| Title |
Miscellaneous loose accounts and papers |
| Reference |
MS JM/A8 |
| Covering Dates |
1812–1934 |
| Extent and Medium |
196 boxes, 1 drawing, 1 envelope + 1 portfolio |
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| Content and context |
Accounts from the Far East and other parts of the world concerning Jardine, Matheson & Co. and its partners, as well as other companies and individuals. There are also a wide range of other business papers, relating mainly to trade and shipping. |
| Manuscripts/MS JM/A8 contains: |
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1/1
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Hong accounts: Canton. Monthly accounts of Hong and other merchants with Jardine, Matheson & Co., signed by David Jardine. Accounts for May and June 1847 and January 1848 are missing.
24 items. |
30 Apr. 1847–30 June 1849 |
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1/2
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Stock accounts: Canton. Memoranda of stock on hand.
11 items. |
1 Aug. 1847–30 June 1849 |
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1/3
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Memoranda of charges: Canton. Memoranda of charges on various goods, signed by David Jardine. The documents include reference to Captain Oldham; Captain Sewell; Theodore Shillaber; 'Alpha'; lorcha 'Ann'; 'Carnatic'; 'Celestial';'Cockermouth Castle'; 'Dumfries'; 'Flora McDonald'; 'Julia' 'Louisa Ann'; 'Maggie'; 'Mor'; 'Sarah Louisa'; Amoy; beaver skin; cotton; opium; piece goods; shirting; and yarn.
7 items. |
30 Oct. 1847–27 Jan. 1849 |
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1/4
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Cash account: Canton. A cash account showing liabilities and balance short.
1 item. |
26 Nov. 1848 |
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1/5
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Memorandum of marking costs. A memorandum of the cost of marking papers for the 'London', Canton, signed by David Jardine.
1 item. |
17 Nov. 1848 |
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1/6
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Account of Fletcher & Co. The account current of Fletcher & Co. of Hong Kong with David Jardine, dated Canton.
1 item. |
30 Apr. 1847–31 Aug. 1847 |
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1/7
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Memorandum of packhouse rent. A memorandum of packhouse rent paid, signed by David Jardine, Canton. The document includes reference to the 'Alpha'; 'Dumfries'; 'Flora McDonald'; and the 'Maggie'.
1 item. |
23 Jan. 1849 |
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2/1
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Cash accounts: Canton. The accounts include abstracts from R[obert] Jardine's cash books.
6 items. |
31 July 1859–31 Dec. 1859 |
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2/2
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Cash accounts: Shanghai. Accounts for 31 July-31 December 1859, with a memorandum of wages and petty expenses at Shanghai during December 1859, dated 31 December 1859.
6 items. |
31 July 1859–31 Dec. 1859 |
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2/3
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Cash accounts with Camillo Souza & Co. Cash accounts of Jardine, Matheson & Co., with Camillo Souza & Co., dated Macao.
3 items. |
30 Nov. 1858–31 Oct. 1859 |
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3/1
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Cash accounts: Canton. The accounts include abstracts from R[obert] Jardine's cash books. The account for July 1860 is missing.
11 items. |
31 Jan. 1860–31 Dec. 1860 |
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3/2
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Cash accounts: Shanghai.
10 items. |
31 Jan. 1860–31 Oct. 1860 |
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3/3
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Coal accounts: Shanghai. An irregular and incomplete series of coal accounts for Shanghai. The documents includes reference to H.P. Baylis; Alexander Perceval; and the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co.
10 items. |
7 Dec. 1857–30 June 1860 |
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3/4
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Coal accounts: Woosung. An irregular series of coal accounts for Woosung.
6 items. |
20 July 1858–30 June 1860 |
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Miscellaneous bills: London. Bills from R. Napier & Sons, Elkington & Co., and Fortnum, Mason & Co., the latter two paid by Alexander Perceval. One bill is addressed to Herbert Magniac.
3 items. |
3 Apr. 1860–19 Dec. 1860 |
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3/6
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Accounts of sale: London. Accounts of sale of the ships 'Stornoway' and 'Cairngorm'. The documents includes reference to James Baines; Duncan Forbes; Henry Hart; John Robertson; and Alexander Hall & Co.
2 items. |
26 Mar. 1860–3 May 1860 |
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3/7
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Particulars of portage bills: London. Particulars of portage bills for the ninth voyage of the 'Stornoway' and the seventh voyage of the 'Cairngorm'.
2 items. |
26 Apr. 1860–3 May 1860 |
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3/8
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Factory expenses account: Canton. A memorandum of factory expenses.
1 item. |
1 July 1859–30 June 1860 |
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3/9
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Payments account for J. Gardiner Austin. A memorandum of cash paid to order of J. Gardiner Austin, dated Canton, 1 October-15 December 1859.
1 item. |
5 Jan. 1860 |
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3/10
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Account with R.B. Davies. An account of Jardine, Matheson & Co. with R.B. Davies, dated Amoy.
1 item. |
30 June 1860 |
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3/11
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Shipping account: London. An account of Jardine, Matheson & Co. with Matheson & Co. regarding steamers. The document includes reference to J.F. Crockett; John Laird; R. Napier & Son; 'Chevy Chase'; Swansea; and shipping.
1 item. |
31 Dec. 1860 |
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3/12
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Open account with Matheson & Co. An open account of Jardine, Matheson & Co. with Matheson & Co.
1 item. |
Jan. 1860-July 1860 |
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4/1
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Cash accounts: Canton.
10 items. |
31 Mar. 1861–31 Dec. 1861 |
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4/2
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Abstracts of cash books. Abstracts of Robert Jardine's cash books.
2 items. |
Jan. 1861-Feb. 1861 |
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4/3
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Cash accounts: Shanghai.
12 items. |
31 Jan. 1861–31 Dec. 1861 |
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4/4
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Current account with James Whittall. The current account of Jardine, Matheson & Co. with James Whittall, dated Shanghai.
1 item. |
30 June 1861 |
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Coal account: Shanghai. Signed by James Whittall.
1 item. |
31 Dec. 1861 |
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4/6
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Trial balance: Shanghai.
1 item. |
31 Oct. 1861 |
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4/7
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Wages and petty expenses accounts: Shanghai. Signed by James Whittall.
3 items. |
Jan. 1861–31 July 1861 |
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4/8
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Silk filature cash accounts: Shanghai. Signed by John Major.
4 items. |
4 Oct. 1861–31 Dec. 1861 |
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4/9
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Documents re silk filatures, etc. The documents are dated Shanghai, and are comprised of 'Yakee's account', including a note by John Major, 8 September 1860; two receipts for payments made by Major, 15-18 March 1861; and 'Observations on Filature Acct to 30 June 1861', by Major.
4 items. |
8 Sep. 1860–30 June 1861 |
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4/10
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Coal account: Woosung. Signed by James Whittall.
1 item. |
30 Sep. 1861 |
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4/11
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Opium stock account: Yentai. The account is docketed 'Chefoo account', and is signed by Daniel Patridge.
1 item. |
8 Oct. 1861 |
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4/12
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Cash accounts: Tientsin. Cash accounts of H.C. Maclean.
3 items. |
31 Oct. 1861–31 Dec. 1861 |
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4/13
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Stock accounts: Amoy. Signed by M. Fitzgibbon. The account for November is missing. The documents include reference to the 'Pathfinder'.
9 items. |
31 Mar. 1861–31 Dec. 1861 |
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4/14
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Stock account: Yokohama. Signed by William Keswick.
1 item. |
31 Dec. 1861 |
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4/15
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Invoice for seaweed: Nagasaki. An invoice for 83 bales of cut seaweed shipped on the 'Marmora' to Shanghai and consigned to Jardine, Matheson & Co.
1 item. |
11 Apr. 1861 |
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4/16
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Shipping account: London. The account of Jardine, Matheson & Co. with Matheson & Co. regarding steamers, signed by John Laird.
1 item. |
31 Dec. 1861 |
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4/17
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Tea accounts: London. Accounts for tea shipped on the 'Lord of the Isles'.
4 items. |
23 Jan. 1861–31 Jan. 1861 |
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4/18
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Tea accounts: London. Accounts for tea shipped on the 'Lucknow'.
5 items. |
19 Mar. 1861–25 Mar. 1861 |
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5/1
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Cash accounts: Shanghai. Some accounts are docketed as copies of cash books.
12 items. |
31 Jan. 1862–31 Dec. 1862 |
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5/2
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Silk filature cash accounts: Shanghai. Accounts for January-December 1862 (the December account dated 1 January 1863), with a receipted bill from D. Muirhead, shipwright, engineer and brass founder, to John Major, Poo-Tung (Pootung), 24 January 1862, and an attached document in Chinese, docketed as an account for packing silk.
11 items. |
Jan. 1862-Jan. 1863 |
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5/3
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Wages and petty expenses accounts: Shanghai. Signed by Jamed Whittall.
5 items. |
28 Feb. 1862–31 Dec. 1862 |
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5/4
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Coal accounts: Shanghai. Signed by Jamed Whittall.
3 items. |
31 Mar. 1862–30 Sep. 1862 |
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5/5
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Miscellaneous bills: Shanghai. Bills from Robert Brown, ship and boat-builder; Barton, Jones & Robson, medical practitioners; and C. Gombert, chronometer, watch and clock-maker; presented to Captain Hooper of the brig 'Lanrick'.
3 items. |
5 Feb. 1862–18 Mar. 1862 |
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5/6
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Sales account of sea-damaged goods. A sales account of sea-damaged goods received from the 'Polmaise', presented by Wheelcock & Co., dated Shanghai.
2 items. |
19 Feb. 1862 |
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5/7
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Account of charges on seaweed. An account of charges on 111 bales of seaweed received at Shanghai from Nagasaki on the 'Veloz', dated Shanghai.
1 item. |
18 Mar. 1862 |
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5/8
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Account of Alexander Bremner. The account of Alexander Bremner, deceased, dated British Consulate, Shanghai.
1 item. |
9 Dec. 1862 |
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5/9
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Cash accounts: Kiukiang. Cash accounts of G.H. Styan.
7 items. |
30 Sep. 1862–30 June 1863 |
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5/10
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Shipping accounts: Ningpo. Accounts of F.S. Green and others, relating to several vessels. The documents include reference to Hutchison; James Whittall; 'Diver'; 'Dolphin'; 'Eclipse'; 'Rona'; 'Rose'; 'Snipe'; and Shanghai.
5 items. |
31 Mar. 1862–31 Dec. 1862 |
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5/11
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Stock account of the 'Snipe'. The account is dated Ningpo.
1 item. |
28 Feb. 1862 |
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5/12
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Shipping account of the 'Carthage'. An account of the owners of the 'Carthage' with Edward Vincent, dated Swatow.
1 item. |
8 Nov. 1862 |
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5/13
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Stock accounts: Amoy. Signed by M. Fitzgibbon.
8 items. |
31 Jan. 1862–31 Dec. 1862 |
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5/14
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Medical bills: Amoy. Bills for medical attendance and other services from Charles M. Jones, surgeon, to Mr Mackenzie, relating to the 'Adventure', Amoy, 14 August 1862; from the same to the captain and owners of S.S. 'Fiery Cross', Amoy, 7 November 1862, including a note verifying the charges by J.F. Crockett; and from J. Carnegie M.D. to the captain and owners of S.S. 'Carthage' , Amoy, 7 November 1862, including a note of verification by M. Fitzgibbon.
3 items. |
14 Aug. 1862–7 Nov. 1862 |
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5/15
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Dock company bills: Amoy. Two copies of a bill from the Amoy Dock Company to the captain and owners of the 'Banshee', signed by Alexander Johnston and A. Leigh.
2 copies. |
11 Apr. 1862 |
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5/16
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Cash accounts: Foochow.
8 items. |
31 May 1862–31 Dec. 1862 |
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5/17
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Cash accounts: Tientsin. Cash accounts of H.C. Maclean.
12 items. |
31 Jan. 1862–31 Dec. 1862 |
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5/18
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Cash accounts: Hankow. Cash accounts of Herbert Magniac.
4 items. |
30 June 1862–31 Dec. 1862 |
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5/19
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Sundries accounts: Hankow. Signed by Herbert Magniac.
2 items. |
31 May 1862–30 June 1862 |
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5/20
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Cash accounts: Canton.
12 items. |
31 Jan. 1862–31 Dec. 1862 |
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5/21
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Duty account: Canton.
1 item. |
30 June 1862 |
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5/22
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Charges account: Canton.
1 item. |
30 June 1862 |
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5/23
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Trial balance: Canton.
1 item. |
30 Sep. 1862 |
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5/24
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Account of the 'Ettrick'. An account of Jardine, Matheson & Co. with Matheson & Co., London, relating to the 'Ettrick'.
1 item. |
31 Dec. 1862 |
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5/25
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Shipping account: London. An account of Jardine, Matheson & Co. with Matheson & Co. regarding steamers.
1 item. |
31 Dec. 1862 |
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5/26
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Account of the 'Flying Spur'. An account of the owners of the 'Flying Spur' with Matheson & Co., London.
1 item. |
6 Dec. 1862 |
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5/27
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Freight list and account of the 'Kent'. Dated London.
1 item. |
11 Jan. 1862 |
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5/28
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Cargo boats account. An account of Jardine, Matheson & Co. with Glover & Co. regarding cargo boats, dated Nagasaki.
1 item. |
26 July 1862 |
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5/29
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Coal invoices: London. Invoices for shipments of coal from James Thomson & Co., with settlements. The documents include reference to the 'Annie Buchnam'; 'Berwickshire'; 'Britannia'; 'Daphne'; 'Eastern Queen'; 'Edwin Flye'; 'Eudora'; 'Jabez Snow'; 'James Paton'; 'John Nicholson', 'Kelso'; 'Miles Standish'; 'Moneka'; 'Ocean Eagle'; 'Palmerston'; 'Raleigh'; 'Reubens'; 'Siam'; 'Vancluse'; 'Verbena'; 'Volunteer'; and 'Xulla'.
29 items. |
19 July 1861–27 Nov. 1862 |
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Cash accounts: Shanghai. Some accounts are docketed as copies of William Keswick's cash book. The documents include reference to James Whittall.
12 items. |
31 Jan. 1863–31 Dec. 1863 |
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Silk filature cash accounts: Shanghai. Signed by John Major. The accounts for July and August are missing.
7 items. |
Jan. 1863-Dec. 1863 |
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Filature building account: Shanghai. Signed by John Major. The document includes reference to silk.
1 item. |
30 Apr. 1863 |
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6/4
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Silk filature accounts: Shanghai. Signed by William Keswick and James Whittall.
2 items. |
31 Jan. 1863–30 June 1863 |
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6/5
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Wages and petty expenses accounts: Shanghai. Accounts for 31 January-30 June and 31 October-31 December 1863, signed by William Keswick and James Whittall.
8 items. |
31 Jan. 1863–31 Dec. 1863 |
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Silk adventure accounts: Shanghai. Accounts of the first and second 'silk adventures in country', 30 June 1863, with a memorandum of a 'Silk Adventure up Country Account', dated Shanghai, 30 May 1863. The documents are signed by William Keswick and James Whittall.
3 items. |
30 May 1863–30 June 1863 |
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6/7
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Loan account: Shanghai. The date of the account is possibly 30 November 1863.
1 item. |
1863 |
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6/8
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Printing bills: Shanghai. Bills from A.H. de Carvalho for job printing.
2 items. |
1 Oct. 1862–2 Jan. 1863 |
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6/9
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Shipping accounts: Shanghai. Accounts for the vessels 'Julia' (commanded by Captain Bird) and 'Wagoola'.
2 items. |
9 Oct. 1863–8 Dec. 1863 |
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6/10
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Cargo boats account: Shanghai. A cargo boats hire account on coals, signed by William Keswick.
1 item. |
30 June 1863 |
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6/11
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Cargo boats account: Shanghai. Signed by William Keswick.
1 item. |
30 June 1863 |
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6/12
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Coal account: Shanghai.
1 item; Bad condition.. |
30 Sep. 1863 |
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6/13
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Coal accounts: Shanghai. Signed by James Whittall and William Keswick.
7 items. |
30 Sep. 1862–30 June 1863 |
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6/14
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Cash accounts: Canton. Cash accounts of T.G. Newton.
12 items. |
31 Jan. 1863–31 Dec. 1863 |
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6/15
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Cash accounts: Foochow. Two accounts are docketed as copies of R.F. Hamilton's cash book, and one is docketed as an abstract. The accounts for May-September are missing.
12 items. |
31 Jan. 1863–31 Dec. 1863 |
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6/16
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Shipping accounts: Foochow. Accounts of R.F. Hamilton regarding the vessels 'Alfred the Great', 'Standard' and 'Portland'.
3 items. |
20 Oct. 1863–7 Dec. 1863 |
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6/17
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Opium accounts: Amoy. Accounts of sales and stock of opium, with a summary of sales; signed by Henry Beveridge.
4 items. |
31 Dec. 1863 |
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6/18
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Stock account: Amoy. A stock account for 28 February 1863, signed by M. Fitzgibbon, including an endorsement by Henry Beveridge, 2 March 1863.
1 item. |
28 Feb. 1863–2 Mar. 1863 |
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6/19
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Pay lists and disbursements accounts: Amoy. Pay lists and disbursements accounts for wages and petty expenses, 30 September 1862 and 31 October 1863, signed by Henry Beveridge and M. Fitzgibbon.
2 items. |
30 Sep. 1862–31 Oct. 1863 |
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6/20
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Opium stock accounts: Woosung. Signed by Daniel Patridge. The documents include reference to the 'Lady Hayes'.
6 items. |
31 Oct. 1863–31 Dec. 1863 |
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6/21
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Opium sales account: Woosung. A sales account of Malwa opium from the 'Lady Hayes' [Woosung], signed by Daniel Patridge, with a summary of sales, a memorandum of Malwa orders delivered, and a memorandum of Bengal opium delivered.
1 item. |
31 Oct. 1863 |
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6/22
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Hong accounts: Ningpo. Hong accounts of F.S. Green for portage and expenses.
3 items. |
31 Mar. 1863–30 June 1863 |
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6/23
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Current account with F.S. Green. The current account of Jardine, Matheson & Co. with F.S. Green, dated Ningpo.
1 item. |
28 Feb. 1863 |
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6/24
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Current account with Henry Smith. The current account of Jardine, Matheson & Co. with Henry Smith, dated Ningpo.
1 item. |
31 Dec. 1863 |
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6/25
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Opium stock account: Ningpo. Signed by F.S. Green.
1 item. |
30 Sep. 1863 |
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6/26
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Portage bill and disbursements account: Swatow. Signed by Alexander Morrison.
1 item. |
28 Feb. 1863 |
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6/27
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Cash accounts: Kiukiang. Some accounts are docketed as copies of G.H. Styan's cash book. The account for September is missing.
5 items; Bad condition.. |
1 Aug. 1863–31 Dec. 1863 |
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6/28
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Cash accounts: Hankow. Some accounts are docketed as copies of Robert Watmore's cash book. The documents include reference to Herbert Magniac.
12 items. |
31 Jan. 1863–31 Dec. 1863 |
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6/29
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Malwa opium stock account: Hankow. Signed by Robert Watmore.
1 item. |
31 Oct. 1863 |
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6/30
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Sales account of the 'Rona'. A sales account of Malwa opium from the 'Rona', signed by Robert Watmore, Hankow.
1item. |
31 Oct. 1863 |
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6/31
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Cash accounts: Tientsin. Some accounts are docketed as copies of H.C. Maclean's cash book.
12 items. |
31 Jan. 1863–31 Dec. 1863 |
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6/32
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Opium stock accounts: Tientsin. Signed by H.C. Maclean.
2 items. |
30 June 1863–31 Dec. 1863 |
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6/33
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Memoranda of wages and petty expenses: Tientsin. Memoranda of 31 July-31 October 1862 and 31 July 1863, signed by H.C. Maclean.
5 items. |
31 July 1862–31 July 1863 |
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6/34
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Bill to Captain Sullivan. Bill of Thun(?) Mo Hof to Captain Sullivan, Hungkiang(?), docketed 'Formosa'.
1 item. |
5 Sep. 1863 |
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6/35
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Cash accounts: Yokohama. Cash accounts of S.J. Gower.
6 items. |
31 Jan. 1863–30 June 1863 |
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6/36
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Petty and tea charges: Yokohama. Petty expenses and tea charges accounts, signed by S.J. Gower.
6 items. |
31 Jan. 1863–31 May 1863 |
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6/37
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Portage bill of the 'Viola'.
1 item. |
June 1863 |
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6/38
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Tea accounts: London. Accounts for tea shipped on various vessels. The documents include reference to Moncreiff, Grove & Co.; 'Assyrian'; 'Fiery Cross'; 'Pegasus'; 'Queen Of Nations'; 'Sarah Scott'; and the 'Thomas Dryden'.
18 items. |
9 Jan. 1863–9 Nov. 1863 |
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6/39
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Cotton accounts: London. Accounts for cotton shipped on various vessels. The documents include reference to Edward Whittall; Moncreiff, Grove & Co.; 'Gorilla'; and the 'Palmerston'.
6 items. |
23 June 1863–24 June 1863 |
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6/40
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Charterers' account of the 'Adelicia'. The account of the charterers of the 'Adelicia' with Devitt & Moore, dated London. The document includes reference to silk.
1 item. |
20 Nov. 1863 |
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6/41
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Shipping account: London. The account of Jardine, Matheson & Co. with Matheson & Co. regarding steamers.
1 item. |
30 June 1863 |
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6/42
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Coal invoices: London. Invoices for shipments of coal, mostly from Anderson, Thomson & Co., with settlements.
34 items. |
29 Aug. 1863–13 June 1864 |
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6/43
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Open account with Matheson & Co. The open account of Jardine, Matheson & Co. with Matheson & Co., with a list of 'Dependencies in goods (part sold but not yet credited)'. The document includes reference to cotton; hemp; and tea.
1 item. |
Jan. 1863-June 1863 |
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6/44
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Sycee account: Shanghai. A memorandum of account regarding sycee. The document includes reference to Fergusson & Co.; William Keswick; 'Island Queen'; fabric; and silk.
1 item. |
6 Nov. 1863 |
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7/1
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Cash accounts: Shanghai. The accounts are docketed as copies of William Keswick's cash book. The account for June is missing.
11 items. |
31 Jan. 1864–31 Dec. 1864 |
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7/2
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Silk filature cash accounts: Shanghai. Signed by John Major.
3 items. |
Jan. 1864-Apr. 1864 |
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7/3
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Silk filature cash accounts: Shanghai. Accounts for 30 June-31 December 1863, with a letter from John Major to [William] Keswick, 2 February 1865.
2 items. |
30 June 1863–2 Feb. 1865 |
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7/4
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Coal accounts: Shanghai. Signed by William Keswick.
4 items. |
31 Mar. 1864–31 Dec. 1864 |
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7/5
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Cargo boats account: Shanghai. Signed by William Keswick.
1 item. |
30 June 1864 |
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7/6
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Merchandise account: Shanghai. Signed by William Keswick. The document includes reference to tea.
1 item. |
30 June 1864 |
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7/7
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Cotton account: Shanghai. A closed cotton account, 29 October 1864, signed by William Keswick, with an open statement for the 1864-1865 account.
1 item. |
29 Oct. 1864–1865 |
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7/8
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Cash accounts: Canton. Some accounts are docketed as copies of the cash books of T.G. Newton and William Hastings. The account for May is missing.
11 items. |
31 Jan. 1864–31 Dec. 1864 |
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7/9
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Current account of Ahoy. The current account of Ahoy with Robert Jardine, 1 July 1859-1 July 1861, extracted from the Canton ledger, 7 March 1864.
1 item. |
7 Mar. 1864 |
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7/10
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Current account of Yeckchong. The current account of Yeckchong with Robert Jardine, 1 July 1859-30 June 1861, extracted from the Canton ledger, 7 March 1864, including a note on the debt.
1 item. |
7 Mar. 1864 |
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7/11
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Account of Henry Beveridge. The wages and mess account of Henry Beveridge, dated Ningpo.
1 item. |
31 Dec. 1864 |
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7/12
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Opium accounts: Amoy. Accounts of sales and stock of opium, with summaries of sales and particulars of a balance, signed by Henry Beveridge.
19 items. |
31 Jan. 1864–30 Apr. 1864 |
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7/13
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Opium stock account: Amoy. Signed by Henry Smith.
1 item. |
30 Sep. 1864 |
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7/14
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Stock account: Amoy. Signed by Henry Smith. The document includes reference to shirting.
1 item. |
30 Sep. 1864 |
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7/15
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Cash accounts: Foochow. The accounts are docketed as copies of R.F. Hamilton's cash book.
6 items. |
30 Jan. 1864–30 June 1864 |
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7/16
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Current accounts of R.F. Hamilton. The accounts are dated Foochow.
2 items. |
31 Mar. 1864–30 Apr. 1864 |
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7/17
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Trial balance: Foochow. Signed by R.F. Hamilton.
1 item. |
30 Jan. 1864 |
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7/18
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Opium stock account: Chefoo.
1 item. |
31 May 1864 |
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7/19
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Account of the 'Carthage'. The account of the 'Carthage' with Fergusson & Co., dated Chefoo.
