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Prices current and market reports: Canton and Hong Kong, Jan. 1866-Dec. 1868

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/G63/1
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Prices current and market reports from Canton and Hong Kong, January 1866-December 1868, including issues of 'Deacon & Co.'s Canton Market Report'; 'Morgan, Lambert & Co.'s Freight Circular'; 'Coare, Lind & Co.'s Silk Report'; 'Fortnightly Price Current and Market Report'; and 'Jameson & Barton's Opium Report'. There are also memoranda of charters and settlements from George Holmes, Hong Kong, January-December 1868.

Dates: Jan. 1866-Dec. 1868
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: China, Jan. 1874-Dec. 1874

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/G77/1
Scope and Contents Prices current and market reports from Shanghai, Chefoo, Hankow and Newchwang. The items include issues of the 'Shanghai Price Current and Market Report'; 'Thorne, Rice & Co.'s Freight Circular'; 'The Shanghai Trade Report'; 'Shanghai Share List'; 'Shanghai Opium Stocks'; 'H. J. Limby & Co.'s Fortnightly Metal Report'; 'Hankow Price Current and Market Report'; 'Holmes, Wadman & Co.'s Prices Current'; 'Knight & Co.'s Market Report'; 'J. S. Robison's Shanghai Silk Circular';...
Dates: Jan. 1874-Dec. 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: China, Jan. 1889-Dec. 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/G79/1
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Prices current, market reports and circulars from Shanghai, Hankow and Newchwang, including issues of the 'Shanghai Price Current and Market Report'; 'Shanghai Stocks of Malwa and Bengal Opium'; 'Hankow Tea Statistics'; and 'Bush, Brothers' Circular'. There are also memoranda regarding waste silk at Shanghai from Jardine, Matheson & Co., silk quotations, reports regarding buyers and settlements of silk, and particulars of tea settlements in Hankow.

Dates: Jan. 1889-Dec. 1889
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: China and Japan, Feb. 1865-Dec. 1870

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/G46
Scope and Contents Bound and disbound prices current and market reports from Shanghai, Ningpo, Swatow, Amoy, Takao, Taiwanfoo, Tamsui, Hankow, Newchwang, Hong Kong, Yokohama, Nagasaki, Hakodate and Hiogo. Some documents are addressed to Augustine Heard & Co., Hong Kong. The items include issues of 'Jackson & Co.'s Market Report'; 'Holdsworth's Silk Circular'; 'Lincker & Co.'s Monthly Market Report'; 'F. Coit's Market Report'; 'Gundry & Co.'s Shanghai Tea Market Report'; 'Lessler & Hagen's...
Dates: Feb. 1865-Dec. 1870
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: China and Japan, Jan. 1869-Dec. 1869

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/G74/1
Scope and Contents Bound and disbound prices current and market reports from Shanghai, Amoy, Swatow, Newchwang, Yokohama, Hiogo, Nagasaki, Kobe and elsewhere. The items include issues of 'Tait & Co.'s Market Report'; 'Shanghai Tea Market Report'; 'Holdsworth's Silk Circular'; 'Shanghai Price Current and Market Report'; 'Yokohama Prices Current and Market Report'; 'Freight Report'; 'Hiogo and Osaka Prices Current and Market Report'; 'Glover & Co.'s Circular'; 'Walsh & Co.'s Circular'; 'Tait &...
Dates: Jan. 1869-Dec. 1869
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: China and Japan, Jan. 1871-Dec. 1871

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/G74/2
Scope and Contents Bound and disbound prices current and market reports from Shanghai, Hong Kong, Amoy, Foochow, Chefoo, Swatow, Newchwang, Yokohama, Hiogo and Nagasaki. The documents include issues of 'John Thorne's Freight Circular'; 'C. J. Skeggs & Co.'s Silk Circular'; 'Shanghai Share List'; 'Holdsworth's Silk Circular'; 'Yokohama Prices Current and Market Report'; 'Boyd & Co.'s Market Report'; 'Tait & Co.'s Market Report'; 'Brown & Co.'s Market Report'; 'Foochow Weekly Market Report';...
Dates: Jan. 1871-Dec. 1871
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: China and Japan, Jan. 1872-Dec. 1872

