...
Dates:
1827-04-11
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).