1 item. |
17 May 1864 |
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7/20
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Cash accounts: Kiukiang. The accounts are docketed as copies of G.H. Styan's cash book.
12 items. |
31 Jan. 1864–31 Dec. 1864 |
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7/21
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Tea invoice: Kiukiang. Signed by G.H. Styan.
1 item. |
2 Jan. 1864 |
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7/22
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Cash accounts: Hankow. The accounts are docketed as copies of Robert Watmore's cash book.
8 items. |
30 Jan. 1864–31 Aug. 1864 |
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7/23
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Opium stock account: Hankow. Signed by Robert Watmore.
1 item. |
29 Feb. 1864 |
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7/24
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Account of the 'Express'. The account of the owners of the 'Express' with Robert Watmore, dated Hankow.
1 item. |
31 Mar. 1864 |
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7/25
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Account of Yowloong. The account of Yowloong with Jardine, Matheson & Co., dated Hankow, signed by Robert Watmore, with a memorandum of loss. The document includes reference to tea.
1 item. |
17 Nov. 1864 |
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7/26
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Cash accounts: Tientsin. The accounts are docketed as copies of H.C. Maclean's cash book. The accounts for August-October are missing.
9 items. |
31 Jan. 1864–31 Dec. 1864 |
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7/27
|
Opium stock accounts: Woosung. Signed by Daniel Patridge. The accounts for June and July are missing. The documents include reference to the 'Lady Hayes'.
12 items. |
31 Jan. 1864–31 Aug. 1864 |
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7/28
|
Account of the 'Lady Hayes'. The portage bill and disbursements account of the 'Lady Hayes' [Woosung], signed by Daniel Patridge.
1 item. |
31 Mar. 1864 |
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7/29
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Portage bill and disbursements accounts: Taiwanfoo. Signed by Alexander Morrison. The series is incomplete.
6 items. |
29 Feb. 1864–31 Dec. 1864 |
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7/30
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Portage bill and disbursements account: Tamsui. The document includes reference to John Lamont and Alexander Morrison.
1 item. |
31 Mar. 1864 |
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7/31
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Cash accounts: Yokohama. Some accounts are docketed as copies of S.J. Gower's cash book.
6 items. |
1 Aug. 1864–2 Jan. 1865 |
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7/32
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Petty expenses accounts: Yokohama. Petty expenses accounts for 1 September 1864-2 January 1865 (missing the account for October), signed by S.G. Gower, with a trial balance sheet for September 1865.
4 items. |
1 Sep. 1864-Sep. 1865 |
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7/33
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Account of the 'Clan Alpine'. The account of R. Napier & Co. for the 'Clan Alpine', dated Glasgow.
1 item. |
Jan. 1864 |
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7/34
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Coal invoices: London. Invoices for shipments of coal from Anderson, Thomson & Co., with settlements.
21 items. |
6 July 1864–30 June 1865 |
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7/35
|
Tea accounts: London. Accounts for tea shipped on various vessels. The documents include reference to the 'Dunmore'; 'Excelsior'; 'Flying Spur'; 'Lammermuir'; 'Philomela'; 'Queen Of The Ocean'; 'Shakspere'; 'Siam'; 'Strathmore'; and 'Yaratilda'.
32 items. |
17 Aug. 1863–18 June 1864 |
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7/36
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Current account with Matheson & Co. The current account of Jardine, Matheson & Co. with Matheson & Co. The document includes reference to tea.
1 item. |
24 Mar. 1864 |
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7/37
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Silk accounts: London. Accounts for silk shipped on various vessels. The documents include reference to the 'Broadwater'; 'Overland'; 'Strathmore'; fabric; and silk.
6 items. |
16 Jan. 1864–18 June 1864 |
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7/38
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Shipping accounts: London. Accounts of Jardine, Matheson & Co. with Matheson & Co. regarding steamers.
3 items. |
26 May 1864–31 Dec. 1864 |
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7/39
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Supplementary account for the 'Queensberry'. A supplementary account of Heffernan & Kanagawa with Matheson & Co., London, for the charter party of the 'Queensberry'.
1 item. |
12 Jan. 1864 |
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7/40
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Account of the 'Flying Spur'. The current account of the owners of the 'Flying Spur' with Matheson & Co., dated London.
1 item. |
1 Feb. 1864 |
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7/41
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Bill from Pontifer & Wood. A bills for sundries from Pontifer & Wood, dated London.
1 item. |
30 May 1864 |
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7/42
|
Current account of Edward Whittall. The current account of Edward Whittall with Matheson & Co. regarding tea, dated London.
1 item. |
10 Mar. 1864 |
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7/43
|
Account. A fragmentary account, dated London.
1 item. |
1 Jan. 1864 |
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8/1
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Cash accounts: Shanghai. The accounts are docketed as copies of William Keswick's cash book.
12 items. |
31 Jan. 1865–30 Dec. 1865 |
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8/2
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Silk filature cash accounts: Shanghai. Signed by John Major.
12 items. |
May 1864-July 1865 |
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8/3
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Silk filature account: Shanghai.
1 item. |
30 June 1865 |
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8/4
|
Up-country filature account: Shanghai. An up-country filature account, signed by John Major, with an account of cocoons purchased up-country and sent fresh to Pootung. The documents include reference to fabric and silk filature.
2 items. |
12 Aug. 1865 |
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8/5
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Accounts of the Ewo China Bank. Accounts of the Ewo China Bank with Jardine, Matheson & Co., signed by William Keswick, Shanghai. The last account is misdated 1866. The accounts for July-September are missing.
5 items. |
31 May 1865–30 Dec. 1865 |
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8/6
|
Silk accounts: Shanghai. Signed by William Keswick.
2 items. |
30 June 1865–23 Aug. 1865 |
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8/7
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Memorandum of disbursements: Shanghai. A memorandum of disbursements on the account of a cocoon drying machine. The document includes reference to William Keswick; Edward Whittall; fabric; and silk.
1 item. |
30 June 1865 |
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8/8
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Coal account: Shanghai. Signed by William Keswick.
1 item. |
5 May 1865 |
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8/9
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Cotton account: Shanghai. Signed by William Keswick.
1 item. |
30 June 1865 |
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8/10
|
Cash accounts: Canton. Cash accounts for 1 February-30 December 1865, docketed as copies of the cash books of T.G. Newton, R.A. Houstoun and Peter G. Laurie, and missing the account for February. There are also related current accounts and trial balances for March-April 1865.
11 items. |
1 Feb. 1865–30 Dec. 1865 |
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8/11
|
Cash accounts: Kiukiang. The accounts are docketed as copies of the cash books of G.H. Styan and William Patterson.
12 items. |
31 Jan. 1865–31 Dec. 1865 |
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8/12
|
Current account of Ateong. Three copies of the current account of Ateong with Jardine, Matheson & Co., signed by G.H. Styan, Kiukiang.
3 items. |
28 Feb. 1865–31 Mar. 1866 |
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8/13
|
Opium accounts: Amoy. Accounts of sales and stock of opium, with a summary of sales, signed by Henry Smith.
4 items. |
31 Jan. 1865 |
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8/14
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Stock account: Amoy. Signed by Henry Smith. The document includes reference to shirting.
1 item. |
31 Mar. 1865 |
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8/15
|
Pay list and disbursements account: Amoy. Two copies of a pay list and disbursements account for wages and petty expenses, one of them cancelled; signed by Henry Smith.
2 items. |
30 June 1865 |
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8/16
|
Cash accounts: Foochow. The accounts are docketed as copies of R.F. Hamilton's cash book. The account for September is missing.
8 items. |
31 Mar. 1865–30 Nov. 1865 |
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8/17
|
Cash accounts: Tientsin. Cash accounts of H.C. Maclean, 31 January-31 December 1865 (missing the accounts for April and June), with a related memorandum of wages and petty expenses for August 1865.
10 items. |
31 Jan. 1865–31 Dec. 1865 |
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8/18
|
Opium stock accounts: Tientsin. Signed by H.C. Maclean.
1 item. |
13 Apr. 1865 |
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8/19
|
Opium sales accounts: Tientsin. Sales accounts of opium, signed by H.C. Maclean, with a summary of sales. The documents include reference to the 'Yuentzefei' and 'Yuentzifu'.
3 items. |
30 June 1865 |
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8/20
|
Cotton accounts: Tientsin. Accounts of cotton purchases. The documents include reference to Fergusson & Co.
2 items. |
30 Nov. 1865–6 Dec. 1865 |
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8/21
|
Portage bills and disbursements accounts: Taiwanfoo. Signed by Alexander Morrison.
4 items. |
31 Jan. 1865–30 Apr. 1865 |
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8/22
|
Stock account: Taiwanfoo. A stock account of opium and grey shirtings, signed by Alexander Morrison.
1 item. |
31 Jan. 1865 |
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8/23
|
Sales account of the 'Wild Wave'. A sales account for grey shirtings from the 'Wild Wave', signed by Alexander Morrison, Taiwanfoo.
1 item. |
20 Feb. 1865 |
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8/24
|
Cash accounts: Yokohama. The accounts are docketed as copies of C.S. Hope's cash book.
5 items. |
16 Mar. 1865–30 June 1865 |
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8/25
|
Tea charges account: Yokohama. Signed by S.J. Gower.
1 item. |
2 Jan. 1865 |
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8/26
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Petty expenses accounts: Yokohama. Signed by C.S. Hope.
2 items. |
16 Mar. 1865–11 Apr. 1865 |
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8/27
|
Current account of R.A. Houstoun. The current account of R.A. Houstoun with Matheson & Co., dated London.
1 item. |
26 June 1865 |
|
8/28
|
Bill of the 'Agamemnon'. A bill from the owners of the 'Agamemnon', dated Liverpool. The document includes reference to A. Coghill and D.C. Buchanan.
1 item. |
15 Aug. 1865 |
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9/1
|
Cash accounts: Shanghai. The accounts are docketed as copies of the cash books of William Keswick and Edward Whittall.
12 items. |
31 Jan. 1866–31 Dec. 1866 |
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9/2
|
Silk filature cash accounts: Shanghai. Silk filature cash accounts, August 1865-January 1867, signed by John Major, with an annotated filature account for 1865-1866.
13 items. |
Aug. 1865-Jan. 1867 |
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9/3
|
Silk filature account: Shanghai.
1 item. |
30 June 1866 |
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9/4
|
Cargo boats account: Shanghai. Signed by William Keswick.
1 item. |
30 Jan. 1866 |
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9/5
|
Cotton account: Shanghai.
1 item. |
30 June 1866 |
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9/6
|
Accounts of the Ewo China Bank. Accounts of the Ewo China Bank with Jardine, Matheson & Co., signed by William Keswick and Edward Whittall, Shanghai.
6 items. |
31 May 1866–30 Nov. 1866 |
|
9/7
|
Current account of Elles & Co. The account is dated Amoy. The document includes reference to opium and tea.
1 item. |
31 July 1866 |
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9/8
|
Account of Tucksing. The account of Tucksing with Jardine, Matheson & Co., dated Chefoo.
1 item. |
17 Oct. 1866 |
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9/9
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Accounts of Tucksing. Accounts of Tucksing with Jardine, Matheson & Co. for Tientsin, 16 July 1866, and Newchwang, 15 November 1866 and 20 March 1867. The last document is dated at Shanghai.
3 items. |
16 July 1866–20 Mar. 1867 |
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9/10
|
Cash accounts: Tientsin. The accounts are docketed as copies of H.C. Maclean's cash book.
9 items. |
31 Jan. 1866–23 Sep. 1866 |
|
9/11
|
Cash accounts: Kiukiang. The accounts are docketed as copies of the cash books of William Paterson and Robert Anderson.
12 items. |
31 Jan. 1866–31 Dec. 1866 |
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9/12
|
Current account of Ateong. The current account of Ateong, Kiukiang, with Jardine, Matheson & Co., 28 February 1866, with an account of teas received, 28 February 1866, and a balance from the 1865 account, covering 1 May-14 December 1865. The documents are signed by Robert Anderson and William Paterson.
3 items. |
28 Feb. 1866 |
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9/13
|
Sales account: Chefoo. A sales account for shirtings.
1 item. |
6 Dec. 1866 |
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9/14
|
Cash accounts: Canton. Cash accounts, 31 January-31 December 1866, docketed as copies of the cash books of R.A. Houstoun and T.G. Newton, with two receipts for money received from Tay Shing Wo in account for sold cotton, Canton, 23 July 1866.
12 items. |
31 Jan. 1866–31 Dec. 1866 |
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9/15
|
Account of Yowloong. The account of Yowloong with Jardine, Matheson & Co., signed by S.G. Gower, Hankow.
1 item. |
2 Nov. 1866 |
|
9/16
|
Cash accounts: Foochow. Cash accounts, 28 February-31 December 1866, docketed as copies of R.F. Hamilton's cash book (missing the accounts for March-June), with a related trial balance, 28 February 1866.
7 items. |
28 Feb. 1866–31 Dec. 1866 |
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9/17
|
Cash accounts: Yokohama. The accounts are docketed as copies of C.S. Hope's cash book.
6 items. |
11 Aug. 1866–31 Dec. 1866 |
|
10/1
|
Cash accounts: Shanghai. The accounts are docketed as copies of the cash books of Edward Whittall and F.B. Johnson.
12 items. |
31 Jan. 1867–31 Dec. 1867 |
|
10/2
|
Silk filature cash account: Shanghai. Signed by John Major.
1 item. |
Feb. 1867-Mar. 1867 |
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10/3
|
Silk filature account: Shanghai. An account of 30 June 1867, signed by F.B. Johnson, with an addition of 31 July 1867.
1 item. |
30 June 1867–31 July 1867 |
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10/4
|
Up-country filature account: Shanghai. An up-country filature account for cocoons purchased, with a note by John Major regarding unusually high charges.
1 item. |
13 Feb. 1867 |
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10/5
|
Coal accounts: Shanghai. Signed by F.B. Johnson. The documents include reference to Heard's Wharf; Hongque Wharf; and Hunt's Wharf.
4 items. |
30 June 1867–31 Dec. 1867 |
|
10/6
|
Wharf cash accounts: Shanghai. Hongque wharf cash accounts, signed by John H. Vail.
6 items. |
31 July 1867–31 Dec. 1867 |
|
10/7
|
Invoices for tea and fabrics: Shanghai. Signed by F.B. Johnson. The documents include reference to long ell; lasting; silk; and sycee.
13 items. |
13 June 1867–30 June 1867 |
|
10/8
|
Current accounts of Lindsay & Co. Current accounts of Lindsay & Co., and of the estate of Lindsay & Co., with Jardine, Matheson & Co., dated Shanghai.
2 items. |
2 Sep. 1867–20 Sep. 1867 |
|
10/9
|
Current account of the Oriental Bank Corporation. The current account of the Oriental Bank Corporation with Jardine, Matheson & Co., dated Shanghai.
1 item. |
Jan. 1867 |
|
10/10
|
Cash accounts: Canton. The accounts are docketed as copies of T.G. Newton's cash book.
12 items. |
1 Feb. 1867–1 Jan. 1868 |
|
10/11
|
Opium stock accounts: Hankow. Signed by S.J. Gower.
6 items. |
30 Mar. 1867–30 Nov. 1867 |
|
10/12
|
Cash accounts: Kiukiang. The accounts are docketed as copies of Robert Anderson's cash book. The accounts for April-June are missing.
9 items. |
31 Jan. 1867–31 Dec. 1867 |
|
10/13
|
Tea account of Ateong. Two copies of the account of Ateong with Jardine, Matheson & Co. regarding black teas, signed by Robert Anderson, Kiukiang.
2 copies. |
14 Aug. 1867 |
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10/14
|
Cash accounts: Foochow. The accounts are docketed as copies of the cash books of R.F. Hamilton and T.A. Lyon.
12 items. |
31 Jan. 1867–31 Dec. 1867 |
|
10/15
|
Cash accounts: Yokohama. The accounts are docketed as copies of the cash books of H.P. Austin and C.S. Hope.
12 items. |
31 Jan. 1867–31 Dec. 1867 |
|
10/16
|
Bill from Whitfield & Dowson. A bill from Whitfield & Dowson, architects, Yokohama, for proposed buildings on Lot No. 1, etc.
1 item. |
3 Aug. 1867 |
|
10/17
|
Coal invoices: London. Invoices for shipments of coal from Anderson, Thomson & Co.
17 items. |
28 June 1867–7 Nov. 1867 |
|
10/18
|
Account of the 'Flying Spur'. The account of the owners of the 'Flying Spur' with Matheson & Co., dated London.
1 item. |
31 Dec. 1867 |
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10/19
|
Shipping account: London. The account of the Jardine, Matheson & Co. with Matheson & Co. regarding steamers.
1 item. |
31 Dec. 1867 |
|
11/1
|
Cash accounts: Shanghai. Cash accounts, 31 January-31 December 1868, some docketed as copies of F.B. Johnson's cash book. The account for November includes a note initialled by William Keswick, 30 March 1869.
12 items. |
31 Jan. 1868–30 Mar. 1869 |
|
11/2
|
Silk filature cash accounts: Shanghai. Silk filature cash accounts, August-December 1868 (missing the account for November), with a memorandum of a filature account, 7 May 1868, including comments by John Major. The documents include reference to A. Major.
4 items. |
7 May 1868-Dec. 1868 |
|
11/3
|
Up-country and filature accounts: Shanghai. An up-country filature account, a filature cash account, and an up-country charges account, signed by John Major. The documents include reference to cocoons.
3 items. |
14 Aug. 1868 |
|
11/4
|
Coal accounts: Shanghai. Accounts for Heard's Wharf and Hunt's Wharf, signed by F.B. Johnson.
4 items. |
31 Mar. 1868–30 June 1868 |
|
11/5
|
Wages and petty cash accounts: Shanghai. Accounts of 31 January-29 February 1864, 30 April-30 November 1864, 31 January-31 May 1865, and 31 May 1868, signed by F.B. Johnson and William Keswick.
16 items. |
31 Jan. 1864–31 May 1868 |
|
11/6
|
Current accounts of the Oriental Bank Corporation. Current accounts of the Oriental Bank Corporation with Jardine, Matheson & Co., signed by F.B. Johnson, Shanghai, missing the accounts for April-June and September.
6 items. |
31 Mar. 1868–31 Dec. 1868 |
|
11/7
|
Wharf cash accounts: Shanghai. Hongque wharf cash accounts, signed by John H. Vail.
6 items. |
31 Jan. 1868–30 June 1868 |
|
11/8
|
Cash accounts: Canton. Some of the accounts are docketed as copies of T.G. Newton's cash book. The accounts for March and July are missing.
10 items. |
1 Feb. 1868–1 Jan. 1869 |
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11/9
|
Cash accounts: Canton. Cash accounts of Augustine Heard & Co., 1 July 1867-1 June 1868, with accounts of factory and petty expenses. The documents include reference to Charles Orne.
12 items. |
1 July 1867–1 June 1868 |
|
11/10
|
Cash accounts: Kiukiang. Some of the accounts are docketed as copies of Robert Anderson's cash book.
6 items. |
31 Jan. 1868–30 June 1868 |
|
11/11
|
Opium stock and sales accounts: Kiukiang. Signed by Robert Anderson.
3 items. |
2 Apr. 1867–30 Jan. 1868 |
|
11/12
|
Advance accounts with J.M. Canny. Advance accounts of Jardine, Matheson & Co. with J.M. Canny, dated Chinkiang. The documents include reference to opium.
2 items. |
1 June 1868–1 July 1868 |
|
11/13
|
Cash accounts: Foochow. Most of the accounts are docketed as copies of R.F. Hamilton's cash book.
6 items. |
31 Jan. 1868–30 June 1868 |
|
11/14
|
Opium stock and sales accounts: Amoy. Stock and sales accounts for opium from Elles & Co., with a summary of sales.
3 items. |
30 June 1868 |
|
11/15
|
Loan accounts: Hankow. Loan accounts of 30 June 1868 and undated.
2 items. |
circa 1868 |
|
11/16
|
Analysis of piece goods account: Hankow. Signed by Henry Beveridge.
1 item. |
30 June 1868 |
|
11/17
|
Cash accounts: Newchwang. Signed by Charles Hill.
3 items. |
31 Mar. 1868–30 May 1868 |
|
11/18
|
Memoranda of cash receipts and expenditure: Newchwang. The memoranda are docketed as Charles E. Hill's cash accounts.
3 items. |
Apr. 1868-June 1868 |
|
11/19
|
Cash accounts: Yokohama. Some of the accounts are docketed as copies of H.P. Austin's cash book.
6 items. |
31 Jan. 1868–1 July 1868 |
|
11/20
|
Petty expenses accounts: Yokohama. Signed by H.P. Austin.
3 items. |
1 May 1868–1 July 1868 |
|
11/21
|
Coal invoices: London. Invoices for shipments of coal from Anderson, Thomson & Co.
50 items. |
1 Jan. 1868–23 Dec. 1868 |
|
12/1
|
Cash accounts: Shanghai. Signed by F.B. Johnson.
5 items. |
30 Jan. 1869–31 May 1869 |
|
12/2
|
Silk filature cash accounts: Shanghai. Signed by A. Major and John Major.
8 items. |
28 Feb. 1869–31 Dec. 1869 |
|
12/3
|
Up-country and filature accounts: Shanghai. An up-country and filature account, an up-country charges account, and a cocoon purchase account. The documents are signed by A. Major and John Major.
3 items. |
31 July 1869 |
|
12/4
|
Current accounts of the Oriental Bank Corporation. Current accounts of the Oriental Bank Corporation with Jardine, Matheson & Co., signed by F.B. Johnson, Shanghai, missing the accounts for February-May and July.
6 items. |
30 Jan. 1869–30 Nov. 1869 |
|
12/5
|
Bill from John P. Roberts. A copy of a bill from John P. Roberts, ironmonger, Shanghai, signed by Daniel Patridge.
1 item. |
19 Nov. 1869 |
|
12/6
|
Account of the 'Kelso'. The account of the owners of the 'Kelso', Shanghai, with Jardine, Matheson & Co., dated Shanghai.
1 item. |
8 Oct. 1869 |
|
12/7
|
Coal accounts: Shanghai. Coal accounts, 31 March-31 December 1869, signed by F.B. Johnson, with a memorandum regarding losses incurred in landing coal cargoes, dated Shanghai, 30 April 1869. The documents include reference to Captain Hertel; Hunt's Wharf; Heard's Wharf; Pootung Godown; the 'Andreas'; and the 'Minden'.
9 items. |
31 Mar. 1869–31 Dec. 1869 |
|
12/8
|
Wharf cash accounts: Shanghai. Hongque wharf cash accounts, signed by J. Marshall and John H. Vail., missing the accounts for October-November.
7 items. |
30 Apr. 1869–31 Dec. 1869 |
|
12/9
|
Wharf cash account: Shanghai. Hunt's wharf cash account, signed by J. Marshall.
1 item. |
31 July 1869 |
|
12/10
|
Cash accounts: Canton. Some of the accounts are docketed as copies of T.G. Newton's cash book.
12 items. |
1 Feb. 1869–1 Jan. 1870 |
|
12/11
|
Current accounts with Robert Jardine. Current accounts of Jardine, Matheson & Co. with Robert Jardine, with related trial balances, dated Canton. The documents are signed by T.G. Newton and G. Mackrill Smith.
2 items. |
1 June 1869–1 Jan. 1870 |
|
12/12
|
Cash accounts: Kiukiang. Cash accounts of Robert Anderson.
6 items. |
31 July 1869–31 Dec. 1869 |
|
12/13
|
Cash accounts: Hankow. Cash accounts of Henry Beveridge.
6 items. |
31 July 1869–31 Dec. 1869 |
|
12/14
|
Cash accounts: Newchwang. Cash accounts of Charles Hill.
6 items. |
31 July 1869–31 Dec. 1869 |
|
12/15
|
Cash accounts: Foochow. Cash accounts of William Paterson.
6 items. |
31 July 1869–31 Dec. 1869 |
|
12/16
|
Stock accounts: Foochow. Signed by William Paterson.
2 items. |
30 Sep. 1869–31 Dec. 1869 |
|
12/17
|
Disbursements account of the 'Minnie'. Signed by William Paterson, Foochow. The document includes reference to Captain Hertel.
1 item. |
28 July 1869 |
|
12/18
|
Cash accounts: Amoy. The accounts probably relate to Augustine Heard & Co. The documents include reference to J.K. Cunningham and N. Murton.
11 items. |
1 Aug. 1868–1 June 1869 |
|
12/19
|
Current accounts of Augustine Heard & Co. Current accounts of Augustine Heard & Co. with J.K. Cunningham, dated Amoy.
5 items. |
12 Jan. 1869–17 Apr. 1869 |
|
12/20
|
Current account of Russell & Sturgis. The current account of Russell & Sturgis with J.K. Cunningham, dated Amoy.
1 item. |
5 Dec. 1868 |
|
12/21
|
Opium stock accounts: Amoy. Accounts of Elles & Co. The account for October is missing.