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/G75
Scope and Contents Prices current and market reports from Shanghai, Amoy, Foochow, Chefoo, Swatow, Canton, Hong Kong, Newchwang, Yokohama, Nagasaki and Hiogo. The items include issues of the 'Shanghai Price Current and Market Report'; 'The Shanghai Piece Goods Market Report'; 'Holdsworth's Silk Circular'; 'C. J. Skeggs & Co.'s Silk Circular'; 'Tait & Co.'s Tea Report'; 'Boyd & Co.'s Market Report'; 'Foochow Weekly Market Report'; 'Elles & Co.'s Market Report'; 'Yokohama Prices Current and...
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: China and Japan, Dec. 1872-Dec. 1873

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/G76
Scope and Contents Bound and disbound prices current and market reports from Shanghai, Foochow, Amoy, Swatow, Hankow, Newchwang, Chefoo, Yokohama, Hiogo and Nagasaki. The items include issues of the 'Foochow Weekly Market Report'; 'Shanghai Opium Stocks'; 'Yokohama Prices Current and Market Report'; 'The Shanghai Trade Report'; 'Elles & Co.'s Market Report'; 'Alt & Co.'s Market Report'; 'Shanghai Share List'; 'Thorne, Rice & Co.'s Freight Circular'; 'H. J. Limby & Co.'s Fortnightly Metal...
Dates: Dec. 1872-Dec. 1873
Conditions Governing Access: Volume in very bad condition. Too fragile tp produce
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Prices current and market reports: Japan, Jan. 1883-Dec. 1884

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/G82/1
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Bound and disbound prices current and market reports from Yokohama, Hiogo and Kobe, some addressed to Jardine, Matheson & Co., Hong Kong. The items include issues of the 'Yokohama Prices Current and Market Report'; 'Hiogo and Osaka Prices Current and Market Report'; 'Browne & Co.'s Market Report'; and 'Griffin & Co.'s Silk Trade Report'. There are also Yokohama silk quotations and memoranda regarding waste silk at Yokohama from Jardine, Matheson & Co.

Dates: Jan. 1883-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 market reports: Japan, Jan. 1889-Dec. 1891

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/G82/2
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Bound and disbound prices current and market reports from Yokohama, Hiogo and Nagasaki, including issues of the 'Hiogo and Osaka Prices Current and Market Report'; 'Silk Report'; 'Yokohama Prices Current and Market Report'; and 'Holme, Ringer & Co.'s Market Report'. There are also memoranda regarding Yokohama market sales.

Dates: Jan. 1889-Dec. 1891
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 re silk, Jan. 1869-Dec. 1869

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/G40/2
Scope and Contents Bound and disbound prices current and market reports from London, Lyon and Marseilles regarding silk, some addressed to Augustine Heard & Co., Hong Kong. The documents are in English and French, and include issues of 'Frederick Huth & Co.'s Bi-Monthly Silk Circular'; 'Durant & Co.'s Circular'; 'H. W. Eaton & Sons' Circular'; 'Heitz & Devèze's Circular'; 'Jacomb, Hogg & Co.'s Price Current for China Mail'; 'Truninger & Cie.'s Silk Circular'; 'G. Lasalvi & Fils'...
Dates: Jan. 1869-Dec. 1869
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 re silk, Nov. 1860-Dec. 1867

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/G41/1
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Bound and disbound prices current and market reports from London, Lyon and Marseilles regarding silk. The documents are in English and French, and include issues of 'Arlès-Dufour et Cie. Silk Circular'; 'Durant & Co.'s Circular'; 'Heitz & Devèze's Circular'; 'Eaton's Circular'; and 'Waithman, Jacomb & Hogg's Price Current for China Mail'.

Dates: Nov. 1860-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 re silk, Jan. 1873-Dec. 1874

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/G41/2
Scope and Contents Prices current and market reports from London, Lyon and St Etienne regarding silk, some addressed to Augustine Heard & Co., Hong Kong. The documents are in English, French and German, and include issues of 'Truninger & Co.'s Silk Circular'; 'Jacomb, Hogg & Co.'s Price Current for China Mail'; 'Durant & Co.'s Circular'; 'H. W. Eaton & Sons' Circular'; 'E. Read & Co.'s Circular'; 'Kilburn, Kershaw & Co.'s Monthly Circular'; 'Hunt & King's Circular'; 'Heitz &...
Dates: Jan. 1873-Dec. 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 re silk, Oct. 1856-Dec. 1877 (mostly 1870s)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/G42
Scope and Contents Prices current, market reports and quotations from London, Lyon and Marseilles regarding silk. The documents are in English and French, and include issues of 'Durant & Co.'s Circular'; 'Fred. Huth & Co.'s Silk Price Current'; 'Jacomb, Hogg & Co.'s Price Current for China Mail'; 'H. W. Eaton & Sons' Circular'; 'Waithman, Hogg & Co.'s Price Current for China Mail'; 'Kilburn, Kershaw & Co.'s Circular'; and 'Chapuisat & Milsom's Price Current'. There are also prices...
Dates: Oct. 1856-Dec. 1877 (mostly 1870s)
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 re silk, circa 1878-circa 1884