4 items. |
31 Aug. 1869–31 Dec. 1869 |
|
12/22
|
Cash accounts: Yokohama. Signed by Herbert Smith. Some accounts are docketed as 'Compradore's cash account'.
6 items. |
July 1869–31 Dec. 1869 |
|
12/23
|
Cash accounts of the Oriental Bank Corporation. Signed by Herbert Smith, Yokohama.
6 items. |
July 1869–31 Dec. 1869 |
|
12/24
|
Sales account of the 'Douglas'. A copy of a sales account of sugar received from the 'Douglas', signed by Herbert Smith, Yokohama.
1 item. |
31 Aug. 1869 |
|
12/25
|
Coal invoices: London. Invoices for shipments of coal from Anderson, Thomson & Co.
15 items. |
3 July 1869–21 Dec. 1869 |
|
12/26
|
Bills from Alexander Collie & Co. Copies of bills from Alexander Collie & Co., cloth merchants, Manchester.
2 items. |
6 Oct. 1869–16 Oct. 1869 |
|
12/27
|
Shipping account of the 'Mary Nicholson'. A current account, headed 'Supplementary a/c', for the 'Mary Nicholson', dated Yokohama, 30 October 1869, with three orders for payment from John Freebody to Herbert Smith, 9-30 October 1869, and a receipt from Freebody, 30 October 1869.
5 items. |
9 Oct. 1869–30 Oct. 1869 |
|
13/1
|
Silk filature cash accounts: Shanghai. Signed by A. Major.
3 items. |
28 Feb. 1870–31 May 1870 |
|
13/2
|
Silk filature accounts: Shanghai. Signed by F.B. Johnson.
3 items. |
30 Apr. 1870–31 July 1870 |
|
13/3
|
Current accounts of the Oriental Bank Corporation. Current accounts of the Oriental Bank Corporation with Jardine, Matheson & Co, signed by F.B. Johnson, Shanghai.
10 items. |
31 Mar. 1870–31 Dec. 1870 |
|
13/4
|
Cargo boats accounts: Shanghai. Signed by John H. Vail.
5 items. |
31 Aug. 1870–31 Dec. 1870 |
|
13/5
|
Wharf cash accounts: Shanghai. Pootung wharf cash accounts, signed by J. Marshall and John H. Vail, missing the accounts for April-May.
9 items. |
1 Mar. 1870–31 Dec. 1870 |
|
13/6
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Wharf cash accounts: Shanghai. Hongque wharf cash accounts, signed by J. Marshall and John H. Vail.
7 items. |
30 June 1870–31 Dec. 1870 |
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13/7
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Coal accounts: Shanghai. The documents include reference to F.B. Johnson; R.A. Houstoun; Heard's Wharf; Hunt's Wharf; and Pootung Wharf.
17 items. |
31 Jan. 1870–31 Oct. 1870 |
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13/8
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Memoranda re the 'Berwick Walls'. Memoranda of demurrage collected, portage bills, and disbursements accounts of the 'Berwick Walls', signed by Daniel Patridge, Shanghai. The memoranda for July-August are missing.
6 items. |
1 June 1870–31 Dec. 1870 |
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13/9
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Current account of James Whittall. The current account of James Whittall with Jardine, Matheson & Co., dated Shanghai.
1 item. |
31 July 1870 |
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13/10
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Current account of the 'Heather Bell'. The current account of the owners of the 'Heather Bell' with Jardine, Matheson & Co., dated Shanghai.
1 item. |
11 Oct. 1870 |
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13/11
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Cash accounts: Canton. Signed by G. Mackrill Smith.
12 items. |
1 Feb. 1870–31 Dec. 1870 |
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13/12
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Cash accounts: Foochow. Signed by Alexander Forbes Angus and William Paterson.
12 items. |
31 Jan. 1870–31 Dec. 1870 |
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13/13
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Stock accounts: Foochow. Signed by Alexander Forbes Angus and William Paterson.
5 items. |
31 Mar. 1870–31 Dec. 1870 |
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13/14
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Opium stock and sales accounts: Foochow. Stock and sales accounts for opium, signed by William Paterson, with a summary of sales. Some of the accounts are dated December 1871, apparently in error. The documents include reference to the 'Kwangtung'.
6 items. |
31 Dec. 1870 |
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13/15
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Current accounts of Awei. Current accounts of Awei with William Paterson, dated Foochow, 30 April, 31 May, 31 July and 31 December 1870. The documents include reference to Alexander Forbes Angus.
4 items. |
30 Apr. 1870–31 Dec. 1870 |
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13/16
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Disbursements accounts of the 'Beemah'. Signed by William Paterson, Foochow. The documents list the ship's commander as Captain Wakeham.
2 items. |
5 Jan. 1871 |
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13/17
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Cash accounts: Amoy. The accounts probably relate to Augustine Heard & Co. The documents include reference to J.K. Cunningham and N. Murton.
10 items. |
3 July 1869-Mar. 1870 |
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13/18
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Account of the 'Venus'. The account of the owners of the 'Venus' with J.K. Cunningham and N. Murton, dated Amoy.
1 item. |
2 Sep. 1869 |
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13/19
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Account of the 'Fung Shuey'. The account of [the owners of] the 'Fung Shuey' with J.K. Cunningham and N. Murton, dated Amoy.
1 item. |
3 Dec. 1869 |
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13/20
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Stock account: Amoy. Stock account of Elles & Co. The document includes reference to rice; shirting; and yarn.
1 item. |
30 June 1870 |
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13/21
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Current accounts with B.A. Pereira. Current accounts of Jardine, Matheson & Co. with B.A. Pereira, dated Macao, 31 January-31 December 1870, missing the accounts for May-July and September. There is also a note [banker's order] from Max Fischer to Jardine, Matheson & Co., dated Macao, 17 January 1870.
8 items. |
17 Jan. 1870–31 Dec. 1870 |
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13/22
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Cash accounts: Kiukiang. Signed by J.H. Anderson; Robert Anderson; and Henry Beveridge.
11 items. |
28 Feb. 1870–31 Dec. 1870 |
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13/23
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Current account of Siu Cheong Tai Hong. The current account of Siu Cheong Tai Hong with Jardine, Matheson & Co, Kiukiang, signed by Robert Anderson.
1 item. |
26 Jan. 1870 |
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13/24
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Current account of Siu Kee. The current account of Siu Cheong Tai Hong with Jardine, Matheson & Co, signed by Robert Anderson, Shanghai.
1 item. |
7 June 1870 |
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13/25
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Stock account: Chinkiang. The account is docketed as J.M. Canny's stock account.
1 item. |
28 Feb. 1870 |
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13/26
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Cash accounts: Hankow. Signed by Henry Beveridge and A.L. Pearey.
11 items. |
31 Jan. 1870–15 Oct. 1870 |
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13/27
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Opium stock account: Hankow. Signed by Henry Beveridge.
2 copies. |
30 July 1870 |
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13/28
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Analyses of opium and piece goods accounts: Hankow. Signed by Henry Beveridge.
2 items. |
30 July 1870 |
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13/29
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Cash accounts: Newchwang. Cash accounts of Charles Hill. The account for February is missing.
3 items. |
31 Jan. 1870–30 Apr. 1870 |
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13/30
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Bill from Charles E. Hill. A bill from Charles E. Hill, Newchwang, to [the owners of] the 'Kiushu'.
1 item. |
26 Mar. 1870 |
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13/31
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Stock accounts: Newchwang. Stock accounts for, respectively, opium and other produce (mostly fabrics), signed by Charles Hill. The documents include reference to the 'Kiushu'; cloth; and shirting.
2 items. |
31 Mar. 1870 |
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13/32
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Cash accounts: Yokohama. Cash accounts of Herbert Smith and the comprador. The accounts have various dockets.
9 items. |
31 Jan. 1870–30 Sep. 1870 |
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13/33
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Cash accounts of the Oriental Bank Corporation. Signed by Herbert Smith, Yokohama.
12 items. |
31 Jan. 1870–31 Dec. 1870 |
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13/34
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Accounts of the 'Leander'. The accounts are dated Yokohama.
2 items; Bad condition.. |
24 June 1870 |
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13/35
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Wages and petty expenses account: Yokohama. Signed by Herbert Smith.
1 item. |
30 Apr. 1870 |
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13/36
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Analyses of accounts: Yokohama. Analyses of accounts for buildings, duty, charges, imports, rice and sugar, signed by Herbert Smith.
5 items. |
30 Apr. 1870 |
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13/37
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Coal invoices: London. Invoices for shipments of coal from Anderson, Anderson & Co.
23 items. |
15 Jan. 1870–28 Nov. 1870 |
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13/38
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Tea accounts: London. Accounts for tea shipped on various vessels. The documents include reference to R.F. Hamilton; William Jaffray; T.A. Lyon; 'Argonaut'; 'Leander'; and the 'Sir Lancelot'.
8 items. |
26 Feb. 1869–12 Aug. 1870 |
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14/1
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Current account of Jardine Matheson. The current account of Jardine, Matheson & Co., Hong Kong, with Jardine, Matheson & Co., Shanghai, dated Shanghai.
1 item. |
30 Nov. 1871 |
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14/2
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Wharf cash accounts: Shanghai. Pootung wharf cash accounts, 31 January-30 November 1871, signed by John H. Vail, with memoranda of the accounts for January and March.
11 items. |
31 Jan. 1871–30 Nov. 1871 |
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14/3
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Wharf cash accounts: Shanghai. Hongque wharf cash accounts, signed by John H. Vail.
11 items. |
31 Jan. 1871–30 Nov. 1871 |
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14/4
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Wharf cash account: Shanghai. Heard's Wharf cash account, signed by John H. Vail.
1 item. |
31 Dec. 1871 |
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14/5
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Current accounts of the Oriental Bank Corporation. Current accounts of the Oriental Bank Corporation with Jardine, Matheson & Co., dated Shanghai.
12 items. |
31 Jan. 1871–30 Dec. 1871 |
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14/6
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Cargo boats accounts: Shanghai. Signed by John H. Vail. The accounts for March-April are missing.
9 items. |
31 Jan. 1871–30 Nov. 1871 |
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14/7
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Cargo boats accounts: Shanghai. Accounts for 31 January and 31 March 1871.
2 items. |
31 Jan. 1871–31 Mar. 1871 |
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14/8
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Cargo boats accounts: Shanghai.
1 item. |
31 Oct. 1871 |
|
14/9
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Memoranda re the 'Berwick Walls'. Memoranda of demurrage collected, portage bills, and disbursements accounts of the 'Berwick Walls', dated Shanghai. There are two versions of the October account. The February account is missing. The documents include reference to G.B. Hill and Daniel Patridge.
11 items. |
31 Jan. 1871–4 Dec. 1871 |
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14/10
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Coal account: Shanghai. The account includes a memorandum of stocks p. godown returns to date at Heard's Wharf and Pootung Wharf.
1 item. |
30 Apr. 1871 |
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14/11
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Shipping accounts: Shanghai. Shipping accounts of Glover, Dow & Co. and others regarding several vessels. The documents include reference to the 'Appin'; 'Faust'; 'Peiho'; 'United Service'; and 'Warrior'.
5 items. |
4 Oct. 1870–30 Dec. 1871 |
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14/12
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Current account of the North China Steamer Co. The current account of the North China Steamer Co. with Jardine, Matheson & Co., dated Shanghai, 31 December 1871, with a memorandum of agreement between the companies, 14 March 1871.
2 items. |
14 Mar. 1871–31 Dec. 1871 |
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14/13
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Memorandum of contract account. A memorandum of a Yowlong tea contract account, dated Shanghai.
1 item. |
31 Oct. 1871 |
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14/14
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Memorandum re opium account. A memorandum of William Keswick regarding an opium account, dated Shanghai.
1 item. |
17 July 1871 |
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14/15
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Summary of account: Shanghai.
1 item. |
31 July 1871 |
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14/16
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Cash accounts: Canton. Signed by G. Mackrill Smith.
18 items. |
31 Jan. 1871–31 Dec. 1871 |
|
14/17
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Current account with Robert Jardine. The current account of Jardine, Matheson & Co. with Robert Jardine, signed by G. Mackrill Smith, Canton.
1 item. |
28 Feb. 1871 |
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14/18
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Shipping accounts: Canton. Shipping accounts for several vessels, signed by G. Mackrill Smith. The documents include reference to the 'Earl Dalhousie'; 'Peiho'; and Sin Nanzing'.
5 items. |
21 Apr. 1871–6 Jan. 1872 |
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14/19
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Cash accounts: Foochow. Cash accounts of Alexander Forbes Angus and William Paterson.
12 items. |
31 Jan. 1871–31 Dec. 1871 |
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14/20
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Current accounts of Awei. Current accounts of Awei with William Patterson, dated Foochow.
4 items. |
31 Aug. 1871–30 Nov. 1871 |
|
14/21
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Opium stock and sales accounts: Foochow. Stock and sales accounts of opium, signed by William Paterson, with summaries of sales. The documents include reference to the 'Douglas' and 'Kwangtung'.
6 items. |
28 Feb. 1871–31 Mar. 1871 |
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14/22
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Current accounts with B.A. Pereira. Current accounts of Jardine, Matheson & Co. with B.A. Pereira, dated Macao.
2 items. |
31 Jan. 1871–28 Feb. 1871 |
|
14/23
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Account of the 'Miaca'. The account of the 'Miaca' with Edward Vincent, dated Swatow.
1 item. |
30 Apr. 1871 |
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14/24
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Current account with Drysdale, Ringer & Co. The current account of Jardine, Matheson & Co. with Drysdale, Ringer & Co., dated Hankow, headed 'City Property a/c', with one copy.
2 items. |
30 June 1871 |
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14/25
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Cash accounts: Tientsin. Signed by Henry Beveridge.
5 items. |
31 Aug. 1871–31 Dec. 1871 |
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14/26
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Cash accounts: Yokohama. Cash accounts of Edward Whittall and the comprador. The accounts have various dockets.
11 items. |
28 Feb. 1871–31 Dec. 1871 |
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14/27
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Cash accounts of the Oriental Bank Corporation. The accounts are dated Yokohama, and are variously headed and docketed. The account for September is missing. The documents include reference to Edward Whittall.
11 items. |
31 Jan. 1871–31 Dec. 1871 |
|
14/28
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Current account of Parrott & Co. The current account of Parrott & Co., San Francisco, with Jardine, Matheson & Co., Yokohama, dated Yokohama. The document includes reference to coal; fabric; and silk.
1 item. |
30 Sep. 1871 |
|
14/29
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Tea accounts of the 'Sir Lancelot'. Accounts for tea shipped on the 'Sir Lancelot', signed by William Paterson, London.
2 items. |
24 Jan. 1871–27 Jan. 1871 |
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14/30
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Invoice from Anderson, Anderson & Co. An invoice for a shipment of coal from Anderson, Anderson & Co., dated London, docketed as a final payment.
1 item. |
6 Mar. 1871 |
|
15/1
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Currents accounts of the Oriental Bank Corporation. Currents accounts of the Oriental Bank Corporation with Jardine, Matheson & Co., dated Shanghai.
11 items. |
31 Jan. 1872–31 Dec. 1872 |
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15/2
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Wharf cash accounts: Shanghai. Signed by John H. Vail. The documents include reference to Pootung Wharf.
11 items. |
29 Feb. 1872–31 Dec. 1872 |
|
15/3
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Wharf cash accounts: Shanghai. Hongkew (Hongque) Wharf cash accounts, signed by John H. Vail.
8 items. |
31 May 1872–31 Dec. 1872 |
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15/4
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Wharf cash accounts: Shanghai. Hunt's Wharf cash accounts, signed by John H. Vail, missing the account for February.
11 items. |
31 Jan. 1872–31 Dec. 1872 |
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15/5
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Wharf cash accounts: Shanghai. Heard's Wharf cash accounts, 31 January, 31 March and 30 April 1872, signed by John H. Vail.
3 items. |
31 Jan. 1872–30 Apr. 1872 |
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15/6
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Cargo boats accounts: Shanghai. Signed by John H. Vail.
11 items. |
29 Feb. 1872–31 Dec. 1872 |
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15/7
|
Shipping accounts: Shanghai. Shipping accounts for several vessels. The documents include reference to the 'Appin'; 'Kwangtung'; 'Kiushu'; 'Norna'; 'Peiho'; and 'Warrior'.
9 items. |
6 Jan. 1872–30 Apr. 1872 |
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15/8
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Current accounts of Tucksing. Current accounts of Tucksing with Jardine, Matheson & Co., dated Hong Kong and Shanghai, with an undated annotated memorandum concerning Tucksing.
3 items. |
6 Apr. 1872–30 Apr. 1872 |
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15/9
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Cash accounts: Canton. Signed by G. Mackrill Smith.
12 items. |
31 Jan. 1872–31 Dec. 1872 |
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15/10
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Shipping accounts: Canton. Shipping accounts for several vessels. The documents include reference to G. Mackrill Smith; 'Electra'; 'Portland'; and the 'Sin Nanzing'.
5 items. |
26 Jan. 1872–31 Dec. 1872 |
|
15/11
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Cash accounts: Foochow. Cash accounts of Alexander Forbes Angus and William Paterson. The accounts are docketed as copies of a cash book.
12 items. |
31 Jan. 1872–31 Dec. 1872 |
|
15/12
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Current account of Awei. The current account of Awei with William Patterson, dated Foochow.
1 item. |
29 Feb. 1872 |
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15/13
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Cash accounts: Tientsin. Signed by Henry Beveridge.
12 items. |
1 Feb. 1872–31 Dec. 1872 |
|
15/14
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Current accounts with B.A. Pereira. Current accounts of Jardine, Matheson & Co. with B.A. Pereira, dated Macao, 31 January-29 February 1872, with a note [banker's order] from Max Fischer to Jardine, Matheson & Co., dated Macao, 21 February 1872.
2 items. |
31 Jan. 1872–29 Feb. 1872 |
|
15/15
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Statements of cash account: Yokohama. Cash accounts of Herbert Smith.
49 items. |
14 Jan. 1871–30 Dec. 1872 |
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15/16
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Cash accounts: Yokohama. Cash accounts of the comprador.
12 items. |
31 Jan. 1872–31 Dec. 1872 |
|
15/17
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Current accounts of the Oriental Bank Corporation. The accounts are dated Yokohama.
7 items. |
31 Jan. 1872–31 July 1872 |
|
15/18
|
Accounts of the Hongkong & Shanghai Bank Corporation. Accounts of the Hongkong & Shanghai Bank Corporation with Jardine, Matheson & Co., dated Yokohama, variously headed as cash and current accounts. The account for June is missing.
7 items. |
31 May 1872–31 Dec. 1872 |
|
15/19
|
Trial balance: Yokohama.
1 item. |
29 Feb. 1872 |
|
15/20
|
Coal invoices: London. Invoices and final payments for shipments of coal from Anderson, Anderson & Co.
17 items. |
25 Oct. 1871–31 Dec. 1872 |
|
16/1
|
Wharf cash accounts: Shanghai. Pootung Wharf cash accounts, signed by John H. Vail.
12 items. |
31 Jan. 1873–31 Dec. 1873 |
|
16/2
|
Wharf cash accounts: Shanghai. Hongkew (Hongque) Wharf cash accounts, signed by John H. Vail.
12 items. |
31 Jan. 1873–31 Dec. 1873 |
|
16/3
|
Wharf cash accounts: Shanghai. Hunt's Wharf cash accounts, signed by John H. Vail.
12 items. |
31 Jan. 1873–31 Dec. 1873 |
|
16/4
|
Cargo boats accounts: Shanghai. Signed by John H. Vail.
12 items. |
31 Jan. 1873–31 Dec. 1873 |
|
16/5
|
Current accounts of the Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank Corporation. Current accounts of the Hongkong & Shanghai Bank Corporation with Jardine, Matheson & Co., dated Shanghai.
11 items. |
28 Feb. 1873–31 Dec. 1873 |
|
16/6
|
Current accounts of the Oriental Bank Corporation. Current accounts of the Oriental Bank Corporation with Jardine, Matheson & Co., dated Shanghai.
11 items. |
28 Feb. 1873–31 Dec. 1873 |
|
16/7
|
Current account of Matheson & Co. The current account of Matheson & Co. with Jardine, Matheson & Co. regarding silk ventures, dated Shanghai.
1 item. |
16 Aug. 1873 |
|
16/8
|
Cash accounts: Canton. Cash accounts of F.W. Coles and G. Mackrill Smith. Some of the accounts are docketed as copies of a cash book.
12 items. |
31 Jan. 1873–31 Dec. 1873 |
|
16/9
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Accounts of the 'Sin Nanzing'. Signed by F.W. Coles, Canton.
2 items. |
12 Dec. 1873–31 Dec. 1873 |
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16/10
|
Cash accounts: Foochow. Cash accounts of Alexander Forbes Angus; Peter G. Laurie; and William Paterson. The accounts are docketed as copies of a cash book.
12 items. |
31 Jan. 1873–31 Dec. 1873 |
|
16/11
|
Current account of Awei. The current account of Awei with Peter G. Laurie, dated Foochow.
1 item. |
31 Oct. 1872 |
|
16/12
|
Cash accounts: Tientsin. Signed by Henry Beveridge.
12 items. |
1 Feb. 1873–31 Dec. 1873 |
|
16/13
|
Analyses of accounts: Tientsin. Analyses of charges, godown and commission accounts, signed by Henry Beveridge.
3 items. |
30 Apr. 1873 |
|
16/14
|
Current account of Milisch & Co. The current account of the estate of Milisch & Co. with Dodd [& Co.?], signed by John Lamont, Tamsui.
1 item. |
31 Dec. 1873 |
|
16/15
|
Cash accounts: Yokohama. Cash accounts of the comprador. The accounts are docketed as copies of a cash book.
12 items; The accounts for May-July have been damaged by insects.. |
31 Jan. 1873–31 Dec. 1873 |
|
16/16
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Current accounts of the Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank Corporation. Current accounts of the Hongkong & Shanghai Bank Corporation with Jardine, Matheson & Co., dated Yokohama.
12 items; The accounts for May-July have been damaged by insects.. |
31 Jan. 1873–31 Dec. 1873 |
|
16/17
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Analysis of commission account: Yokohama.
1 item. |
30 Apr. 1873 |
|
16/18
|
Sales accounts: Yokohama. Sales accounts for fabrics, yarn and sugar. The documents include reference to drill; jean; lustre; and shirting.
9 items. |
7 Aug. 1873–20 Oct. 1873 |
|
16/19
|
Account of the 'Singapore'. The account of Matheson & Co. with the owners of the 'Singapore', 1 May-21 November (probably 1873), with a copy of an arbitration award made by William Elmslie, Alfred Tozer and John Ralph Engledue [London], 15 May 1873. The documents include reference to Watts, Milburn & Co.; legal issues; and shipping.
2 items. |
1 May 1873–21 Nov. 1873 |
|
16/20
|
Coal account from Anderson, Anderson & Co. A copy of the final account for a shipment of 818 tons of coal from Anderson, Anderson & Co. landed at Shanghai ex 'Annie', dated London.
1 item. |
18 Mar. 1873 |
|
17/1
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Current account of Jardine Matheson. The current account of Jardine, Matheson & Co., Hong Kong, with Jardine, Matheson & Co., Shanghai.
1 item. |
30 Apr. 1874 |
|
17/2
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Current accounts of the Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank Corporation. Current accounts of the Hongkong & Shanghai Bank Corporation with Jardine, Matheson & Co., dated Shanghai.
9 items. |
31 Jan. 1874–30 Sep. 1874 |
|
17/3
|
Cargo boats accounts: Shanghai. Signed by John H. Vail. The account for August is missing.
11 items. |
31 Jan. 1874 |
|
17/4
|
Coal account: Shanghai.
1 item. |
31 Oct. 1874 |
|
17/5
|
Wharf cash accounts: Shanghai. Pootung Wharf cash accounts, signed by John H. Vail.
12 items. |
31 Jan. 1874–31 Dec. 1874 |
|
17/6
|
Wharf cash accounts: Shanghai. Hongkew (Hongque) Wharf cash accounts, signed by John H. Vail.
12 items. |
31 Jan. 1874–31 Dec. 1874 |
|
17/7
|
Wharf cash accounts: Shanghai. Hunt's Wharf cash accounts, signed by John H. Vail.
12 items. |
31 Jan. 1874–31 Dec. 1874 |
|
17/8
|
Cash accounts: Canton. Cash accounts of F.W. Coles and G. Mackrill Smith. The accounts are docketed as copies of a cash book.
12 items; The account for May has damage by damp.. |
31 Jan. 1874–31 Dec. 1874 |
|
17/9
|
Cash accounts: Foochow. Cash accounts of Alexander Forbes Angus and Peter G. Laurie. Some of the accounts are docketed as copies of a cash book.
12 items. |
31 Jan. 1874–31 Dec. 1874 |
|
17/10
|
Current accounts of Awei. Current accounts of Awei with Peter G. Laurie, dated Foochow. The account for October is missing.
4 items. |
31 Aug. 1874–31 Dec. 1874 |
|
17/11
|
Cash accounts: Tientsin. Cash accounts of Henry Beveridge and William Gubbins.
12 items. |
1 Feb. 1874–31 Dec. 1874 |
|
17/12
|
Current account with Henry Beveridge. The current account of Jardine, Matheson & Co. with Henry Beveridge, dated Tientsin.
1 item. |
1 June 1874 |
|
17/13
|
Cash accounts: Yokohama. Some of the accounts are docketed as copies of a cash book. The documents include reference to the comprador.
12 items. |
31 Jan. 1874–31 Dec. 1874 |
|
17/14
|
Current accounts of the Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank Corporation. Current accounts of the Hongkong & Shanghai Bank Corporation with Jardine, Matheson & Co., dated Yokohama.
12 items. |
31 Jan. 1874–31 Dec. 1874 |
|
17/15
|
Charter account of the 'Shaliman'. The account of the charter party of the 'Shaliman' from Nagasaki with Matheson & Co., dated London, with a copy. The document include reference to corn; rice; and wheat.
2 items. |
20 Nov. 1874 |
|
18/1
|
Cargo boats accounts: Shanghai. Signed by John H. Vail.
12 items. |
31 Jan. 1875–30 Dec. 1875 |
|
18/2
|
Wharf cash accounts: Shanghai. Pootung Wharf cash accounts, 31 January-30 December 1875, with memoranda of storage charges on fabrics and iron for August 1875. The documents are signed by John H. Vail.
12 items. |
31 Jan. 1875–30 Dec. 1875 |
|
18/3
|
Wharf cash accounts: Shanghai. Hongkew (Hongque) Wharf cash accounts, signed by John H. Vail.
6 items. |
31 Jan. 1875–30 June 1875 |
|
18/4
|
Wharf cash accounts: Shanghai. Hunt's Wharf cash accounts, signed by John H. Vail.
6 items. |
31 Jan. 1875–30 June 1875 |
|
18/5
|
Wharf accounts: Shanghai. Cash statements of Shanghai, Hongkew & Jardine's Associated Wharves, July-December 1875, with statements showing earnings and expenditure, 31 July-31 December, and memoranda of good received and delivered for August and October-December. The accounts are signed by John H. Vail. The documents include reference to Hongque Wharf.
7 items. |
July 1875–31 Dec. 1875 |
|
18/6
|
Coal accounts: Shanghai.
2 items. |
30 Apr. 1875–31 Oct. 1875 |
|
18/7
|
Accounts payable and receivable: Shanghai. Memoranda of accounts payable and accounts receivable.
2 items. |
30 Apr. 1875 |
|
18/8
|
Current accounts of the Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank Corporation. Current accounts of the Hongkong & Shanghai Bank Corporation with Jardine, Matheson & Co., dated Shanghai.
12 items. |
31 Jan. 1875–31 Dec. 1875 |
|
18/9
|
Current accounts of the Takasima mine. Current accounts of the Takasima mine with Jardine, Matheson & Co., including coal stock accounts; dated Shanghai. There is also a duplicated copy of the account for November.
7 items. |
30 June 1875–31 Dec. 1875 |
|
18/10
|
Cash accounts: Canton. Cash accounts of G. Mackrill Smith. The accounts are docketed as copies of a cash book.
12 items; The account for April has damage by damp.. |
31 Jan. 1875–31 Dec. 1875 |
|
18/11
|
Account of the 'Formosa'. Signed by G. Mackrill Smith, Canton.
1 item. |
10 Mar. 1875 |
|
18/12
|
Cash accounts: Foochow. Cash accounts of Alexander Forbes Angus; Peter G. Laurie; and William Paterson. Some of the accounts are docketed as copies of a cash book.
12 items. |
31 Jan. 1875–11 Jan. 1876 |
|
18/13
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Current accounts of Awei. Current accounts of Awei with Peter G. Laurie, William Paterson and A.F. Angus, dated Foochow. The accounts for June and September are missing.
10 items. |
31 Jan. 1875–31 Dec. 1875 |
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18/14
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Account of the 'Sea Gull'. Signed by William Paterson, Foochow.
1 item. |
13 Aug. 1875 |
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18/15
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Cash accounts: Tientsin. Cash accounts of Henry Beveridge and William Gubbins.
4 items. |
31 Jan. 1875–30 Apr. 1875 |
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18/16
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Cash accounts: Nagasaki. Cash accounts of Ryle Holme. The accounts are docketed as copies of a cash book.
4 items. |
13 Oct. 1875–31 Dec. 1875 |
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18/17
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Current accounts of the Takasima mine. Current accounts of the Takasima mine with Ryle Holme, including coal stock accounts; dated Nagasaki, 30 September-31 December 1875. There is also a cancelled statement of disbursements and receipts, dated Nagasaki, 14 October 1875.
3 items. |
30 Sep. 1875–31 Dec. 1875 |
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18/18
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Account of the 'Meishui Maru'. Signed by Ryle Holme, Nagasaki.
1 item. |
31 Oct. 1875 |
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18/19
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Agency expenses account: Nagasaki. Signed by Ryle Holme.
1 item. |
31 Oct. 1875 |
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18/20
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Cash accounts: Yokohama. Cash accounts of the comprador. The accounts are docketed as copies of a cash book.
12 items. |
31 Jan. 1875–31 Dec. 1875 |
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18/21
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Current accounts of the Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank Corporation. Current accounts of the Hongkong & Shanghai Bank Corporation with Jardine, Matheson & Co., dated Yokohama.
12 items. |
31 Jan. 1875–31 Dec. 1875 |
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18/22
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Takasima mine accounts: Yokohama.
2 items. |
31 Oct. 1875–31 Dec. 1875 |
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18/23
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Supplementary account of Castle Brothers. A supplementary account of Castle Brothers, San Francisco, with Jardine, Matheson & Co., dated Yokohama. The document includes reference to tea.
1 item. |
24 Sep. 1875 |
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18/24
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Supplementary account of the 'Glencairn'. The account is dated Yokohama.
1 item. |
30 Jan. 1875 |
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19/1
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Wharf cash accounts: Shanghai. Pootung Wharf cash accounts, signed by John H. Vail.
4 items. |
31 Jan. 1876–30 Apr. 1876 |
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19/2
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Wharf accounts: Shanghai. Cash statements of Shanghai, Hongkew & Jardine's Associated Wharves, signed by John H. Vail, with statements showing earning and expenditure, and memoranda of goods received and delivered.
4 items. |
31 Jan. 1876–30 Apr. 1876 |
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19/3
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Coal account: Shanghai.
1 item. |
30 Apr. 1876 |
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19/4
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Cargo boats accounts: Shanghai. Signed by John H. Vail.
4 items. |
31 Jan. 1876–30 Apr. 1876 |
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19/5
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Current accounts of the Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank Corporation. Current accounts of the Hongkong & Shanghai Bank Corporation with Jardine, Matheson & Co., dated Shanghai.
4 items. |
31 Jan. 1876–29 Apr. 1876 |
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19/6
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Adventure accounts: Shanghai. Accounts of adventures to Chinkiang, Hankow, Kiukiang, Newchwang, Tientsin and Japan.
10 items. |
30 Apr. 1876–31 Oct. 1879 |
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19/7
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Current accounts of the Takasima mine. Current accounts of the Takasima mine with Jardine, Matheson & Co., including coal stock accounts; dated Shanghai.
3 items. |
31 Jan. 1876–31 Mar. 1876 |
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19/8
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Cash accounts: Canton. Signed by G. Mackeill Smith.
4 items. |
31 Jan. 1876–30 Apr. 1876 |
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19/9
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Cash accounts: Foochow. Cash books of Alexander Forbes Angus and John Wilson. The accounts are docketed as copies of a cash book.
4 items. |
31 Jan. 1876–26 May 1876 |
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19/10
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Current accounts of Awei. Current accounts of Awei with Alexander Forbes Angus and John Wilson, dated Foochow.
2 items. |
31 Jan. 1876–30 Apr. 1876 |
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19/11
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Cash accounts: Nagasaki. Cash accounts of Ryle Holme. The accounts are docketed as copies of a cash book. There is an additional account for January.
4 items. |
31 Jan. 1876–30 Apr. 1876 |
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19/12
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Current account of the Takasima mine. Two copies of the current account of the Takasima mine with Ryle Holme, including a coal stock account; dated Nagasaki.
2 items. |
31 Jan. 1876 |
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19/13
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Current account of the 'Meishui Maru'. The current account of the 'Meishui Maru' with Ryle Holme, dated Nagasaki.
1 item. |
30 Apr. 1876 |
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19/14
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Cash accounts: Yokohama. Cash accounts of the comprador. The accounts are docketed as copies of a cash book.
4 items. |
31 Jan. 1876–30 Apr. 1876 |
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19/15
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Current accounts of the Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank Corporation. Current accounts of the Hongkong & Shanghai Bank Corporation with Jardine, Matheson & Co., dated Yokohama.
4 items. |
31 Jan. 1876–30 Apr. 1876 |
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19/16
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Analyses of accounts: Yokohama. Analyses of charges and fire insurance, duty, and import accounts.
3 items. |
30 Apr. 1876 |
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19/17
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Analysis of Mikunia Seizo's account. The document is dated Yokohama.
1 item. |
30 Apr. 1876 |
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20/1
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Cargo boats accounts: Shanghai. Signed by John H. Vail.
7 items. |
31 May 1877–30 Nov. 1877 |
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20/2
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Wharf cash accounts: Shanghai. Pootung Wharf cash accounts, signed by John H. Vail.
7 items. |
31 May 1877–30 Nov. 1877 |
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20/3
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Wharf accounts: Shanghai. Cash statements of Shanghai, Hongkew & Jardine's Associated Wharves, signed by John H. Vail, with statements showing earnings and expenditure, and memoranda of cargo received and delivered. The memoranda for October and December are missing. The documents include reference to the Hongque Wharf.
8 items. |
31 May 1877–31 Dec. 1877 |
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20/4
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Cash accounts: Canton. Cash accounts of G. Mackrill Smith. Some of the accounts are docketed as copies of a cash book.
8 items. |
1 June 1877–31 Dec. 1877 |
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20/5
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Cash accounts: Foochow. Cash accounts of Alexander Forbes Angus. Some of the accounts are docketed as copies of a cash book.
8 items. |
31 May 1877–31 Dec. 1877 |
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20/6
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Current accounts of Jardine Matheson. Current accounts of Jardine, Matheson & Co. [Hong Kong?] with Jardine, Matheson & Co., Foochow.
4 items. |
31 May 1877–31 Aug. 1877 |
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20/7
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Current accounts of Awei. Current accounts of Awei with Jardine, Matheson & Co., signed by Alexander Forbes Angus, Foochow. The account for August is missing.
5 items. |
31 May 1877–31 Oct. 1877 |
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20/8
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Stock accounts: Foochow. Signed by Alexander Forbes Angus. The documents include reference to the Takasima Mine; coal; fabric; guano; hard wood; lead; metal; rice; shirting; and timber.
4 items. |
11 Dec. 1875–31 Oct. 1877 |
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20/9
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Cash accounts: Nagasaki. Signed by Ryle Holme. There are duplicate copies of the accounts for May and July.
8 items. |
31 May 1877–31 Dec. 1877 |
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20/10
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Cash accounts: Yokohama. Copies and press copies of cash book entries, including the Compradore's cash account.
1 bundle. |
31 May 1877–31 Dec. 1877 |
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20/11
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Current accounts of the Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank Corporation. Current accounts of the Hongkong & Shanghai Bank Corporation with Jardine, Matheson & Co., dated Yokohama, 31 May-31 October and 31 December 1877.
7 items. |
31 May 1877–31 Dec. 1877 |
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20/12
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Current account of Jardine Matheson. A copy of the current account of Jardine, Matheson & Co., Nagasaki Agency, with Jardine, Matheson & Co., Yokohama, dated Yokohama.
1 item. |
31 May 1877 |
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21/1
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Cargo boats accounts: Shanghai. Signed by John H. Vail.
4 items. |
28 Feb. 1878–30 Oct. 1878 |
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21/2
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Wharf cash accounts: Shanghai. Pootung Wharf cash accounts, signed by John H. Vail.
4 items. |
28 Feb. 1878–30 Oct. 1878 |
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21/3
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Wharf accounts: Shanghai. Cash statements of Shanghai, Hongkew & Jardine's Associated Wharves, 31 January-31 December 1878 (missing the account for November), signed by John H. Vail, with statements showing earnings and expenditure, and memoranda of cargo received and delivered for January.
11 items. |
31 Jan. 1878–31 Dec. 1878 |
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21/4
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Cash accounts: Canton. Cash accounts of G. Mackrill Smith. The accounts are docketed as copies of a cash book.
12 items. |
31 Jan. 1878–31 Dec. 1878 |
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21/5
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Cash accounts: Foochow. Cash accounts of Alexander Forbes Angus. The accounts are docketed as copies of a cash book. The account for April is missing.
11 items. |
31 Jan. 1878–31 Dec. 1878 |
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21/6
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Stock accounts: Foochow. The documents include reference to coal; hard wood; lead; metal; and timber.
3 items. |
31 Jan. 1878–31 July 1878 |
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21/7
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Cash accounts: Nagasaki. Cash accounts of Ryle Holme and Thomas Robertson.
12 items. |
31 Jan. 1878–31 Dec. 1878 |
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21/8
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Cash accounts: Yokohama. Copies and press copies of cash book entries, including the Compradore's cash account.
2 folders. |
31 Jan. 1878–31 Dec. 1878 |
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21/9
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Accounts of the Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank Corporation. Accounts of the Hongkong & Shanghai Bank Corporation with Jardine, Matheson & Co., dated Yokohama. The accounts for February-April are missing.
9 items. |
31 Jan. 1878–31 Dec. 1878 |
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21/10
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Statements of charges accounts: Yokohama.
2 items. |
30 Apr. 1878–31 Oct. 1878 |
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21/11
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Account of B.A. Barretto & Co. The account of B.A. Barretto & Co. with Jardine, Matheson & Co., dated Yokohama.
1 item. |
25 June 1878 |
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21/12
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Account of Castle Brothers. The account of Castle Brothers, San Francisco, with Jardine, Matheson & Co., dated Yokohama.
1 item. |
31 Oct. 1878 |
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21/13
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Tea-firing establishment expenses. A summary of tea-firing establishment expenses, Yokohama.
1 item. |
31 Oct. 1878 |
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22/1
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Cargo boats account: Shanghai. Signed by John H. Vail.
1 item. |
5 Mar. 1879 |
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22/2
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Wharf cash account: Shanghai. Pootung Wharf cash account, signed by John H. Vail.
1 item. |
5 Mar. 1879 |
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22/3
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Wharf accounts: Shanghai. Cash statements of Shanghai, Hongkew & Jardine's Associated Wharves, 31 January-30 April 1879 and 29 February 1880, signed by G. Rühe and John H. Vail, with statements showing earnings and expenditure. The documents include reference to the Hongque Wharf.
5 items. |
31 Jan. 1879–29 Feb. 1880 |
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22/4
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Current account of the Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank Corporation. The current account of the Hongkong & Shanghai Bank Corporation with Jardine, Matheson & Co., dated Shanghai.
1 item. |
30 June 1879 |
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22/5
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Cash accounts: Canton. Cash accounts of G. Mackrill Smith, 28 February 1879-30 April 1880, with trial balances, 1 January and 2 February 1880.
15 items. |
28 Feb. 1879–30 Apr. 1880 |
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22/6
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Cash accounts: Foochow. Cash accounts of Alexander Forbes Angus. The account for November 1879 is missing.
15 items. |
31 Jan. 1879–30 Apr. 1880 |
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22/7
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Stock accounts: Foochow. Signed by Alexander Forbes Angus. The account for August-October 1879 is missing. The documents include reference to coal; lead; and metal.
4 items. |
30 Apr. 1879–30 Apr. 1880 |
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22/8
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Steam launch accounts: Foochow. Two steam launch accounts with Jardine, Matheson & Co., signed by Alexander Forbes Angus.
2 items. |
30 Apr. 1880 |
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22/9
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Cash accounts: Nagasaki. Cash accounts of Ryle Holme.
15 items. |
31 Mar. 1879-May 1880 |
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22/10
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Cash accounts: Yokohama. Copies and press copies of cash accounts, including the Compradore's cash account.
1 bundle. |
Jan. 1879-Dec. 1879 |
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22/11
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Current accounts of the Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank Corporation. Current accounts of the Hongkong & Shanghai Bank Corporation with Jardine, Matheson & Co., dated Yokohama.
4 items. |
31 Jan. 1879–30 Apr. 1879 |
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22/12
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Charges account: Yokohama. Charges account, dated Yokohama, 30 April-31 October 1879, with a statement of charges general account, dated Yokohama, 30 April 1879.
2 items. |
30 Apr. 1879–31 Oct. 1879 |
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22/13
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Property account with Jardine, Matheson & Co. The account is dated Yokohama.
1 item. |
30 Apr. 1879 |
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22/14
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Suspense account with Jardine, Matheson & Co.,. The account is dated Yokohama.
1 item. |
30 Apr. 1879 |
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23/1
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Cash accounts: Hong Kong. Cash accounts of Thomas Wallace.
c. 87 items. |
31 Dec. 1861–30 Apr. 1871 |
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23/2
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Rental accounts: Hong Kong. Accounts from Thomas Wallace for the rent of Jardine, Matheson & Co.'s bazaar at East Point, Hong Kong, dated Hong Kong.
15 items. |
31 Dec. 1861–31 Dec. 1869 |
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23/3
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Cargo boats bills: Hong Kong. Bills from Thomas Wallace.
17 items. |
31 Dec. 1861–30 Apr. 1871 |
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23/4
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Houseboat bills: Hong Kong. Bills from John Jack and Thomas Wallace.
11 items. |
30 June 1865–30 Sep. 1870 |
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23/5
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Opium godown bills: Hong Kong. Bills from Thomas Wallace.
10 items. |
11 Apr. 1863–31 Dec. 1870 |
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23/6
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House bills: Hong Kong. Bills from Thomas Wallace for stores, wine, etc., supplied to the Hill House, Hong Kong, dated Hong Kong, 30 June 1865-30 April 1871, with five orders to Wallace for goods and a further note in French regarding groceries, dated Hong Kong, 1-30 September 1865. The documents include reference to P. Derode.
c. 70 items. |
30 June 1865–30 Apr. 1871 |
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23/7
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House bills: Hong Kong. Bills from Thomas Wallace for the 'Flag Staff', East Point, and the Pokfolum house, with some bills for other debts; dated Hong Kong. The documents include reference to the 'Sepoy'; bazaars; godowns; property; and rent.
32 items. |
31 Dec. 1865–31 Dec. 1870 |
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23/8
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House bills from Thomas Wallace. Bills from Thomas Wallace for the Foochow house, dated Hong Kong. The documents include reference to Edward Whittall.
12 items. |
27 May 1863–8 June 1870 |
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23/9
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Coal boat bills: Hong Kong. Bills from Thomas Wallace.
17 items. |
31 Dec. 1861–30 Apr. 1871 |
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23/10
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Coal accounts: Hong Kong. Accounts from Thomas Wallace.
5 items. |
31 Dec. 1870–30 Apr. 1871 |
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23/11
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Shipping bills: Hong Kong. Bills from Thomas Wallace for supplies to various vessels. The documents include reference to Lane, Crawford & Co.; 'Appin'; 'Banshee'; 'Calyph'; 'Celestial'; 'Ettrick'; 'Fiery Cross'; 'Governor'; 'James Shepherd'; 'Lady Hayes'; 'Lancefield'; 'Lismore'; 'Mahamoodie'; 'Pathfinder'; 'Pearl'; 'Sin Nanzing'; 'Sunshine'; 'Unadilla'; 'Wild Wave'; auctioneering; and coal.
c. 66 items. |
16 Dec. 1861–17 Apr. 1871 |
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23/12
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Shipping bills: Hong Kong. Bills from Thomas Wallace for supplies to the 'Glengyle'.
c. 95 items. |
14 Dec. 1864–11 June 1869 |
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23/13
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Shipping bills: Hong Kong. Bills from Thomas Wallace for supplies to the 'Clan Alpine'.
c. 100 items. |
15 Apr. 1863–23 July 1870 |
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23/14
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Shipping bills: Hong Kong. Bills from Thomas Wallace for supplies to the 'Rona'.
c. 77 items. |
15 Oct. 1862–27 May 1867 |
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23/15
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Shipping bills: Hong Kong. Bills from Thomas Wallace for supplies to the 'Carthage'.
c. 50 items. |
31 Dec. 1861–31 Oct. 1864 |
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23/16
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Shipping bills: Hong Kong. Bills from Thomas Wallace for supplies to the 'Viola'.
41 items. |
31 Jan. 1863–31 Dec. 1865 |
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23/17
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Shipping bills: Hong Kong. Bills from Thomas Wallace for supplies to the 'Reiver'.
c. 65 items. |
13 Aug. 1862–20 July 1868 |
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23/18
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Shipping bills: Hong Kong. Bills from Thomas Wallace for supplies to the 'Glenartney', 'Heather Belle' and 'Thales'.
c. 62 items. |
30 June 1863–30 Apr. 1871 |
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23/19
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Singapore agency bills: Hong Kong. Bills from Thomas Wallace for the Singapore agency, dated Hong Kong. The documents include reference to J.F. Crockett.
22 items. |
19 Feb. 1866–19 Jan. 1871 |
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23/20
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Miscellaneous bills: Hong Kong. Bills from Thomas Wallace to various recipients, mostly relating to Jardine, Matheson & Co. The documents include reference to C.W. Austin; C.J. Bolton; N. Boulle; Henry Beveridge; S.J. Gower; C.O.B. Hall; R.A. Houstoun; F.B. Johnson; William Keswick; M.A. Macleod; F.W. Mitchell; Henry Murray; D. Oliver; Alexander Perceval; Henry Smith; Herbert Smith; Thomas Sullivan; Edward Whittall; Wahee, Smith & Co.; the 'Sepoy'; and Amoy.
c. 44 items. |
24 May 1861–30 Apr. 1871 |
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23/21
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Miscellaneous bills and accounts: Hong Kong. Bills, accounts, balances, etc., relating to Thomas Wallace and Jardine, Matheson & Co., including bills for sundries, disbursements of godowns, a list of goods received and delivered, a current account, godown sales accounts, and balance sheets.
13 items. |
31 Dec. 1861-May 1868 |
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23/22
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Miscellaneous bills: Hong Kong. Bills relating to various business, 31 December 1867-25 January 1870, including some to Jardine, Matheson & Co., and an account of an auction of iron from the 'Clan Alpine', dated Hong Kong, 26 September 1868. The documents include reference to Stevedore Jack; George Pitman; Lane, Crawford & Co.; Noronha & Sons; Paterson & Handley; and auctioneering.
6 items. |
31 Dec. 1867–25 Jan. 1870 |
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23/23
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Current accounts with Thomas Wallace. Current accounts of Richard Woosnam and the estate of J. Day with Thomas Wallace, dated Hong Kong.
4 items. |
31 Dec. 1860–30 June 1863 |
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24/1
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Accounts with John Purvis & Son. Accounts with John Purvis & Son, including accounts for voyages of various vessels, wharf accounts, coal accounts, current accounts (two relating to the Telloh Blangah lease), and accounts relating to the late Thomas Moncreiff; dated Singapore. The documents include reference to D. James; John Purvis; 'Chevy Chase'; 'Clan Alpine'; 'Fiery Cross'; 'Lancefield'; 'Pet'; and the 'Reiver'.
c. 54 items; Some items are in a bad condition.. |
14 July 1859–31 Dec. 1864 |
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24/2
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Accounts with B.A. Barretto. Accounts and memoranda (in English and Spanish) of charges of B.A. Barretto, some regarding godowns and shipping; dated Manila, 23 June 1854-30 June 1855. There is also a memorandum of Manila accounts, dated Hong Kong, 27 December 1855, and a copy of an account of the private debts of Eugenio de Otadui, dated Manila, 1 May 1846. The documents include reference to C. Nelson; the 'Arrogant'; and the 'Banshee'.
6 items. |
1 May 1846–27 Dec. 1855 |
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24/3
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Boat bills: Hong Kong. Bills from Thomas Glover for supplies to houseboats, cargo boats and coal boats.
9 items. |
31 May 1871–29 Feb. 1872 |
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24/4
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House bills: Hong Kong. Bills from Thomas Glover for stores, wine, etc., supplied to the Hill House, Hong Kong, dated Hong Kong.
9 items. |
31 May 1871–31 Jan. 1872 |
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24/5
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Shipping bills: Hong Kong. Bills from Thomas Glover for supplies to various vessels. The documents include reference to Lane, Crawford & Co.; 'Clan Alpine'; 'Glenartney'; 'Heather Belle'; 'Historian'; 'Peiho'; Singapore; auctioneering; and coal.
c. 50 items. |
31 May 1871–11 July 1872 |
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24/6
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Accounts and bills of the 'Mahamoodie'. Accounts, bills, etc., relating to the 'Mahamoodie', including auction sales accounts, a shipwright's bill, portage bills and disbursements, and opium stock accounts; dated at Foochow and no place. There is also an account of [Foochow] house and hong expenses for January 1860. The documents include reference to Thomas Glover; James Horn; and H.W. Janncey.