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/G43
Scope and Contents Prices current, market reports and quotations from London, Lyon and Marseilles regarding silk, January 1878-December 1884 and undated. The documents are in English and French, and include issues of 'Hogg, Walker & Co.'s Price Current for China Mail'; 'Durant & Co.'s Circular'; 'H. W. Eaton & Sons' Circular'; 'Revue Mensuelle d'Arlès-Dufour & Cie'; 'E. Read & Co.'s Circular'; 'John Kershaw & Co.'s Circular'; 'Bulletin de l'Union des Marchands de Soie de Lyon';...
Dates: circa 1878-circa 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: Shanghai and Hankow, Jan. 1887-Dec. 1888

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/G77/2
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Bound and disbound prices current, market reports and circulars from Shanghai and Hankow, including issues of the 'Shanghai Price Current and Market Report'; 'Shanghai Stocks of Malwa and Bengal Opium'; and 'Hankow Tea Statistics'. There are also particulars of tea settlements in Hankow, and reports of silk buyers and settlements.

Dates: Jan. 1887-Dec. 1888
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, etc.: New York, 1843-1878

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/G2
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Prices current, market reports, statements of stock, and related correspondence, mostly regarding tea and silk. Some documents are addressed to Augustine Heard & Co. The items are in English and French, and include issues of the 'Shipping and Commercial List', vols 29-34, and 'New York Commercial Circular and General Advertiser', as well as printed reports of Rowland Johnson; Oldendorf, Case & Co.; James & John R. Montgomery; Cornwall & Zerega; and others.

Dates: 1843-1878
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: New York, Jan. 1868-June 1872

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/G1/1
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Prices current and related documents, including letters on markets and prices sent by Cary & Co. to Augustine Heard & Co. in Foochow; issues of 'The New-York Price Current', vols 54-55; printed statements regarding sales and stocks of tea produced by James & John R. Montgomery, Seaman & Thompson, and others; and printed and manuscript bulletins regarding prices current for tea and silk.

Dates: Jan. 1868-June 1872
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 I-chi, 1800-1850

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/H1/117
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A receipt (in Chinese) from I-chi (Yi ji) for silk ordered under the name of Mr Maclean, including an English note about the receipt. The year is not given.

Dates: 1800-1850
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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Record of silk production, circa 1867

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/A8/104/11
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'Tableau de la Production des Soies' (in French), undated, showing European consumption by country and place of origin of imports, 1854-1866.

Dates: circa 1867
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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Records of the Ewo Steam Silk Filature, Dec. 1881-Apr. 1895

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/A7/553
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A cash book and accounts current.

Dates: Dec. 1881-Apr. 1895
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Series: Some of the records are unavailable due to their poor physical condition.
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Reminiscences of R. Plattner re Ewo Silk Filature, 1953

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/L11/42
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Two copies of a typescript extract of a letter from René Plattner, 10 December 1953, regarding the history of the Ewo Silk Filature.

Dates: 1953
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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Reports on silk, 1873-1875

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/A8/108/10
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Reports on the condition of silk, mostly issued by the Bureau Public pour le Titrage des Soies grèges et ouvrées à la Condition des Soies et des Laines; dated Lyon. The documents include reference to J. Cornet.

Dates: 1873-1875
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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Silk accounts: London, 16 Jan. 1864-18 June 1864

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/A8/7/37
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Accounts for silk shipped on various vessels. The documents include reference to the 'Broadwater'; 'Overland'; 'Strathmore'; fabric; and silk.

Dates: 16 Jan. 1864-18 June 1864
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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Silk accounts: Shanghai, 30 June 1865-23 Aug. 1865

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/A8/8/6
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Signed by William Keswick.

Dates: 30 June 1865-23 Aug. 1865
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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