21 items. |
31 Jan. 1860–31 May 1865 |
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24/7
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Bills and accounts from Thomas Glover. Portage bills and disbursements accounts of godowns from Thomas Glover, dated Hong Kong.
c. 90 items. |
30 June 1871–30 Apr. 1880 |
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24/8
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Coal accounts: Hong Kong. Signed by William Beckett and Thomas Glover. The documents include stock accounts and accounts regarding Japanese coal.
107 items. |
31 May 1871–29 Feb. 1880 |
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24/9
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Opium accounts: Hong Kong. Opium accounts, including stock accounts, with memoranda of receipts and deliveries of opium; signed by Thomas Glover, R. Hodge and William Thom.
112 items. |
9 Dec. 1864–28 Feb. 1879 |
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24/10
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Miscellaneous documents: Hong Kong. Miscellaneous documents, including payment orders, receipts, bills and insurance documents, many concerning voyages of various vessels, mostly dated Hong Kong.
c. 300 items. |
Apr. 1857-July 1857 |
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24/11
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Office expense accounts: Hong Kong. Memoranda of office expenses, dated Hong Kong and no place.
19 items. |
31 Dec. 1856–31 Oct. 1873 |
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24/12
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Shipping accounts: Hong Kong and Shanghai. Accounts and bills of the 'Chevy Chase' and the 'Mary Capen', dated mostly Hong Kong and Shanghai. The documents include reference to G.A. Bevan; J.C. Cowper; J.F. Crockett; Thomas Hunt & Co.; Swansea; and portage.
10 items. |
7 Jan. 1860–30 June 1863 |
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24/13
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Tea accounts of the 'Cairngorm'. Accounts regarding tea shipped on the 'Cairngorm', dated London.
2 items. |
10 Mar. 1860 |
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24/14
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Bills and accounts: Hong Kong. Miscellaneous bills and accounts, including an auctioneer's sales account. The documents include reference to Thomas Glover; Lane, Crawford & Co.; auctioneering; oil; and stationery.
5 items. |
29 June 1861-Sep. 1874 |
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25/1
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Opium stock account: Shanghai. Signed by Daniel Patridge of the 'Berwick Walls'.
1 item. |
30 June 1867 |
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25/2
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Shipping accounts. Accounts of Matheson & Co., mostly with Jardine, Matheson & Co., regarding steamers, some dated London. There are also copies of disbursements accounts and debit notes. The documents include reference to the 'Cairngorm'; 'Fiery Cross'; 'Lancefield'; and 'Stornoway'.
7 items. |
31 Dec. 1854–31 Dec. 1859 |
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25/3
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Current accounts with Matheson & Co. Current accounts of Jardine, Matheson & Co. with Matheson & Co., London.
2 items. |
circa July 1859-circa June 1860 |
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25/4
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Engineers' payments accounts. Accounts from James Thompson & Co. for payments to engineers, dated London, 21 June 1858-21 June 1859, with a memorandum of monthly payments made by A.C. Gow on account of engineer's wages, July 1857.
3 items. |
July 1857–21 June 1859 |
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25/5
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Bill from Maudslay, Sons & Field. A bill from Maudslay, Sons & Field for a double crankshaft for the steamer 'Hellespont', dated Lambeth.
1 item. |
22 Oct. 1859 |
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25/6
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Accounts and bills of the 'Spec'. Accounts, bills, etc., for the steamer 'Spec', including accounts with Thomas Hunt & Co., portage bills, receipts for coal and general stores, a purser's account, and an inventory of furniture and stores aboard the vessel; dated Hong Kong and Macao. The documents include reference to L. d'Almeida and Thomas Russell.
38 items. |
31 Oct. 1867–1 Aug. 1870 |
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25/7
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Accounts and bills of the 'Banshee'. Accounts and bills for the 'Banshee', dated at various places. They include bills from Haffenden, Major & Co., ship chandlers; portage bills and disbursements accounts; accounts of Towle & Co.; and opium sales accounts. The documents include reference to Captain J.P. Clark; Boyson & Miller; Thomas Sullivan; Coranada; India; Madras; Swatow; cotton; fabric; opium; portage; shipping; and shirting.
c. 60 items. |
24 July 1859–6 Aug. 1863 |
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25/8
|
Accounts and bills of the 'Spark'. Accounts and bills of the steamer 'Spark', dated at various places, including Macao and Whampoa. They include bills from and accounts with Thomas Hunt, the Union Dock Company, and L.F. D'Almeira; portage bills; a credit account; a statement of earnings; a mess book account; and a purser's account. There is also a statement of the 'Dimentions of the Steamer "Spark"', drawn up by J.A. Wilson and sent to George F. Heard, executor of the estate of J.B. Endicott.
55 items. |
circa July 1850–31 Dec. 1870 |
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25/9
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Coal accounts of Jardine, Skinner & Co. Coal accounts of Jardine, Skinner & Co., including stock accounts; dated Calcutta. The documents include reference to India.
33 items; Some items are in a bad condition.. |
30 Sep. 1859–30 June 1871 |
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25/10
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Shipping accounts of Jardine, Skinner & Co. Shipping accounts of Jardine, Skinner & Co. for various vessels, dated Calcutta. The documents include reference to the 'Bengal'; 'Chancellor'; 'Clan Alpine'; 'Crusader'; 'Fiery Cross'; 'Glenartney'; 'Historian'; 'Lancefield'; 'Moray'; 'Paladin'; 'Reiver'; 'Sirius'; 'Thales'; and 'Venice'.
75 items; Some items are in a bad condition.. |
25 July 1859–20 Apr. 1880 |
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25/11
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Accounts and bills of Jardine, Skinner & Co. Miscellaneous accounts and bills of Jardine, Skinner & Co., dated Calcutta. They include accounts with Jardine, Matheson & Co.; a legal bill from Sandes, Watts & Collis; and bills from Black & Murray. The documents include reference to chronometers; legal matters; and watchmaking.
14 items. |
31 Oct. 1859–30 Apr. 1879 |
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25/12
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Opium accounts: Hong Kong. Opium accounts, signed by Thomas Glover and William Thom, with related returns and memoranda.
c. 275 items. |
9 July 1859–30 Apr. 1872 |
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25/13
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Miscellaneous documents: Hong Kong. Miscellaneous financial documents, mostly receipts, orders to the comprador regarding payments, and bills. Most of the items are dated Hong Kong. There is also a letter from James Whittall to Robert Jardine, Canton, 24 July 1856. The documents include reference to Joseph Jardine; Herbert Magniac; the comprador; and Lane, Crawford & Co.
c. 200 items. |
1855–1860 |
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26/1
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Portage bills and disbursements accounts. Portage bills and disbursements accounts of the 'Lady Hayes', signed by Daniel Patridge, some dated Shanghai.
8 items. |
30 June 1863–31 Mar. 1866 |
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26/2
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Stock accounts of the 'Pathfinder'. The accounts are dated Amoy. The documents include reference to M. Fitzgibbon; Japan; beancake; cotton; fabric; fish; mercury; metal; opium; quicksilver; saltpetre; shipping; shirting; and yarn.
40 items. |
31 Aug. 1859–30 Apr. 1862 |
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26/3
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Accounts with John Lamont. The accounts are dated Hong Kong, and mostly regard shipping. The documents include reference to J.F. Crockett; Thomas Wallace; 'Carthage'; 'Celestial'; 'Clan Alpine'; 'Ettrick'; 'Heather Belle'; 'James Shepherd'; 'Reiver'; 'Rino'; 'Viola'; 'Wild Wave'; cargo boats; coal boat office; godowns; and opium boats.
c. 60 items. |
1857–1864 |
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26/4
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Opium accounts. Opium accounts, comprised mostly of accounts referring to particular vessels; dated at various places. The documents include reference to H.P. Baylis; Daniel Patridge; C. Willson; 'Cama Family'; 'John Adam'; 'Lady Hayes'; 'Nimrod'; Amoy; Ningpo; Shanghai; Woosung; and shipping.
c. 85 items. |
31 Jan. 1853–31 Aug. 1866 |
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26/5
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Accounts and bills of the 'Hellespont'. The documents are dated Hong Kong and Shanghai, and include reference to J.F. Crockett; John Lamont; Thomas Wallace; 'Carthage'; 'Clan Alpine'; 'Celestial'; 'Ettrick'; 'Heather Belle'; 'James Shepherd'; 'Reiver'; 'Rino'; 'Viola'; 'Wild Wave'; cargo boats; coal boats; godowns; offices; opium boats; and shipping.
c. 105 items. |
1856–1861 |
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26/6
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Cash accounts of Augustine Heard & Co. The accounts are dated Canton. Some documents are signed by F.D. Cheshire.
28 items. |
16 Nov. 1871–2 Dec. 1872 |
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26/7
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Accounts of Augustine Heard & Co. Accounts and related items of Augustine Heard & Co., dated Hong Kong, Foochow and Shanghai. They include accounts with Thomas Hunt & Co., with related memoranda; an auction account; an account relating to the Kanagawa estate, Shanghai; a furniture account; a factory expenses account; and cash statements. The documents include reference to Yokohama; hemp; and shipping.
c. 60 items. |
12 Mar. 1851–26 Oct. 1872 |
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26/8
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Account of Robert Craig. The account of Robert Craig with Jardine, Matheson & Co., signed by Drummond Anderson, Swatow.
1 item. |
25 July 1885 |
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26/9
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California property accounts. Accounts of Federal Buildings with Richard Tobin for property in California, dated San Francisco, 28 July 1859-1 June 1860, with a tax receipt from the City and County of Sacramento, [2 November?] 1859.
10 items. |
28 July 1859–1 June 1860 |
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26/10
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Accounts of Jardine, Skinner & Co. The accounts are dated Calcutta, and include accounts with Jardine, Matheson & Co., W.O. Comstock, D. Macdonald, and the owners of the 'Fiery Cross'. The documents include reference to the 'Adventure'.
9 items. |
17 Jan. 1851–23 Feb. 1859 |
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26/11
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Accounts of Boston Jack. Accounts of Boston Jack for provisions and general stores, with related abstracts [Hong Kong?]. The documents include reference to Thomas Hunt & Co.; Hunt & Tobey; Whampoa; and shipping.
25 items. |
Apr. 1854-Dec. 1855 |
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26/12
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Accounts of the Canton Insurance Office. London and foreign accounts of the 44th Canton Insurance Office, including subsidiary accounts; dated London.
12 items. |
30 June 1879–30 June 1880 |
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26/13
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Sales accounts: London. Accounts of sales of rhubarb.
4 items. |
6 June 1846–18 Mar. 1851 |
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26/14
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Accounts with Howland & Aspinwall. The accounts are dated New York, and relate mainly to sales of tea and matting.
6 items. |
3 Apr. 1860–28 Apr. 1871 |
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26/15
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Account of the Luzon sugar refinery. The account of the Luzon sugar refinery, San Miguel, with W. MacGregor Smith, dated Hong Kong.
1 item; Bad condition, with damage by damp and insects.. |
26 Dec. 1883 |
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26/16
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Miscellaneous overseas accounts and bills. Miscellaneous accounts, bills, etc., some relating to Jardine, Matheson & Co., dated at various places other than Great Britain and Hong Kong. The documents include reference to Joseph Barretto; R.C. Crean; W. Davidson; B. Liebert; Sam Mendel; H. Thomson; Arbuthnot & Co.; Calvert, Birch & Co.; Coolidge & Ryan; Gillespie, Moffatt & Co.; Martin, Dyce & Co.; Shaw, Whitehead & Co.; Thacker & Co.; 'Banshee'; Calcutta; Canton; Lyon; Madras; Manila; Melbourne; Montreal; Porto Allegre; Sydney; cotton; fabric; opium; shipping; silk; and tea.
c. 50 items. |
16 Feb. 1819–14 Mar. 1876 |
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26/17
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Miscellaneous accounts and bills. The documents are dated London and elsewhere in Great Britain. They include reference to John Fowler; Robert Napier; Copland, Barnes & Co.; Jackson, McConnan & Ronald; Henry S. King & Co.; Macgregor, Gow & Co.; John Mackenzie & Co.; Magniac & Co.; Maitland, Ewing & Co.; Nelson, Donkin & Co.; Pontifex & Wood; John Reid; Smith, Elder & Co.; Tod, Heatley & Co.; 'Fiery Cross'; Bristol; Dumbaton; Glasgow; Leith; Liverpool; Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Nottingham; docks; shipping; tea; and wine.
67 items. |
12 Oct. 1826–12 May 1881 |
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26/18
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Miscellaneous accounts and bills. The documents are dated Hong Kong, Whampoa and no place. They include reference to W.H. Adams; G. Brice; John Cook; J.C. Cowper; James Cromarty; R. Gordon; Augustus Howell; J. Jackson; Frank Johnson; K. Kennedy; S. Marjoribanks; D.S. Marques; P. Young; Bennett, Pain & Co.; Cutler, Palmer & Co.; Lane, Crawford & Co.; Smith & Brimelow; Sutton & Henley; 'Appin'; 'Hopewell'; 'Hornet'; 'Rolling Wave'; 'Williamette'; 'Witch Of The Seas'; dispensaries; docks; shipping; and portage.
c. 70 items. |
circa 1825–30 June 1871 |
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26/19
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Accounts and bills of Thomas Hunt & Co. Miscellaneous accounts, bills, etc., relating to Thomas Hunt & Co., mostly dated Hong Kong and Whampoa. The documents include reference to John Bellamy; S.W. Bonney; C.W. Bradley; J.C. Cowper; Frank Johnson; D. Kennedy; H.C. Leonard; William Kemp; James Rowe; C.S. Spooner; Birley & Co.; Bowra & Co.; 'China Mail'; Cowper & Grosvenor; De Silver & Co.; Lane, Crawford & Co.; Rawle, Drinker & Co.; Smith & Brimelow; 'Chili'; 'Queen Of England'; 'Troubador'; 'Williamette'; Canton, coffee; post boats; newspapers; postage; registers; and shipping.
c. 200 items. |
circa 5 Apr. 1848-circa 13 July 1866 |
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27/1
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Shipping accounts and bills. The documents are dated Hong Kong, Calcutta and other places. They include reference to J.F. Crockett; Octavius Dunn; John Jack; William Johnstone; Thomas Kerr; Lane, Crawford & Co.; Thomas Wallace; Bowra & Co.; 'Ann'; 'Carthage'; 'General Wood'; 'Glengyle'; 'Pearl'; 'Portland'; 'Red Rover'; 'Reiver'; 'Rona'; 'Spark'; 'Viola'; India; Malaya; Penang; Singapore; comprador; docks; engineering; portage; and shipping.
c. 108 items. |
11 Nov. 1841–6 Dec. 1889 |
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27/2
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Bills and accounts of John Lamont. Bills and accounts relating mostly to ships' supplies, but including some for repair work ashore; dated Hong Kong. The documents include reference to the 'Banshee'; 'Berwickshire'; 'Borderer'; 'Cairngorm'; 'Carthage'; 'Celestial'; 'Childe Harold'; 'Clan Alpine'; 'Ettrick'; 'Fiery Cross'; 'General Wood'; 'Heather Belle'; 'Hellespont'; 'James Shepherd'; 'Lancefield'; 'Lanrick'; 'Reiver'; 'Rona'; 'Wild Wave'; Foochow; cargo boats; coal godowns; opium boats; and shipping.
c. 125 items. |
1847–1863 |
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27/3
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Accounts and bills of the 'Berwick Walls'. Accounts and bills relating to the 'Berwick Walls', including opium stock and sales accounts; dated Shanghai. The documents include reference to Daniel Patridge; John Roberts; portage and shipping.
10 items. |
1866–1867 |
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27/4
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Accounts and bills: Manila. Accounts, bills, bank vouchers, etc., in English and Spanish. The documents include reference to the Luzon Sugar Refinery.
c. 150 items. |
1851–1883 |
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27/5
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Miscellaneous accounts and bills. Miscellaneous accounts, bills, etc., some regarding Jardine, Matheson & Co., Thomas Hunt & Co. and Herbert Magniac; mostly dated Hong Kong and other places in Southeast Asia. The documents include reference to B.A. Barretto; H.F. Edwards; A.W. Grosvenor; Charles Gutzlaff; John Jack; Robert Lindsay; W. Scott; Alexander Smyth; C.S. Spooner; Thomas Wallace; Bowra & Co.; Canton Insurance Office; Edwards, Bulley; Lane, Crawford & Co.; Moncreiff, Grove & Co.; D. Ruttonjee & Co.; Thacker, Daniell & Co.; Australia; Canada; Macao; Montreal; Shanghai; Singapore; Sydney; Whampoa; brokerage; docks; opium; shipping; and telegraph.
c. 150 items. |
1835–1890 |
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27/6
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Tenders, agreements and bills of A. Yung. Tenders, agreements and bills from A. Yung, house and ship painter, to the Indo-China Steam Navigation Co., with an account of Yung's rates for painting steamers. The documents include reference to George Anderson.
58 items. |
June 1884-Feb. 1894 |
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27/7
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Accounts and bills: Bombay and Calcutta. Accounts, bills, etc., some concerning Jardine, Skinner & Co. The documents include reference to Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy; Arbuthnot & Co.; Badham Bros; Cuthbertson & Harper; Magniac & Co.; Remington & Co.; Shotton & Co.; and coal.
26 items. |
July 1829-Dec. 1869 |
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27/8
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Accounts of Augustine Heard & Co. Accounts and related items regarding Augustine Heard & Co., dated Hong Kong, 1865-1866 and undated, including some documents concerning Thomas Hunt & Co. The documents include reference to the 'Ocean Rover'; insurance; and shipping.
13 items. |
circa 1865-circa 1866 |
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27/9
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Accounts: Lyon and Marseilles. Various accounts, mostly between Jardine, Matheson & Co. and Milson & F. Poy, regarding currency and silver transactions. The documents include reference to bullion and metals.
c. 40 items. |
Jan. 1857-Mar. 1863 |
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27/10
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Accounts and bills: Great Britain. Miscellaneous documents dated London, West Bromwich and elsewhere in Great Britain, mainly exchanged between Robertson & Co. and iron or hardware manufacturers. The documents include reference to Francis Alexander; G.C. Anderson; Charles Arkinstall; Robert Carruthers; John Dawes; Joseph Fenn; Jesse Hobson; James Howarth; John Jack; John Joseph; Bevington, Morris; Hall, Russell & Co.; Oswin, Goode & Co.; James Richardson & Co.; Smith, Elder & Co.; Aberdeen; Bradford; London; Sheffield; booksellers; engineering; oil; printers; shipbuilders; and tools.
25 items. |
Nov. 1826-Dec. 1887 |
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27/11
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Telegraph accounts: Hong Kong. An incomplete series of account books of the Great Northern Telegraph Co. of Copenhagen and the Eastern Extension Australia & China Telegraph Co. with Jardine, Matheson & Co., showing dates, destinations and prices of telegraphs.
5 items. |
12 Dec. 1884–31 Oct. 1899 |
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27/12
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Bakery account book. The book possibly originates from Hong Kong.
1 item. |
Sep. 1866-Dec. 1867 |
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27/13
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House cash receipts book. The book possibly originates from Hong Kong.
1 item. |
July 1927 |
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28/1
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Accounts and bills: India. Accounts, bills, etc., dated Calcutta, Bombay and elsewhere, some relating to Magniac & Co. and Jardine, Skinner & Co. The documents include reference to Charles Magniac; Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy; D. Macdonald; T.E. Thomson; Gray, Paul & Co.; Remington, Crawford & Co.; 'Reiver'; Bushire; Persia; Rangoon; coal; opium; and shipping.
43 items. |
1826–1879 |
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28/2
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Accounts and bills: Manila. Accounts, bills, bank vouchers, etc., in English and Spanish. The documents include reference to G. Mackrill Smith; Luzon Sugar Refinery; and Russell & Sturgis.
c. 200 items; Some items are in a bad condition.. |
1854–1883 |
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28/3
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Shipping accounts with John Lamont. Accounts with John Lamont regarding shipping, dated Hong Kong. The documents include reference to the 'Carthage'; 'Clan Alpine'; 'James Shepherd'; 'Reiver'; 'Rona'; 'Viola'; and 'Wild Wave'.
20 items. |
1864 |
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28/4
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Accounts of John Purvis & Son. The accounts are dated Singapore, and relate mainly to shipping, but also include wharf and coal accounts. The documents include reference to the 'Banshee'; 'Borderer'; 'Fiery Cross'; 'Lancefield'; and 'Reiver'.
15 items. |
12 July 1862–30 June 1863 |
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28/5
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Accounts and other papers: Yokohama and Nagasaki. The documents include reference to Henry Gribble; C.S. Hope; agencies; fabric; insurance; shipping; silk; and tea-firing.
12 items. |
13 Feb. 1866–12 Oct. 1866 |
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28/6
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Accounts: Marseilles, Lyon and Cadiz. Various accounts, some regarding silk and silver. The documents include reference to Louis Desgrand & Co.; Milsom & F. Poy; P. Roucié Sarrete; bullion; fabric; metal; and silk worms.
8 items. |
22 Dec. 1854–28 July 1877 |
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28/7
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Shipping accounts and bills: Hong Kong. Shipping accounts and bills, including disbursements accounts and portage bills, dated Hong Kong and no place. The documents include reference to John Jack; Edward Vincent; Thomas Wallace; Brown & Co.; 'Ann'; 'Clan Alpine'; 'Emperor'; 'Glengyle'; 'Pathfinder'; 'Reiver'; 'Rona'; 'Sea Bird'; 'Snipe'; 'Spark'; 'Wild Wave'; Calcutta; Canton; India; Malaya; Penang; Swatow; coal; and portage.
c. 75 items. |
18 Oct. 1862–30 Nov. 1869 |
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28/8
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Accounts and bills re the 'Lady Hayes'. Various accounts and bills, including disbursements accounts, portage bills and opium stock accounts. Some documents are dated Chinkiang. The documents include reference to Daniel Patridge; A.W. Spencer; Woosung; and opium.
32 items. |
30 Sep. 1861–31 Mar. 1867 |
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28/9
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Miscellaneous accounts. Miscellaneous accounts from Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South America. The documents include reference to John Fearnley; Australian Agricultural Co.; Cargills, Gibbs & Co.; Gillespie, Moffatt & Co.; Thacker & Co.; 'Keepsake'; Dunedin; Lima; Melbourne; Montreal; Peru; Sydney; and shipping.
9 items. |
23 Sep. 1848–31 Mar. 1881 |
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28/10
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Accounts and portage bills of the 'Berwick Walls'. Accounts and portage bills, dated Shanghai, including opium and stock accounts. The documents include reference to C.J. Ashley and Daniel Patridge.
4 items. |
1866–1867 |
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28/11
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Accounts and bills: Great Britain. Miscellaneous documents dated London and elsewhere in Great Britain, including some items relating to Jardine, Matheson & Co. The documents include reference to William Blackwood; Sam Mendel; Daniel Patridge; Josiah Stone; Thomas Weeding; City of Glasgow Bank; Forbes, Forbes & Co.; Glover & Co.; Gregson, Melville & Knight; Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, Sons & Co.; Smith, Elder & Co.; 'Flying Spur'; 'Maitland'; 'Sea Bird'; Aberdeen; Cramond; Edinburgh; Manchester; Sunderland; booksellers; shipping; and tea.
16 items. |
3 Feb. 1827–21 Jan. 1876 |
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28/12
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Accounts and bills of Augustine Heard & Co. Accounts, bills, letters and other items regarding Augustine Heard & Co., dated Hong Kong, Shanghai, Foochow and elsewhere, and including Foochow cash statements and statements of claims on the estate of the company. The documents include reference to H. Blanchard; R.F. Gutierrez; William Keswick; T.G. Linstead; James Whittall; Baring & Co.; Douglas Lapraik & Co.; Fearon & Co.; Hedge & Co.; Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation; Wanchi Steam Bakery; Woosung Estate; 'Isabella Robertson'; insurance; and opium.
56 items. |
31 Aug. 1845–16 Oct. 1876 |
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28/13
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Miscellaneous accounts and bills. Miscellaneous accounts, bills, letters and other items, dated mostly Hong Kong and elsewhere in South-East Asia, and including many documents regarding Thomas Hunt & Co., and some regarding business of the Magniac family. The documents include reference to P.W. Graves; Charles Magniac; Herbert Magniac; Charles Parker; Ebenezer Underwood; Thomas Wallace; Barron, Forbes & Co.; Shank & Magniac; Macao; Shanghai; and shipping.
c. 500 items. |
circa 1814–13 Mar. 1899 |
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29/1
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Accounts and bills: India. Accounts, bills, etc., many regarding the steamer 'Glenartney'; dated Calcutta, Bombay and elsewhere. Most of the bills are from India. The documents include reference to C.J. Bolton; R.S. Duncan; W.H. Harton; T.E. Thomson; F.B. White; Black & Murray; Jardine, Skinner & Co.; Protap Chunder Mullick; Remington & Co.; 'American'; 'Clan Alpine'; 'Fiery Cross'; 'Glenartney'; Malaya; Penang; and shipping.
116 items. |
1826–1872 |
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29/2
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Accounts and bills: Hong Kong and Shanghai. Shipping accounts and bills, including coal accounts, portage bills and an engineer's report; dated Hong Kong, Shanghai and no place. The documents include reference to R.M. Reid; 'American'; 'Appin'; 'Clan Alpine'; 'Dragon'; 'Glenartney'; 'Glengyle'; 'Kiushu'; 'Lismore'; 'Reiver'; 'Sin Nanzing'; 'Thales'; and Shanghai.
c. 110 items. |
1863–1872 |
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29/3
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Accounts and bills: Singapore. Accounts, bills, etc., including coal stock accounts and shipping accounts and manifests. The documents include reference to J.F. Crockett; William Macdonald & Co.; 'Clan Alpine'; 'Glenartney'; 'Historian'; 'Lismore' 'Oliver Cromwell'; 'Reiver'; and the 'Thales'.
72 items. |
1836–1872 |
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29/4
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Accounts and bills: Great Britain. Miscellaneous documents dated London and elsewhere in Great Britain, including some fragmentary material. The documents include reference to James Akroyd; Charles Arkinstall; W.G. Armstrong; Alexander Collie; W. Holliday; Thomas Hubbuck; John Jack; Murdoch; James Newton; J. Randall; Cameron & Saunders; Crosse & Blackwell; Glover & Co.; Manlove, Alliott & Co.; Mappin & Webb; Robertson & Co.; Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Nottingham; and West Bromwich.
c. 90 items. |
1867–1880 |
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29/5
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Accounts of the 'Berwick Walls'. The accounts mostly concern opium stock and sales. The documents include reference to Daniel Patridge and Shanghai.
49 items. |
1869–1870 |
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29/6
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Accounts of the 'Kaukakee'. Personal accounts of crew members of the steamer 'Kaukakee', dated Kobe, 23 January-13 February 1869, with an account of coolie hire for the vessel, dated Shanghai, 14 December 1868. The documents include reference to W. Cotter; W.J. Ferrell; Charlie Gunner; Gilbert McCallum; Edwin Noble; John Roberts; Charles Thomson; G.W. Walker; Robert Wilson; John Wood; Hiogo; and Shanghai.
22 items. |
14 Dec. 1868–23 Jan. 1869 |
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29/7
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Accounts of John Jack. Accounts relating mainly to shipping, dated Hong Kong. The documents include reference to Herbert Magniac; R.M. Reid; Hill House; 'Appin'; 'Clan Alpine'; 'Ettrick'; 'Glenartney'; 'Heather Belle'; 'Lismore'; 'Unadilla'; cargo boats; engineering; godowns; and opium.
35 items. |
20 July 1869–23 Mar. 1870 |
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29/8
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Shipping accounts: Foochow. Shipping accounts, with an incomplete portage bill. The documents include reference to Henry Morrison; William Paterson; 'Dragon'; 'Yuentzefei'; and portage.
7 items. |
1 Apr. 1870–28 Apr. 1873 |
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29/9
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Shipping accounts of Brown & Co. Shipping accounts of Brown & Co., dated Penang, 15 July 1870-10 April 1872, with some related freight lists, and a bill from Brown & Co. to Herbert Magniac, dated Penang, 30 June 1870. The documents include reference to the 'Clan Alpine'; 'Glenartney'; 'Historian'; and 'Thales'.
31 items. |
30 June 1870–10 Apr. 1872 |
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29/10
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Accounts and bills of the 'Spec'. The accounts are dated Melbourne and Sandridge. The documents include reference to William Brasnell; William Bray; P. Hussey; E.F. Sichel; C.C. Skarratt; Elworthy & Co.; Thomas Hunt & Co.; Stewart, Carrick & Co.; Wilkinson Brothers & Co.; Williamstown; and shipping.
18 items. |
1863 |
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29/11
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Accounts and bills: New York and San Francisco. The accounts include some of Sir Harry Smith Parkes. The documents include reference to R.H. Bennett & Co.; Falkner, Bell & Co.; Thomas Hunt & Co.; Kemp, Day & Co.; and Pratt & Roberts.
10 items. |
1867–1885 |
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29/12
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Accounts and bills: Nagasaki and Yokohama. Accounts, bills, etc., mostly relating to the 'Spec'. The documents include reference to B. Boswell; J.C. Cavanugh; P. Hussey; John Walsh; F.W. Warren; 'Orloff'; 'Spec'; comprador; freight; and shipping.
11 items. |
1862–1870 |
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29/13
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Miscellaneous accounts and bills. Accounts, bills and other items, including some of Thomas Hunt & Co. and some regarding shipping; dated Hong Kong, Shanghai and elsewhere in China. The documents include reference to B.A. Barretto; W.H. Brereton; William Keswick; Herbert Magniac; Thomas Wallace; Harris, Goodwin; Kelly & Walsh; Lane, Crawford & Co.; D. Ruttonjee & Co.; 'Appin'; 'Chevy Chase'; 'Glenartney'; 'Glengyle'; 'Kiushu'; 'Peiho'; 'Spec'; Canton; Macao; Tientsin; insurance; and opium.
c. 500 items. |
1842–1897 |
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30/1
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Bills of the 'Colon'. The bills are dated New York. The documents include reference to John Baldwin; Jabesh Lovett; pilotage; and shipping.
47 items. |
1837 |
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30/2
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Coal accounts: Calcutta, Shanghai and Singapore. Coal accounts, including stock accounts, relating mainly to vessels. The documents include reference to J.F. Crockett; Edward Whittall; Jardine, Skinner & Co.; Scott, Witham & Co.; 'Cassandra'; 'Clan Alpine'; 'Glengyle'; 'Historian'; 'Legislator'; 'Reiver'; 'Rona'; 'Sea Gull'; 'Statesman'; 'Thales'; India; Singapore; and shipping.
c. 110 items. |
1865–1875 |
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30/3
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Accounts of John Jack. The accounts are dated Hong Kong, and relate mainly to shipping. The documents include reference to Herbert Magniac; Alliance Insurance Co.; Hill House; 'Clan Alpine'; 'Ettrick'; 'Glenartney'; 'Heather Belle'; 'Reiver'; 'Rona'; 'Thales'; cargo boats; engineering; and opium godowns.
68 items. |
1867–1871 |
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30/4
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Accounts and bills of the 'Glenartney'. Accounts, bills, etc., regarding the 'Glenartney', including portage bills; dated Calcutta, Hong Kong and elsewhere, 1870-1871. There is also a memorandum of agreement between Matheson & Co. and the Union Steamship Co. relating to the sale of the vessel, bearing a receipt for the first instalment of the payment, dated London, 1873. The documents include reference to Apow and C.J. Bolton.
c. 350 items. |
1870–1873 |
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30/5
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Accounts and bills of the 'Berwick Walls' and 'Wellington'. The accounts are dated Shanghai and no place, 31 December 1866-31 May 1867 and undated, and include an opium stock account and portage bills. One document is signed by Daniel Patridge.
4 items. |
circa 31 Dec. 1866-circa 31 May 1867 |
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30/6
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Miscellaneous accounts and bills. Accounts and bills dated Dunedin, Lyon, Melbourne, Rotterdam Sydney and elsewhere. The documents include reference to Berry; Arlès-Dufour & Co.; James Henty & Co.; George King & Co.; Milsom & F. Poy; 'Glensannox'; Brisbane; Cuba; Havana; Rotterdam; fabric; shipping; silk; sugar refineries; and tea.
17 items. |
29 Jan. 1870–7 Aug. 1877 |
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30/7
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Coal invoices: London. Invoices for shipments of coal from Anderson, Thomson & Co., and related accounts; mostly dated London, but also including reference to Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
56 items. |
1866–1867 |
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30/8
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Accounts and bills: Great Britain. Miscellaneous accounts, bills, etc., including current and shipping accounts; dated London and elsewhere in Great Britain. The documents include reference to Charles Arkinstall; W. Curtis; John Dawes; John Haddon; John Jack; Henry King; Anderson, Anderson & Co.; Littledale & Co.; Smith, Elder & Co.; 'Flying Spur'; Brighton; Dumbarton; Glasgow; Greenock; Liverpool; Manchester; West Bromwich; fabric; insurance; shipping; shirting; and sugar refineries.
c. 45 items. |
1824–1877 |
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30/9
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Accounts: Nagasaki and Yokohama. The documents include reference to P. Hussey; Thomas Hunt & Co.; Nagasaki Agency; Takasima Mine; 'Calabar'; 'Conquest'; 'Spec'; coal mines; and shipping.
16 items; Some items are in a bad condition, with damage by insects.. |
1862–1876 |
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30/10
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Accounts of D. Ruttonjee & Co. Accounts of D. Ruttonjee & Co. with Jardine, Matheson & Co., dated Hong Kong. The documents include reference to brokerage.
13 items. |
1 Nov. 1866–30 Oct. 1869 |
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30/11
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Orders for the 'Fooksang'. Orders for supplies to the 'Fooksang', dated Hong Kong. The documents include reference to the Indo-China Steam Navigation Co.; Lane, Crawford & Co.; engineering; and shipping.
44 items. |
7 Jan. 1884–9 Jan. 1885 |
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30/12
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Accounts and bills: Calcutta and Karachi. Accounts, bills, etc., some relating to opium. The documents include reference to Thomas Good; Mackintosh & Co.; Magniac & Co.; cotton; opium; and shipping.
5 items. |
circa 1830-circa 1877 |
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30/13
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Accounts and bills of Augustine Heard & Co. Accounts, bills, etc., mostly claims on the company's estate; dated Shanghai and elsewhere. The documents include reference to William Brandt; William Endicott; Fow hong; John Heard; Charles Kingsley; William Keswick; Loong suen; John C. Phillips; J.S. Robison; Edward Souper; James Whittall; Foochow; Great Britain; Hongkew; London; New York; and dentistry.
29 items. |
26 Apr. 1858–31 Jan. 1878 |
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30/14
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Current account of Ladd & Rickett. The current account of Ladd & Rickett with Jardine, Matheson & Co., possibly from Hong Kong.
1 item; Bad condition.. |
circa 1 July 1837 |
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30/15
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Accounts of Berry, Gordon & Co. and Berry, Ljungstedt & Co. Accounts and other papers dated Canton and Singapore. The documents include reference to W.S. Davidson; Thomas Dent; Napier & Scott; and pepper.
14 items. |
1822–1825 |
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30/16
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Miscellaneous accounts and bills. Accounts and bills, mostly regarding shipping; dated Manila, Macao and elsewhere. The documents include reference to B.A. Barretto; Chevely; Christopher Fearon; John Rickett; Henry Skinner; William Underwood; Captain Wildridge; Robert Wise; Gray, Spence; Markwick, Edwards & Co.; Batavia; Canton; Java; 'Austen'; 'Eleanor'; 'Pleiades'; fabric; and opium.
20 items; Some items are in a bad condition.. |
9 Jan. 1833–21 Nov. 1840 |
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30/17
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Accounts and bills of the 'Lamont'. Accounts and bills regarding a voyage of the 'Lamont' from Glasgow to Hong Kong. The documents include reference to A.W. Green; J. McKenzie; John Neilson; Robert Rayner; Cape Colony; Lisbon; Simonstown; and pilotage.
11 items. |
1867 |
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30/18
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Receipts and bills of the 'Spec'. The documents are dated Macao. They include reference to L. d'Almeida; 'Spark'; coal; shipping; and portage.
21 items. |
1 Aug. 1862–31 Aug. 1862 |
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30/19
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Legal bills from William Curtis. Legal bills from William Curtis [Hong Kong?] to Stephens & Holmes. The documents include reference to Howard and Moss.
2 items. |
circa 1874 |
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30/20
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Miscellaneous accounts and bills. Accounts, bills, etc., some regarding shipping; dated Hong Kong, Shanghai and elsewhere in the Far East. The documents include reference to Robert Anderson; G.C. Anderson; J.F. Crockett; Joseph Jardine; James Legge; John Lamont; John Purvis; F.A. Rangel; E. Vincent; Brown & Co.; Elles & Co.; Magniac & Co.; Thomas Hunt & Co.; 'Glengyle'; 'Hellas'; 'Hellespont'; 'Historian'; Amoy; Canton; Foochow; Formosa; Indochina; Kiukiang; Macao; Malaya; Penang; Saigon; Swatow; Singapore; insurance; opium; and portage.
c. 200 items. |
1824–1901 |
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31/1
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Accounts of Augustine Heard & Co. Accounts, etc., regarding Augustine Heard & Co., dated Hong Kong and no place. The documents include reference to Thomas Hunt & Co.; 'Kiushu'; 'Snipe'; and shipping.
7 items. |
circa 1848-circa 1867 |
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31/2
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Account of the 'Juno'. Signed by B.A. Barretto, Manila.
1 item. |
30 Apr. 1854 |
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31/3
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Registers of accounts sales: London. Registers of accounts sales forwarded to Jardine, Matheson & Co.
40 items. |
5 June 1874–23 Apr. 1875 |
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31/4
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Opium accounts. Opium accounts, including sales accounts and an adjustment of an opium account, 30 June 1841 and undated. Some of the items are dated Macao. The documents include reference to Heerjeebhoy Rustomjee; Chinchen; Chusan; Namoa; and the West Coast.
5 items. |
circa 30 June 1841 |
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31/5
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Accounts: Montreal, New York and San Francisco. The documents include reference to A. Roman; Richard Tobin; Gillespie, Moffatt & Co.; Howland & Aspinwall; Thomas Hunt & Co.; Kemp, Day & Co.; Parrott & Co.; bullion; federal buildings; metal; property; and silver.
9 items. |
4 Aug. 1862–8 Oct. 1872 |
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31/6
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Accounts and bills of the 'Reiver'. Accounts, bills, etc., including portage bills, relating to the 'Reiver'; dated Calcutta, Cape Town, Hong Kong, Port Louis and elsewhere. There is also a certificate of British registry for the vessel dated 30 April 1863. The documents include reference to J.F. Crockett; William Dickson; Thomas Wallace; T.B. White; Bowra & Co.; Brown & Co.; Robertson & Co.; Liverpool; London; Malaya; Mauritius; Penang; Sao Vicente; Shanghai; Singapore; coal; and engineering.
c. 200 items. |
1862–1864 |
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31/7
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Accounts and bills: Great Britain. Miscellaneous accounts and bills from London and elsewhere in Great Britain. The documents include reference to P.W. Baldwin; John Beal; W. Curtis; Marcus Daly; F.R. Frinneby; Thomas Hubbuck; J.N. Hunt; Chubb & Son; Hooper & Co.; Hunt & Roskell; Smith, Elder & Co.; Andrew Souter; Thomas Tapling; Wilden Ironworks; Brighton; and Stourport.
12 items. |
1862–1878 |
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31/8
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Accounts and bills: Calcutta, Sydney and Marseilles. The documents include reference to James Whittall; Black & Murray; Borradaille, Schiller & Co.; Daniell, King & Co.; Lopez & Guenet; Macnamara & Phillips; Thacker, Daniell & Co.; Sydney; shipping; sugar; and tea.
9 items. |
1862–1871 |
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31/9
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Coal accounts: Shanghai and Singapore. The accounts include stock accounts. The documents include reference to William Keswick; William Macdonald & Co.; Scott, Witham & Co.; godowns; and wharfs.
15 items; Some items are in a bad condition due to damage by damp.. |
1863–1873 |
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31/10
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Shipping accounts. Accounts for various vessels, including portage bills, owners' accounts, and bills for provisions; dated Hong Kong, Calcutta and other places, mostly in Asia. The documents include reference to John Clark; J.C. Cooper; Thomas Glover; John Hoole; J.C. Humphreys; John Jack; Joseph Jardine; Robert Jardine; William Keswick; John Lamont; H.S. Osgood; William Pustau; Elles & Co.; Thomas Hunt & Co.; Peele, Hubbell & Co.; 'Alonso'; 'Anger'; 'Antagonist'; 'Aurora'; 'Audax'; 'Camillo Cavour'; 'Carthage'; 'Clan Alpine'; 'Dragon'; 'Ettrick'; 'Express'; 'Fiery Cross'; 'Galileo'; 'Glenartney'; 'Glencoe'; 'Gleneagles'; 'Glengyle'; 'Granville'; 'Harvest Home'; 'Hellespont'; 'Isabella'; 'James Shepherd'; 'Jeddo'; 'Josephine'; 'Kiushu'; 'Lady Hayes'; 'Legislator'; 'Mary Capen'; 'Meteor'; 'Moray'; 'Onward'; 'Oxfordshire'; 'Polonaise'; 'Racehorse'; 'Roma'; 'Saint Paul'; 'Salamander'; 'Sebastopol'; 'Siam'; 'Sin Nanzing'; 'Spark'; 'Spec'; 'Vanguard'; 'Venice'; 'Viola'; 'Wachusett'; 'Wild Wave'; 'Wyoming'; Amoy; Bangkok; Foochow; India; Manila; Montevideo; Philippines; Singapore; Whampoa; coal; docks; opium; pilotage; and shipping.
c. 350 items; Two items are in a bad condition due to damage by damp.. |
1851–1883 |
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31/11
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Miscellaneous accounts and bills. Accounts, bills, etc., many relating to Thomas Hunt & Co., dated Hong Kong and elsewhere in Asia. The documents include reference to Ahoy; Robert Anderson; A.V. Barretto; H.H. Bell; John Burd; J.H. Cook; Thomas Dixon; J.B. Endicott; H. Fogg; John Jack; David Jardine; Joseph Jardine; William Keswick; John Lamont; James Legge; Thomas Peacock; D. Ruttunge; Edward Whittall; James Whittall; Z. Williams; Brooks, Dubois; Hall & Holtz; Hartwig, McAlister; Margesson & Co.; Peele, Hubbell & Co.; Smith, Archer & Co.; Smith, Todd; Hongkew Wharf; Hongque Yard; Japan; Kiukiang; Macao; Malaya; Manila; Penang; Shanghai; Singapore; auctioneering; copper; offices; opium; police; property; tailors; and tea.
c. 200 items. |
1845–1899 |
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32/1
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Accounts of Yrisarri & Co. The accounts are dated Macao, 1820s, and docketed '24-'28.
c. 300 items; Bad condition.. |
circa 1824-circa 1828 |
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32/2
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Miscellaneous accounts: Lyon and Mareuil-sur-Aÿ. The documents include reference to Chabrières, Morel & Co.; Thomas Hunt & Co.; Milsom & F. Poy; Montebello; and wine.
4 items. |
26 May 1859–18 Aug. 1894 |
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32/3
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Accounts and bills of Augustine Heard & Co. The documents are dated Hong Kong and Canton, and include many relating to the 'Suwo Nada'. They include reference to H.L. Emery; 'White Cloud'; bakeries; and shipping.
34 items. |
1862–1868 |
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32/4
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Accounts and bills: Boston, New York and San Francisco. The documents include reference to Howland & Aspinwall; Thomas Hunt & Co.; Parrott & Co.; 'Childe Harold'; iron; shipping; and tea.
6 items. |
1859–1864 |
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32/5
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Accounts: Surabaya. Accounts, etc. (in English and Dutch), many relating to the 'Marion McIntyre', countersigned by the Acting British Consul. The documents include reference to L.M. Lean; Joseph Little; Dutch East Indies; Java; Sourabaya; diplomacy; and shipping.
44 items. |
Feb. 1859-May 1859 |
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32/6
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Accounts and bills: Bombay, Calcutta and Madras. Accounts, bills, etc., some relating to officers of the 44th Regiment. The documents include reference to G.E. Acklom; William Hastings Alexander; T.O. Howorth; Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy; David Jardine; Alexander Robertson; R.M. Rogers; M.S. Smith; F.D. Walters; Arbuthnot & Co.; Barrie & Co.; Bombay Mint; Essex Regiment; Jardine, Skinner & Co.; Lyall, Matheson & Co.; Magniac & Co.; 'Red Rover'; Bengal; army; bullion; coal; cotton; metal; and silver.
29 items. |
28 July 1826–31 Dec. 1876 |
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32/7
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Accounts: Sydney. Accounts, etc., many relating to the 'Ettrick'. The documents include reference to William Bayliss; John Clark; John Fairfax; Daniell, King & Co.; Lane & Co.; Thacker, Daniell & Co.; newspapers; and shipping.
20 items. |
1850–1865 |
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32/8
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Shipping bills: Africa. Shipping bills, mostly relating to the 'Glengyle'; dated Cape Town, Sao Vicente and Simon's Town (Simonstown). The documents include reference to William Dickson; William Duncan; J.H. Reeler; Roskell; Thomas O'Sullivan; Hablutzel & Hugo Jun.; 'Rona'; Cape Colony; Cape Verde; and South Africa.
16 items. |
1862–1864 |
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32/9
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Accounts, etc.: Nagasaki and Yokohama. The documents include reference to John Clark; 'Banshee'; comprador; and shipping.
12 items; The accounts for Yokohama are in a bad condition due to damage by insects.. |
1862–1878 |
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32/10
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Accounts and bills: Great Britain. Miscellaneous accounts and bills dated London and elsewhere in Great Britain, including documents regarding compensation paid for opium surrendered before the First Opium War. The documents include reference to Francis Alexander; William Blackwood; E.C. Budd; R.B. Byass; William Denny; Charles Elliot; W.H. Franklyn; R.F. Hamilton; John Jack; William McClure; James Marr; Andrew John Nash; James Newton; Alexander Robertson; Heerjeebhoy Rustomjee; Collard & Collard; Finlay, Campbell & Co.; Fletcher & Co.; Donald McDougall & Co.; Mackay & Read; Magniac, Jardine & Co.; Maudslay, Sons & Field; Moncreiff, Grove & Co.; R. Napier & Co.; Oriental Bank Corporation; Smith, Elder & Co.; 'Adriatic'; 'Chevy Chase'; 'Fiery Cross'; 'Hellespont'; 'Lancefield'; 'Matilda Atheling'; 'Sappho'; 'Veloz'; Belfast; Bristol; Edinburgh; Glasgow; Inverness; Liverpool; glass; legal matters; opium compensation; shipping; tartar; and tea.
c. 65 items. |
1838–1870 |
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32/11
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Shipping accounts. Shipping accounts, etc., for various vessels, including portage bills, owners' accounts, bills for provisions, freight lists, etc.; dated Hong Kong and elsewhere in Asia. The documents include reference to B.A. Barretto; Henry Beveridge; C.J. Bolton; Brown & Co.; J.C. Cowper; J.F. Crockett; John Currie; H. Fogg; P.W. Graves; Harry Humphreys; John Jack; John Lamont; Douglas Lapraik; Herbert Magniac; Alexander Morrison; William Paterson; Daniel Patridge; B.A. Pereira; John Purvis; William Scott; Thomas Sullivan; Thomas Wallace; Peerbhoy Yacoob; Gibb, Livingston & Co.; Thomas Hunt & Co.; Jardine, Skinner & Co.; 'Albion'; 'Amazon'; 'Anonyma'; 'Banshee'; 'Borderer'; 'Berwick Walls'; 'Brigand'; 'Cabarfeidh'; 'Carthage'; 'Celestial'; 'Chevy Chase'; 'Clan Alpine'; 'Cumfa'; 'Dragon'; 'Dumbarton'; 'Ettrick'; 'Falcon'; 'Feima'; 'Fiery Cross'; 'Folkestone'; 'Fortescue'; 'Gazelle'; 'General Wood'; 'Glenartney'; 'Glengyle'; 'Harlequin'; 'Hebrides'; 'Hellas'; 'James Shepherd'; 'Kwongsang'; 'Lady Hayes'; 'Lancefield'; 'Lanrick'; 'Lily'; 'Lord Warriston'; 'Maggie Lander'; 'Mahamoodie'; 'Mazeppa'; 'Omega'; 'Reiver'; 'Rona'; 'Snipe'; 'Spark'; 'Spy'; 'Viola'; 'Vortigern'; 'White Cloud'; 'Wild Wave'; Calcutta; Canton; Foochow; India; Macao; Malaya; Ningpo; Shanghai; Penang; Swatow; Whampoa; coal; docks; hospitals; pilotage; and shipping.
c. 350 items. |
1828–1897 |
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32/12
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Miscellaneous accounts and bills. Accounts, bills, etc., some relating to Herbert Magniac; dated Hong Kong and elsewhere in Asia. The documents include reference to Ahee; L. d'Almeida; J.M. Armstrong; Henry Beveridge; John Burd; W. Currie; R.B. Davies; H.C. Endicott; P. Goldie; J.W. Halsey; Hongqua; Augustus Howell; John Lamont; J.A. Mercer; William Paterson; Thomas Peacock; Heerjeebhoy Rustomjee; David Sassoon; William Scott; Granville Sharp; H. Smith; Camillo Souza; Peerbhoy Yacoob; Bowra & Co.; Canton Insurance Office; De Silver & Co.; Hill House; Thomas Hunt & Co.; Lammert, Atkinson & Co.; Lane, Crawford & Co.; Pokfolum House; D. Ruttonjee & Co.; Foochow; Hankow; Macao; Pakhoi; Shanghai; Singapore; bakeries; cargo boats; coal boats; cotton; cricket grounds; defalcation; fabric; godowns; newspapers; opium; photography; and tea.
c. 250 items. |
1829–1901 |
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33/1
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Accounts and bills of the 'Berwick Walls'. Accounts signed by Daniel Patridge, Shanghai and no place, including some for opium stock and sales. The documents include reference to portage.
9 items. |
30 Apr. 1866–30 June 1866 |
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33/2
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Accounts, etc.: Australia. Accounts, etc., mostly relating to James Henty & Co., dated Melbourne and Newcastle, Australia. The documents include reference to William Clifford; 'Ettrick'; coal; shipping; and tea.
10 items. |
1866–1879 |
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33/3
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Accounts: New York and San Francisco. Accounts, etc., mostly for tea, and including one regarding the estate of Sir Harry Parkes. The documents include reference to Falkner, Bell & Co.; Howland & Aspinwall; Mosle Brothers; Parrott & Co.; E. Pavenstedt & Co.; 'Crocus'; shipping; and tea.
26 items. |
1875–1886 |
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33/4
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Accounts: Lyon. The documents include reference to Arlès-Dufour & Co.; Chabrières, Morel & Co.; fabric; and silk.
2 items. |
16 Jan. 1866–27 July 1894 |
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33/5
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Accounts: Nagasaki and Yokohama. Accounts, etc., some relating to coal from the Takasima mine. The documents include reference to Charles James Hoyt; 'Albion'; 'Glenroy'; guano' and shipping.
c. 18 items; Some items are in a bad condition due to damage by insects.. |
1870–1878 |
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33/6
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Cash accounts for sundries. Cash accounts for sundries, possibly from Hong Kong, with related drafts and calculations.
c. 36 items. |
May 1874-Apr. 1879 |
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33/7
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Accounts of the 'Changwo'. Working accounts of the 'Changwo', dated Shanghai.
6 items. |
31 May 1894–31 Oct. 1894 |
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33/8
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Accounts of the Sun Yee Co. Accounts, etc., regarding the Sun Yee Co. in receivership, dated Hong Kong. The documents include reference to William Keswick; John Macgregor; Dennys & Mossop; Suit 10; legal insolvency; and opium.
10 items. |
circa Dec. 1881–11 Dec. 1884 |
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33/9
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Accounts and bills: Great Britain. Miscellaneous accounts and bills dated London and elsewhere in Great Britain. The documents include reference to Francis Alexander; E.L. Budd; John Jack; James Newton; John Poytner; S.W. Ronsell; G.W. Wheatley; Anderson, Thomson & Co.; Copland & Co.; Dow & Co.; Henderson, Coulborn & Co.; Hill & Hartridge; Henry S. King & Co.; Koenigsberg Commercial Association; Mappin & Webb; Rankin & Blackmore; Rex & Co.; Robertson & Co.; 'Dragon'; Glasgow; Greenock; coal; insurance; and shipping.
c. 95 items. |
1864–1880 |
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33/10
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Accounts and bills of the 'Reiver'. Accounts, bills, etc., including portage bills, relating to the 'Reiver', dated Calcutta, Hong Kong and elsewhere, 1865-1866, with a copy of a statement by W. Clifford laid before the Marine Court of Inquiry in Calcutta, 26 November 1868, regarding the loss of the vessel. The documents include reference to C.J. Bolton; J.F. Crockett; John Jack; Ahmuty & Co.; Jardine, Skinner & Co.; Singapore; coal; customs; engineering; horse repository; legal matters; and pilotage.
c. 150 items. |
1865–26 Nov. 1868 |
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33/11
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Shipping accounts. Accounts, etc., relating to various vessels, including portage bills, owners' accounts, bills for provisions, and freight lists; dated Hong Kong and elsewhere in Asia. The documents include reference to M. Butcher; C. Behmer; William Clifford ; John Endicott; Thomas Glover; P.W. Graves; William Hunter; John Jack; Thomas O'Sullivan; William Paterson; James Patterson; P.L. Rhode; Thomas Wallace; Elles & Co.; Augustine Heard & Co.; Thomas Hunt & Co.; Mackenzie & Co.; Margesson & Co.; W.R. Scott & Co.; Scott, Witham & Co.; Union Dock Co.; 'Aallotar'; 'Abbotsford'; 'Argyle'; 'Argyll'; 'Atholl'; 'Cassandra'; 'Celestial'; 'Clan Alpine'; 'Cumfa'; 'Elfin'; 'Ettrick'; 'Fiery Cross'; 'Flamingo'; 'Galway'; 'Glenartney'; 'Glengyle'; 'Glensannox'; 'Heather Belle'; 'Hellespont'; 'Kinshan'; 'Malay'; 'Moray'; 'Northfleet'; 'Providenza'; 'Rona'; 'Siam'; 'Silas Greenman'; 'Spark'; 'Teviot'; 'Titana'; 'Venice'; 'Zephyr'; Amoy; Bangkok; Calcutta; Canton; Chefoo; Foochow; India; Lintin; Macao; Shanghai; Singapore; Whampoa; coal; engineering; music; opium; portage; shipping; and supply.
c. 250 items. |
1 Nov. 1837–30 Apr. 1880 |
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33/12
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Miscellaneous accounts and bills. Accounts, bills, etc., dated Hong Kong and elsewhere in Asia. The documents include reference to E.F. Alford; L. d'Almeida; Robert Anderson; H. Blow; W.H. Brereton; A.F. Chambers; J.F. Crockett; John Endicott; George Glasse; R. Herring; W.K. Hughes; John Jack; Marion Keswick; Herbert Magniac; W.P. Morrison; E. Parker; Harry Parkes; F.A. Rangel; John Stirling; T.S. Thompson; Thomas Wallace; Thomas Walsh; John Wilson; Bottomley & Hughes; Brown & Co.; Calvert & Co.; Elles & Co.; Hughes & Legge; Thomas Hunt & Co.; Koenigsberg Commercial Association; Lane, Crawford & Co.; Lyall, Still & Co.; Peele, Hubbell & Co.; Phillips, Moore & Co.; Red House; Russia Consulate; Sayle & Co.; Scott, Witham & Co.; Smith, Archer & Co.; Union Dock Co.; 'Adventure'; Amoy; Foochow; Hankow; Manila; Peking; Shanghai; Singapore; Tientsin; Wenchow; Whampoa; bakeries; brick tea; cargo boats; coal boats; diplomacy; dwelling houses; fabric; factories; hospitals; offices; opium godowns; property; shipyards; stables; sugar refineries; and waste silk.
c. 200 items. |
1837–1881 |
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34/1
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Accounts: United States and Mexico. Accounts, etc., dated New York, San Francisco and Mazatlán. The documents include reference to Lai hing lung; Thomas Shillaber; George Silvester; Crooke, Fowkes; Dodd & Co.; Goodhue & Co.; Howland & Aspinwall; Lee, Dater & Miller; 'Colon'; and shipping.
8 items. |
1827–1880 |
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34/2
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Accounts of Sir Harry Parkes. Accounts, etc., regarding the estate of Sir Harry Parkes, including accounts of sales of his goods; dated Hong Kong, 1885. There is also a form of probate of Parkes' will, dated London, 6 May 1885. The documents include reference to T.D. Forsyth; R.D. Herring; Marion Keswick; A.E. Pirkis; Hall Rokeby Price; W.H. Wilkinson; London; Peking; auctioneering; funerals; and wine.
13 items. |
1885 |
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34/3
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Miscellaneous accounts and bills: London. The documents include reference to Henry Bohn; John Falconer; John Jackson; Arthur Lewis; C. Magniac; J. Molony; Alexander Pearson; J.T. Robarts; C. Rolfe; Samuel Ronsell; Philip Sansom; Thomas Weeding; Matheson & Grant; Richardson & Co.; Smith, Elder & Co.; beer; fabric; Nankeen cloth; and silk.
26 items. |
1817–1879 |
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34/4
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Accounts and bills: Europe. Miscellaneous accounts and bills dated Hamburg, Lyon, Malta and Rotterdam. The documents include reference to E. August Apel; Campbell, Dent & Co.; Duckworth & Co.; Fairlie, Bonham & Co.; Louis Desgrand & Co.; cocoons; fabric; and silk.
10 items. |
1826–1880 |
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34/5
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Shipping accounts. Accounts for various vessels, including portage bills, owners' accounts, and bills for provisions, dated Hong Kong and elsewhere in Asia. The documents include reference to H.P. Baylis; E.L. Beake; J.C. Cowper; W.W. Dale; Robert Duncan; John Gemmill; P.W. Graves; G.F. Heard; Joseph Holden; F.S. Hopkins; John Jack; Joseph Jardine; Robert Jardine; J.W. Lakeman; Lyall, Still & Co.; Herbert Magniac; Pedro Masselino; Thomas O'Sullivan; James Purdon; John Purvis; Heerjeebhoy Rustomjee; William Scott; John Stirling; John Vincent; J.B. White; Charles Willson; Brown & Co.; De Silver & Co.; Gribble, Hughes & Co.; Augustine Heard & Co.; Thomas Hunt & Co.; Steuart & Co.; 'Aallotar'; 'Burlington'; 'Cama Family'; 'Carmen'; 'Clan Alpine'; 'Clarendon'; 'Colonel Young'; 'Cumfa'; 'Dolphin'; 'Don Juan'; 'Emigrant'; 'Fiery Cross'; 'Florence Nightingale'; 'Folkestone'; 'Glengyle'; 'Golden Gate'; 'Granville'; 'Hampshire'; 'Harvest Home'; 'Heloise'; 'Jeddo'; 'Lady Hayes'; 'Lancefield'; 'Lanrick'; 'Lauderdale'; 'Lord Warrington'; 'Mavis'; 'Mazeppa'; 'Merchantman'; 'Messenger'; 'Octavia'; 'Omega'; 'Poyang'; 'Preston'; 'Reiver'; 'River Bird'; 'Siam'; 'Sovereign'; 'Spark'; 'Surge'; 'Titana'; 'Ville de Dieppe'; 'Weltevreden'; 'White Cloud'; 'Witch Of The Seas'; Bangkok; Batavia; Calcutta; India; Java; Macao; Malaya; Manila; Moulmein; Penang; Philippines; Singapore; Whampoa; docks; hospitals; medicine; opium; pilotage; shipping; and timber.
c. 225 items. |
8 Jan. 1824–27 Sep. 1890 |
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34/6
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Miscellaneous accounts and bills. Miscellaneous accounts, bills, etc., including accounts of James Matheson, dated Hong Kong and elsewhere in Asia. The documents include reference to Acow; Ahoy; L. d'Almeida; J.M. Armstrong; S.W. Baker; A. Bancroft; C.J. Bolton; William Bridges; William Buckler; Herjee Bujorjee; S.E. Burrows; John Cook; J.C. Cowper; Thomas Crossby; John Currie; Patrick Dale; J.F. Edgar; H.C. Endicott; J.B. Endicott; Franco Espeleta; Miss Garrett; G. Goyenna; G.F. Heard; Heng sheng; Charles Hill; W.C. Hunter; Boston Jack; John Jack; Joseph Jardine; Robert Jardine; D. Kennedy; John Lamont; Thomas L. Larken; J.M.O. Lima; G.F. Lyon; William McClure; William Magee; Herbert Magniac; John Major; H. Marsh; Alexander Miller; William Moresby; W.C. Morrisson; A.R.B. Moses; Y.J. Murrow; G. Nesbitt; Macello Nunes; William Palmer; B.A. Pereira; S. Rawling; Lionel Moses Russell; G. King Smith; G. Mackrill Smith; Charles Thomas; Thomas Wallace; A.S. Watson; Edward Williams; Alexander Wilson; Henry Wright; Bowra & Co.; Brown & Co.; Dougall & Co.; Elles & Co.; Everett & Co.; Gaskell & Brown; Harper, Hardy; Augustine Heard & Co.; Holliday, Wise & Co.; Hong Kong Club; Thomas Hunt & Co.; Hunt & Tobey; Douglas Lapraik & Co.; MacEwen & Co.; Magniac & Beale; Maitland, Ewing & Co.; Markwick & Lane; Moncreiff, Grove & Co.; Penang Wharf; Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co.; Rickards, Mackintosh & Co.; Robert Rutherford; Scott, Witham & Co.; Smith & Brimelow; Steuart & Co.; Thompson, Roberts & Co.; Amoor River; Amoy; Australia; Batavia; Calcutta; Canton; Chunsan; Foochow; India; Java; Macao; Malaya; Manila; Newchwang; New South Wales; Penang; Philippines; Shanghai; Whampoa; auctioneering; bean cake; chop dollars; cocoons; coke; cotton; diplomacy; fabric; flange piping; godowns; legal matters; medicine; newspapers; opium; property; silk filature; sugar refineries; tailors; and wharfs.
c. 300 items. |
1818–1894 |
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34/7
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Accounts of Xavier Yrisarri. Accounts, correspondence, etc. (in English and Portuguese), mostly regarding Xavier Yrisarri and Yrisarri & Co., but also including many items regarding James Matheson, Magniac & Co., and Rickards, Mackintosh & Co.; dated Calcutta, Canton, London and Macao. There is also material regarding Yrisarri's estate. The documents include reference to Constantino Lopes; Binny & Co.; Franck, Nailer & Hole; Gregson, Melville & Knight; Markwick & Lane; Yrissari & Matheson; and opium.
c. 125 items. |
1822–1832 |
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35/1
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Current accounts: Nagasaki. Current accounts, including many for Glover & Co. and Ryle Holme, with related items. The documents include reference to H. Gribble; K.R. Mackenzie; H.C. Maclean; Canton Insurance Office; Takasima Mine; Wahee, Smith & Co.; Walsh & Co.; 'Ayrshire Lass'; 'Elgin'; 'Georges'; 'Glenfalloch'; 'Lady Franklin'; 'Lotus'; 'Meishin Maru'; 'State Of Alabama'; Shanghai; Yokohama; agencies; fabric; offices; shipping; silk; tea; worm eggs.
c. 175 items. |
1859–1880 |
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35/2
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Current accounts of William Keswick. Current accounts of William Keswick, dated Kanagawa, 1859-1861, with related items, including current accounts from Hakodate and Hiogo, 1864-1872. The documents include reference to J.S. Barber; Edward Fischer; C.S. Hope; fabric; silk; Japan; Kobe; and Yokohama.
35 items. |
1859–1872 |
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35/3
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Current accounts: Yokohama. The documents include reference to H.P. Austin; S.J. Gower; C.S. Hope; William Keswick; Prince Minonokami; Herbert Smith; Edward Whittall; Parrott & Co.; and San Francisco.
c. 175 items. |
1861–1879 |
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35/4
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Shipping accounts: Yokohama. Accounts for various vessels. The documents include reference to S.J. Gower; Herbert Smith; Killick, Martin & Co.; 'Aggie M'; 'Aristos'; 'Borealis'; 'Cymbeline'; 'Deerfoot'; 'Eleanor Dixon'; 'Elmstone'; 'Ettrick'; 'Fiery Cross'; 'Florence Nightingale'; 'Georges'; 'Glengyle'; 'Hannah Nicholson'; 'Heather Belle'; 'Hopewell'; 'Juno'; 'Kelso'; 'Minnie'; 'Mary Nicholson'; 'Matador'; 'Matilda'; 'Nelly'; 'Northfield'; 'Ocean'; 'Petunia'; 'Rona'; 'Rubicon'; 'Scawfell'; 'Shunlee'; 'Star Of The North'; and 'Thales'.
c. 100 items; Some items are in a bad condition due to damage by insects.. |
1863–1876 |
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36/1
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Current account of the 'Juno'. The current account of the owners of the 'Juno' with B.A. Barretto & Co., dated Manila.
1 item. |
30 June 1852 |
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36/2
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Accounts: Boston. Accounts, mostly relating to Everett & Co., with duplicates. The documents include reference to J. Dixwell and Augustine Heard & Co.
c. 45 items. |
1849–1870 |
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36/3
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Accounts of the Takasima colliery and mine. The accounts are signed by Thomas Robertson, Nagasaki.
c. 20 items. |
Feb. 1878-July 1878 |
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36/4
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Accounts: London and Lyon. Miscellaneous accounts, some regarding Desgrand père et fils. The documents include reference to Berry; Arlès-Dufour & Co.; Milsom & F. Poy; fabric; shipping; silk; and tea.
c. 40 items. |
1854–1871 |
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36/5
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Current accounts of the Endicotts and L. d'Almeida. Current accounts between H.C. Endicott, James B. Endicott and L. d'Almeida, dated Hong Kong and Macao.
18 items. |
Mar. 1862-Nov. 1862 |
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36/6
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Miscellaneous accounts. Miscellaneous accounts, mostly current accounts, dated Calcutta, Hong Kong, Shanghai and elsewhere in Asia and Australia. The documents include reference to Awei; B.A. Barretto; J.F. Crockett; Dixwell; Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy; F.B. Johnson; William Keswick; Herbert Magniac; William Paterson; John Purvis; Camillo Souza; Tucksing; Thomas Wallace; James Whittall; Elles & Co.; Ewo China Bank; Hongque Wharf; Thomas Hunt & Co.; Jardine, Skinner & Co.; Lane, Crawford & Co.; Oriental Bank Corporation; 'Adventure'; 'Banshee'; 'Hellespont'; 'Lady Hayes'; 'Pathfinder'; 'Snipe'; 'Wild Wave'; Amoy; Canton; Chefoo; Foochow; Hobart; Macao; Manila; Melbourne; Pootung; Singapore; Sydney; Tasmania; Tientsin; Whampoa; Yokohama; coal; hospitals; medicine; opium; property; and shipping.
c. 350 items; One item is in a bad condition due to damage by damp.. |
1830–1880 |
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37/1
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Accounts of Thomas Wallace. Accounts and balances relating to Thomas Wallace, some regarding shipping and godowns, dated Hong Kong. The documents include reference to John Lamont; 'Carthage'; 'Fiery Cross'; 'Hellespont'; 'Lady Hayes'; and the 'Pathfinder'.
c. 45 items. |
Feb. 1861-May 1861 |
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37/2
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Accounts of William Palmer. Accounts and other financial papers relating to William H. Palmer, dated Hong Kong, including cash accounts, accounts of disbursements and rentals, shipping bills, godown current accounts, balance sheets, and orders for stores.
c. 250 items. |
July 1859-Oct. 1860 |
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37/3
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Accounts and invoices: New York and San Francisco. The documents include reference to Hall McAllister; Richard Tobin; Edwards & Balley; Howland & Aspinwall; Parrott & Co.; bullion; federal buildings; metal; mercury; property; quicksilver; rice; and silver.
c. 40 items. |
1859–1862 |
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37/4
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Accounts of Jardine, Skinner & Co. Current accounts and shipping accounts of Jardine, Skinner & Co., dated Calcutta. The documents include reference to the 'Fiery Cross'; 'Lancefield'; opium; and shipping.
15 items. |
Oct. 1859-May 1861 |
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37/5
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Accounts: Great Britain and France. Accounts, mostly relating to Louis Desgrand & Co., dated Belfast, London, Lyon and Marseilles. The documents include reference to William McClure; Heitz & Devèze; 'Flying Spur'; and shipping.
18 items. |
1860–1861 |
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37/6
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Shipping current accounts. Current accounts for various vessels, dated Penang, Shanghai, Singapore and elsewhere in Asia. The documents include reference to B.A. Barretto; M. Fitzgibbon; Thomas Glover; J.B. Hooper; John Purvis; Brown & Co.; 'Adventure'; 'Algernon'; 'Banshee'; 'Borderer'; 'Clan Alpine'; 'Emma Colvin'; 'Fiery Cross'; 'Lady Hayes'; 'Lancefield'; 'Lismore'; 'Mahamoodie'; 'Mars'; 'Pathfinder'; Amoy; Chin Chew; Foochow; Japan; Malaya; Manila; Nagasaki; Philippines; Woosung; and opium.
c. 125 items. |
1859–1870 |
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37/7
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Current accounts: Shanghai.
9 items. |
Nov. 1860-Oct. 1861 |
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37/8
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Current accounts: Foochow. Jardine, Matheson & Co. in account current with Thomas L. Larken.
12 items. |
July 1859-June 1860 |
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37/9
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Current accounts: Formosa. Jardine, Matheson & Co. in account current with Thomas O'Sullivan and George Rorie.
17 items. |
Dec. 1859-June 1861 |
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37/10
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Current accounts: Canton. Jardine, Matheson & Co. in account current with Robert Jardine.
21 items. |
July 1859-June 1861 |
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37/11
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Current accounts: Amoy and Taku. Jardine, Matheson & Co. in account current with M. Fitzgibbon and George Rorie.
5 items. |
Apr. 1860-June 1861 |
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37/12
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Miscellaneous current accounts. Current accounts for various businesses and individuals, dated Hong Kong, Macao, Penang and elsewhere in Asia. The documents include reference to Acum; Ahee; Aliem; Awei; B.A. Barretto; R.B. Davies; H. Moore; C. Noack; Gideon Nye; John Purvis; Camillo Souza; Yunn Tai; Taising; Bush & Co.; Brown & Co.; North China Steamer Co.; D. Ruttonjee & Co.; Remington & Co.; Bombay; Foochow; India; Macao; Malaya; Manila; Newchwang; Philippines; and shipping.
c. 65 items. |
1858–1875 |
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37/13
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Shipping accounts: Yokohama. Shipping accounts, including supplementary accounts. The documents include reference to the 'Crocus'; 'Burmese'; 'Genoa'; and 'Oxfordshire'.
5 items; Bad condition due to damage by insects.. |
1876 |
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37/14
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Accounts of the Takasima mine and colliery. Various accounts, including current, general working, and advance accounts; dated Nagasaki.
c. 150 items; Bad condition due to damage by insects.. |
1876–1878 |
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38/1
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Current accounts: Calcutta, Canton and Macao. Accounts and related papers (in English and Portuguese), mostly relating to Charles Magniac & Co., with related correspondence. The documents include reference to Hugh Cathré; Daniell & Co.; Joachim de Souza; Charles Thomas; Fergusson & Co.; Larken, Varnham & Co.; Remington, Crawford & Co.; Bombay; London; Manila; Singapore; and opium.
55 items. |
31 July 1819–6 Dec. 1826 |
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38/2
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Accounts of Augustine Heard & Co. The accounts are dated Shanghai and elsewhere. The documents include reference to M.E. Bennett; Byramjee Cooverjee Bhabha; Cheney Brothers; B. Darbyshire; Dixwell; E. Framjee; Ben Holladay; Robert Pulsford; Thomas Walker; Yong yun; Fruhling & Goschen; Goodhue & Co.; 'Cortes'; 'Suwo Nada'; Foochow; San Francisco; property; and shipping.
15 items. |
1850–1874 |
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38/3
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Miscellaneous accounts: London and Lyon. The documents include reference to William Bramston; David Jardine; J. de Murat; Heerjeebhoy Rustomjee; John Shillaber; William Walkinshaw; Arlès-Dufour & Co.; Magniac, Jardine & Co.; Magniac, Smith & Co.; fabric; silk; and tea. One document is dated at Winton Place, Andover.
7 items. |
1841–1865 |
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38/4
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Accounts and memoranda: Sydney. Some of the items relate to Charles Gutzlaff. The documents include reference to Thacker, Daniell & Co.; Thacker, Mason & Co.; 'Ettrick'; and shipping.
5 items. |
1845–1864 |
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38/5
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Accounts: Calcutta, Madras and Bombay. Some of the accounts relate to Charles Magniac & Co. The documents include reference to Charles Marjoribanks; Binny & Co.; Fergusson & Co.; Jardine, Skinner & Co.; and Remington & Co.
12 items. |
31 Dec. 1832–12 Oct. 1863 |
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38/6
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Miscellaneous accounts. Accounts from Boston, Honolulu, Mazatlán, New York and San Francisco. The documents include reference to Adam Crawford; Henry Skinner; Everett & Co.; Howland & Aspinwall; Parrott, Scarborough & Co.; 'Suwo Nada'; and shipping.
5 items. |
10 Dec. 1840–10 Nov. 1865 |
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38/7
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Accounts: Japan. Accounts and other financial papers dated Hakodate, Nagasaki, Kanagawa and Yokohama, including cash accounts of S.J. Gower and C.S. Hope. The documents include reference to J.H. Duns; William Keswick; Takasima Mine; 'Carthage'; shipping; and tea.
40 items. |
1860–1866 |
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38/8
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Accounts of William Palmer. Accounts and other financial papers relating to William H. Palmer, dated Hong Kong, including cash accounts, shipping bills, godown accounts and balance sheets. The documents include reference to Edward Whittall; McEwen & Co.; cotton; dispensaries; and medicine.
22 items. |
Nov. 1860 |
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38/9
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Accounts of Augustus Howell. Accounts and other financial papers relating to Augustus Howell, dated Hong Kong and Canton, including current and sales accounts, shipping bills, accounts of disbursements of godowns, letters, and bills regarding legal affairs. The documents include reference to Edward Farncomb; William Gaskell; Charles Holdforth; David Jardine; Joseph Jardine; John Lamont; Bowra, Humpreys & Co.; 'Arrow'; 'Audax'; 'Celestial'; 'Hellas'; 'Mazeppa'; 'Sepoy'; 'Sheriff'; 'Sylph'; and timber.
c. 95 items. |
Apr. 1844-Jan. 1849 |
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38/10
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Accounts of Thomas Wallace. Accounts and other financial papers relating to Thomas Wallace, dated Hong Kong, including cash and current accounts, shipping bills, godown accounts and balance sheets. The documents include reference to Robert Jardine; 'Carthage'; 'Celestial'; 'Fiery Cross'; 'Heather Belle'; 'Hellespont'; 'Lancefield'; cargo boats; and coal boats.
c. 70 items. |
Dec. 1860-Sep. 1869 |
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38/11
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Accounts of John Currie. Accounts, etc., relating to John Currie, dated Hong Kong and Canton, including current accounts, shipping bills and godown accounts. The documents include reference to Joseph Jardine; Bowra, Humpreys & Co.; 'Hellas'; 'Juno'; 'Red Rover'; 'Sepoy'; 'Vixen'; auctioneering; bazaar; property; and shipping.
c. 200 items. |
1849–1852 |
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38/12
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Shipping accounts. Accounts, etc., for various vessels, mostly current accounts, but including opium accounts and a portage bill; dated Hong Kong and elsewhere in Asia. The documents include reference to L. d'Almeida; C.J. Bolton; J.P. Clark; J.B. Hooper; Thomas O'Sullivan; Daniel Patridge; Brown & Co.; 'Banshee'; 'Carthage'; 'Clan Alpine'; 'Ettrick'; 'Glengyle'; 'Hellas'; 'Kelpie'; 'Lady Hayes'; 'Mahamoodie'; 'Pathfinder'; 'Peiho'; 'Reiver'; 'Rona'; 'Snipe'; 'Spark'; 'Viola'; 'Wild Wave'; Amoy; Chefoo; Chinkiang; Formosa; Japan; Kiukiang; Malaya; Manila; Nagasaki; Penang; Philippines; Shanghai; and Swatow.
c. 130 items; Some items are in a bad condition due to damage by damp.. |
1841–1 Oct. 1871 |
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38/13
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Miscellaneous current accounts. Current accounts for various businesses and individuals, dated Hong Kong, Penang and elsewhere in Asia. The documents include reference to R.B. Davies; William Keswick; John Lamont; John Lloyd; G.F. Maclean; H.C. Maclean; Charles Magniac; Alexander Morrison; John Purvis; D. Ruttonjee; William Thom; Charles Thomas; Berry, Ljungstedt & Co.; Brown & Co.; Thomas Hunt & Co.; Napier & Scott; Peele, Hubbell & Co.; D. Ruttonjee & Co.; Amoy; Chefoo; Formosa; Kiukiang; Macao; Malaya; Manila; Newchwang; Ningpo; Philippines; Shanghai; Singapore; Swatow; Taiwanfoo; Tientsin; and oil mills.
c. 150 items; Some items are in a bad condition due to damage by damp.. |
1823–1888 |
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39/1
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Current accounts: Bombay, Calcutta and Madras. Some of the accounts relate to Arbuthnot & Co. The documents include reference to Jardine, Skinner & Co.; Remington & Co.; 'Borderer'; 'Flying Spur'; 'Lancefield'; 'Red Rover'; and shipping.
27 items. |
1849–1862 |
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39/2
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Accounts: Melbourne and Sydney. Most of the accounts relate to Thacker & Co. The documents include reference to Gray, Marshall & Co.; James Henty & Co.; Thacker & Co; the 'Almeda'; and flour.
10 items. |
1850–1860 |
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39/3
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Accounts, etc.: New York and San Francisco. Jardine, Matheson & Co. in accounts current with Edwards & Balley, Howland & Aspinwall and Parrott & Co., and other financial papers. The documents include reference to the 'St Helena'; mercury; metal; opium; quicksilver; shipping; and sugar.
18 items. |
1859–1865 |
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39/4
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Accounts and bills: Great Britain and France. Miscellaneous accounts and bills dated Belfast, Liverpool, London and Lyon. The documents include reference to H. Hicks; John Jackson; William McClure; William Mackenzie; John Macvicar; Charles Magniac; J. Molony; A. Pearson; Baring & Co.; Cutler & Co.; Fairlie, Bonham & Co.; Gregson, Melville & Co.; Maitland, Ewing & Co.; Milsom & F. Poy; Moncreiff, Grove & Co.; North China Steamer Co.; Rickards, Little & Co.; 'Veloz'; fabric; portage; shipping; silk; and tea.
30 items. |
31 Dec. 1815–15 Nov. 1871 |
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39/5
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Accounts of Augustine Heard & Co. The accounts are dated Hong Kong and Shanghai, and are mostly with E.L. Lança, but also include some with Joseph M. Lord. The documents include reference to the 'Little Orphan'.
28 items. |
31 Oct. 1854–31 May 1864 |
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39/6
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Shipping current accounts. Current accounts for various vessels, dated Hong Kong, Penang, Shanghai and elsewhere in Asia. The documents include reference to C.J. Bolton; J.F. Crockett; P.W. Graves; Alexander Hutchison; John Roskel; Brown & Co.; Glover & Co.; Lyall, Still & Co.; 'Banshee'; 'Carthage'; 'Clan Alpine'; 'Cumfa'; 'Fiery Cross'; 'Glenartney'; 'Lancefield'; 'Lanrick'; 'Mahamoodie'; 'Reiver'; 'Rona'; 'Wild Wave'; Japan; Kanagawa; Malaya; Nagasaki; Singapore; Whampoa; and Yokohama.
c. 150 items; Some items are in a bad condition due to damage by insects.. |
1858–1870 |
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39/7
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Miscellaneous current accounts. Current accounts for various businesses and individuals, dated Canton, Hong Kong, Macao, Shanghai and elsewhere in Asia. The documents include reference to B.A. Barretto; R.B. Davies; J.B. Endicott; Thomas Glover; W. Hastings; R.A. Houstoun; David Jardine; Joseph Jardine; Robert Jardine; William Keswick; Peter G. Laurie; John Lloyd; H.C. Maclean; M.A. Macleod; Alexander Morrison; Camillo Souza; T.G. Newton; William Palmer; John Purvis; William Scott; Taising; Edward Whittall; James Whittall; Brown & Co.; Fergusson & Co.; Fernandez & Peyton; Douglas Lapraik & Co.; Platt & Co.; D. Ruttonjee & Co.; Tait & Co.; Amoy; Chefoo; Foochow; Hankow; Malaya; Manila; Ningpo; Penang; Philippines; Singapore; Swatow; Tiensin; coal; insurance; opium; and wharfs.
c. 250 items. |
1813–1867 |
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40/1
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Miscellaneous current accounts. Miscellaneous current accounts, including shipping accounts and accounts for various businesses and individuals; dated Hong Kong, India, Japan, Shanghai and elsewhere. The documents include reference to L. d'Almeida; Ateong; Henry Beveridge; C.J. Bolton; J.F. Crockett; H.C. Endicott; P.W. Graves; R.F. Hamilton; R.A. Houstoun; William Keswick; John Lamont; T.G. Newton; Thomas O'Sullivan; Daniel Patridge; John Purvis; George Rorie; Camillo Souza; G.H. Styan; Robert Watmore; Arbuthnot & Co.; Brown & Co.; Daniell, Knight; James Henty & Co.; Thomas Hunt & Co.; Jardine, Skinner & Co.; Loney, Kerr & Co.; Remington & Co.; D. Ruttonjee & Co.; Whitfield, Kingsmill & Co.; 'Adventure'; 'Aallotar'; 'Carthage'; 'Clan Alpine'; 'Cumfa'; 'Glengyle'; 'James Shepherd'; 'Lady Hayes'; 'Pathfinder'; 'Reiver'; 'Spark'; 'Suwo Nada'; 'Viola'; 'Wild Wave'; Amoy; Australia; Bombay; Calcutta; Canton; Cebu; Chinkiang; Formosa; Hankow; Kiukiang; Macao; Madras; Malaya; Melbourne; Nagasaki; Ningpo; Penang; Singapore; Sydney; Taiwanfoo; Taku; Tientsin; Woosung; coal; portage; and shipping.
c. 400 items; A few items are in a bad condition due to damage by damp.. |
1861–1869 |
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40/2
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Accounts of Thomas Walker. Accounts and financial papers relating to Thomas Walker, dated Hong Kong, including cash and current accounts, shipping bills, godown accounts and balance sheets. The documents include reference to J. Day; MacEwen & Co.; 'Carthage'; 'Fiery Cross'; and the 'Lancefield'.
c. 250 items. |
July 1861-Mar. 1866 |
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40/3
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Miscellaneous accounts. Accounts from London, Lyon, Marseilles, New York and Montreal, with related correspondence. The documents include reference to Berry; Henry Beveridge; R.F. Hamilton; M.P. Jukes; K.R. Mackenzie; Arlès-Dufour & Co.; Louis Desgrand & Co.; Gillespie, Moffatt & Co.; Heitz & Devèze; Howland & Aspinwall; Milsom & F. Poy; Canada; cotton; fabric; shipping; silk; and tea.
c. 45 items. |
1863–1866 |
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41/1
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Current accounts: Bombay, Calcutta and Madras. Most of the accounts relate to Jardine, Skinner & Co. The documents include reference to Thomas Beale; Charles Gutzlaff; 'Clan Alpine'; Fergusson & Co.; 'Fiery Cross'; Canton Insurance Office; Colvin & Co.; De Souza & Co.; Gillanders, Arbuthnot & Co.; Mackintosh & Co.; Magniac & Co.; Remington & Co.; 'Penguin'; 'Reiver'; and shipping.
c. 250 items. |
1817–1880 |
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41/2
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Current accounts re Brown & Co. Current accounts and supporting bills, memoranda and freight lists, dated Penang. The documents include reference to C.J. Bolton; 'Clan Alpine'; 'Glenartney'; 'Historian'; 'Reiver'; Malaya; pilotage; and shipping.
c. 1000 items; Some items are in a bad condition.. |
1856–1880 |
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41/3
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Current accounts: Chefoo. Many of the accounts relate to Fergusson & Co. and Holmes, Wadman & Co. The documents include reference to Wilson, Cornabé & Co.; 'Appin'; 'Glengyle'; 'Kiushu'; opium; and shipping.
c. 75 items. |
1861–1873 |
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41/4
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Current accounts: Chinkiang. Many of the accounts relate to A.W. Spencer; J.M. Canny & Co.; and Craven, Wilson & Co. The documents include reference to William Bean; C. Hudson; 'Glengyle'; 'Rona'; opium; and shipping.
c. 65 items. |
1863–1871 |
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42/1
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Current accounts: Foochow. Some of the accounts relate to Awei. The documents include reference to R.F. Hamilton; F.A. Lyons; Henry Morrison; William Paterson; John Wilson; Canton Insurance Office; 'Appin'; 'Lismore' 'Miaca'; Foochow; shipping; and Takasima coal.
c. 250 items. |
1862–1880 |
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42/2
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Accounts and bills of D. Ruttonjee & Co. Current accounts of Jardine, Matheson & Co. with D. Ruttonjee & Co., with related bills and accounts, dated Hong Kong. The documents include reference to Bengal and opium.
c. 200 items. |
1862–1876 |
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42/3
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Accounts of Thomas Hunt & Co. Current accounts and related financial documents, dated Canton, Whampoa and elsewhere in Asia. The documents include reference to Acow; John Butt; H.C. Endicott; J.B. Endicott; W.C. Hunter; J.M.O. Lima; A.R.B. Moses; C.D. Mugford; W.F. Russell; A. Viegas; Blenkin, Rawson & Co.; Bowra & Co.; Carlowitz, Harkort & Co.; Holliday, Wise & Co.; Nye & Co.; Peele, Hubbell & Co.; Anthon Williams & Co.; 'Cumfa'; 'Spark'; Shanghai; Singapore; freight; and shipping.
c. 250 items. |
1850–1869 |
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42/4
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Current accounts: Ningpo. Current accounts for 1862-1868 and 1879, including some relating to Davidson & Co. The documents include reference to A.F. Chambers; F. Ward; Canton Insurance Office; 'Glengyle'; 'Snipe'; and shipping.
c. 50 items. |
1862–1879 |
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42/5
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Current accounts: Swatow. Current accounts, dated Swatow, including many concerning Edward Vincent, with related memoranda and correspondence. The documents include reference to the 'Ettrick'; 'Glengyle'; 'Heather Belle'; 'Kiushu'; 'Miaca'; newspapers; and shipping.
c. 50 items. |
1864–1876 |
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43/1
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Current accounts: Canton. Some of the accounts relate to Nye & Co. The documents include reference to Thomas Dent; Robert Eglinton; W.C. Hunter; Robert Jardine; Peter G. Laurie; T.G. Newton; James Matheson; Old Teeshing;. Alexander Robertson; G. Mackrill Smith; Charles Thomas; Xavier Yrissari; Berry, Ljungstedt & Co.; Markwick & Lane; Ripley, Smith & Co.; 'Vigilant'; and shipping.
c. 200 items; Some items are in a bad condition.. |
1824–1880 |
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43/2
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Current accounts with Thomas Wallace. Current accounts of Jardine, Matheson & Co. with Thomas Wallace, dated Hong Kong, mostly regarding godowns, with related financial documents. The documents include reference to Henry Beveridge and H.W. Davis.
c. 150 items. |
1861–1871 |
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43/3
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Current accounts: Kiukiang. The documents include reference to J.H. Anderson; Robert Anderson; Ateong; William Paterson; Siukee; G.H. Styan; 'Glengyle'; 'Rona'; and shipping.
c. 100 items; Some items are in a bad condition.. |
1862–1873 |
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44/1
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Miscellaneous accounts and bills. Miscellaneous current accounts, including shipping accounts and accounts for various businesses and individuals, some with related bills and receipts; dated Hong Kong and no place. The items include an account book of Jardine, Matheson & Co. with the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, containing entries dated 1891-1894. The documents include reference to L. d'Almeida; A.F. Alves; H.C. Endicott; J.B. Endicott; Thomas Glover; James Goddard; J.B. Hooper; Augustus Howell; John Lamont; Robert Jardine; John Storey; R.G. Webster; Hunt & Tobey; Douglas Lapraik & Co.; Luzon Sugar Refinery; Margesson & Co.; 'Borderer'; 'Carthage'; 'Glengyle'; 'Rona'; 'Sea Bird'; 'Suwo Nada'; Hong Kong; auctioneering; portage; and property.
c. 125 items; A few items are in a bad condition.. |
1835–1894 |
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44/2
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Current accounts: Singapore. Many of the accounts relate to William MacDonald & Co.; W.R. Scott & Co.; and Scott, Witham & Co. A few have related documents. The documents include reference to George Armstrong; J.M. Armstrong; B.A. Barretto; C.J. Bolton; J.F. Crockett; John Purvis; Canton Insurance Office; 'Clan Alpine'; 'Glenartney'; 'Glengyle'; 'Historian'; 'Reiver'; 'Thales'; coal; freight; and shipping.
c. 350 items; A few items are in a bad condition.. |
1846–1880 |
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44/3
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Current accounts: Great Britain. Miscellaneous current accounts, many relating to shipments and sales of tea and silk, some with related bills and receipts, dated London, Glasgow and elsewhere in Great Britain. The documents include reference to Ahee; William Barnes; R.F. Hamilton; Peter G. Laurie; John Macvicar; Alexander Robertson; Anderson, Young; Gregson, Melville & Co.; Koenigsberg Commercial Association; Maitland, Ewing & Co.; Nye & Co.; 'Glenartney'; Bristol; Japan; fabric; portage; and shipping.
c. 150 items; A few items are in a bad condition due to damage by insects.. |
1833–1880 |
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44/4
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Current accounts: Hankow. Current accounts and some related documents, 1862-1879, and copies of letters by Chinese merchants regarding Matheson & Co.'s representative in Hankow, undated. The documents include reference to Robert Anderson; Henry Beveridge; S.J. Gower; Herbert Magniac; Robert Watmore; Canton Insurance Office; Craven, Wilson & Co.; Drysdale, Ringer & Co.; Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation; 'Glengyle'; shipping; and sugar.
c. 100 items. |
1862–1879 |
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44/5
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Current accounts: Southeast Asia. Miscellaneous current accounts, some relating to the Canton Insurance Office, with a few related documents; dated Bangkok, Batavia, Chefoo, Saigon and elsewhere in Southeast Asia. The documents include reference to F.B. French; Charles Hill; Thomas Platt; George Rorie; Tucksing; John Wilson; Behre & Co.; Maclaine, Watson & Co.; Thompson, Roberts & Co.; 'Pathfinder'; 'Siam'; Indochina; Java; Newchwang; Taku; Weuchow; Whampoa; Yingtze; opium; and shipping.
c. 60 items. |
1821–1879 |
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45/1
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Current accounts: Macao. Current accounts, many relating to B.A. Pereira, with some related documents. The documents include reference to L. d'Almeida; B.A. Barretto; H.C. Endicott; J.B. Endicott; F.B. Johnson; Charles Magniac; Richard Markwick; John Rickett; Camillo Souza; Margesson & Co.; 'Spark'; insurance; and shipping.
c. 200 items. |
1821–1883 |
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45/2
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Current accounts: Lyon and Marseilles. The documents include reference to Berry; Adolphe Collin; Remi de Montigny; Arlès-Dufour & Co.; Louis Desgrand & Co.; Heitz & Devèze; Milsom & F. Poy; Châlons; fabric; and silk.
c. 50 items. |
1859–1876 |
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45/3
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Current accounts: Amoy. Many of the accounts relate to insurance companies and Elles & Co. The documents include reference to Henry Beveridge; Henry Smith; Canton Insurance Office; Triton Insurance Office; 'Glenartney'; 'Glengyle'; 'Peiho'; 'Rona'; shipping; and sugar.
c. 225 items. |
1864–1879 |
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45/4
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Current accounts: Tientsin. The documents include reference to Henry Beveridge; J. Livingston; H.C. Maclean; Canton Insurance Office; and shipping.
c. 100 items. |
1864–1879 |
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45/5
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Current accounts: North America. Current accounts, with some related documents, dated Boston, Montreal, New York and San Francisco. The documents include reference to J.J. Dixwell; J.B. Endicott; John M. Forbes; A.W. Macpherson; Dodd & Co.; Edwards & Balley; Elles & Co.; Gillespie, Moffatt & Co.; Howland & Aspinwall; Parrott & Co.; E. Pavenstedt & Co.; federal buildings; and tea.
c. 125 items. |
1851–1881 |
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45/6
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Current accounts: Manila. The documents include reference to B.A. Barretto; J.B. Endicott; John Rickett; G. Mackrill Smith; Canton Insurance Office; Luzon Sugar Refinery; Russell & Sturgis; Smith, Bell & Co.; Thacker, Daniell & Co.; and Mandalayan property.
c. 25 items. |
1832–1895 |
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45/7
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Current accounts: Shanghai. Current accounts of the Oriental Bank, the Hongkong & Shanghai Bank Corporation, and the Ewo China Bank.
c. 65 items. |
1865–1880 |
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46/1
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Shipping current accounts: Shanghai. Current accounts for various vessels, with some related documents. The documents include reference to the 'Algerine'; 'Appin'; 'Fiery Cross'; 'Glengyle'; 'Kiushu'; 'Lady Hayes'; 'Lismore'; 'Peiho'; 'Sin Nanzing'; pilotage; and portage.
c. 300 items; A few items are in a bad condition due to damage by insects.. |
1848–1885 |
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Current accounts: Shanghai. The documents include reference to M.G. Dickson; Ruttonjee Eduljee; S.J. Gower; J.B. Hooper; Thomas Moncreiff; Robert Jardine; George Shenton; Tucksing; E. Vincent; Canton Insurance Office; China Coast Steam Navigation Co.; Gillespie, Moffatt & Co.; Glover, Dow & Co.; Koenigsberg Commercial Association; Krupp; Lyall, Still & Co.; Maitland, Ewing & Co.; Moncreiff, Grove & Co.; Takasima Mine; Triton Insurance Office; Whitfield, Kingsmill & Co.; Armstrong gun; cocoons; railways; shipping; and Woosung Road.
c. 100 items. |
1858–1895 |
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46/3
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Current accounts with Daniel Patridge. Current accounts of Jardine, Matheson & Co. with Daniel Patridge, as captain of the 'Lady Hayes' and the 'Berwick Walls', and memoranda of opium sales; dated Shanghai, Woosung and no place.
44 items. |
1862–1867 |
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46/4
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Current accounts: Tamsui and elsewhere. The documents include reference to Alfred Roper; John Lamont; Dodd & Co.; Milisch & Co.; Amoy; Formosa; and shipping.
c. 35 items; A few items are in a bad condition due to damage by insects.. |
1864–1874 |
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46/5
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Current accounts of Augustine Heard & Co. Current accounts and related documents, mostly claims on the company's estate, dated Hong Kong, Shanghai and elsewhere. The documents include reference to Amook tong; E.M. de Bussch; H.B. Cama; J.K. Cunningham; Edwin Gamman; Albert F. Heard; William Keswick; Ko liang; T.G. Linstead; W.W. Ward; James Whittall; Arlès-Dufour & Co.; Everett & Co.; Fearon & Co.; Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation; Thomas Hunt & Co.; Kingkee Estate; Oriental Bank Corporation; Williams, Blanchard & Co.; Calcutta; Hankow; Hiogo; India; Japan; Kobe; Lyon; San Francisco; United States; fabric; and silk.
c. 50 items; One item is in a bad condition due to damage by insects.. |
1858–1878 |
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Current accounts of Fearon & Co. Current accounts of Fearon & Co., dated London, some with Augustine Heard & Co., many relating to the shipment of tea. The documents include reference to ginseng and shirting.
c. 40 items. |
1866–1867 |
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47/1
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Current accounts: Shanghai. The documents include reference to F.B. Johnson; William Keswick; and Edward Whittall.
c. 125 items. |
1861–1880 |
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47/2
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Current accounts: Shanghai.
12 items. |
31 May 1894–30 Apr. 1895 |
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48/1
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Current accounts: Australia. Current accounts and related items, some regarding Revd Charles Gutzlaff, dated Hobart, Melbourne and Sydney. The documents include reference to Robert Campbell; Charles Magniac; Henry Moore; R.F. Stubbs; Canton Insurance Office; Daniell, King & Co.; Derwent Bank; James Henty & Co.; Hinton Estate; George King & Co.; Thacker & Co.; 'Ettrick'; auctioneering; and shipping.
c. 100 items. |
1824–1879 |
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Godown accounts with Thomas Glover. Current accounts of Jardine, Matheson & Co. with Thomas Glover regarding godowns, dated Hong Kong, June-December 1871, with a portage bill and disbursements account, December 1871.
8 items. |
June 1871-Dec. 1871 |
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48/3
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Shipping accounts and portage bills. Accounts and portage bills for various vessels. The documents include reference to C.J. Bolton; Henry Morrison; Daniel Patridge; 'Carthage'; 'Clan Alpine'; 'Emperor'; 'Ettrick'; 'Glenartney'; 'Glengyle'; 'Hellas'; 'Lady Alice'; 'Pearl'; 'Reiver'; 'Rona'; and the 'Spark'.
c. 100 items. |
1852–1872 |
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Current accounts between the Endicotts and L. d'Almeida. Current accounts between H.C. Endicott, James B. Endicott and L. d'Almeida, dated Macao.
18 items. |
1863–1864 |
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Current accounts: Macao. Current accounts of J.J. Fleiga and A. Robertson. The documents are in English and Portuguese.
2 items. |
13 Apr. 1833–14 Dec. 1838 |
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48/6
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Current accounts: Japan. Current accounts, with a few related documents, dated Hiogo, Nagasaki and Yokohama. The documents include reference to Edward Fischer; Ryle Holme; C.S. Hope; Herbert Smith; Edward Whittall; Alsop & Co.; Browne & Co.; Canton Insurance Office; Glover & Co.; Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation; Oriental Bank Corporation; Takasima Mine; 'Glengyle'; Hyogo; Kobe; bullion; gold; guano; and shipping.
c. 90 items. |
1863–1880 |
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48/7
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Current accounts: Hong Kong. Current accounts, mostly relating to William MacGregor Smith, but including accounts for sugar refineries, including the Luzon Sugar Refinery. There are also related documents.
12 items; Bad condition due to damage by mould.. |
1879–1884 |
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49/1
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Sales accounts: Shanghai. The documents include reference to R.B. Byass; A.G. Dallas; William Keswick; K.R. Mackenzie; Nagasaki; Japan; beancake; camlet; drill; fabric; flintstone; lasting; lead; long ell; metal; mushroom; opium; peas; pepper; rhubarb; rice; seaweed; sherry; shirting; sugar; tea; velvet; T cloth; and wine.
c. 900 items. |
1847–1871 |
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49/2
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Accounts of the 'Berwick Walls'. Opium sales accounts and other financial documents relating to the 'Berwick Walls', dated Shanghai. The documents include reference to Daniel Patridge; portage; and shipping.
c. 175 items. |
1866–1872 |
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49/3
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Accounts of the 'Lady Hayes'. Opium sales accounts and other financial documents regarding the 'Lady Hayes', dated Shanghai and elsewhere, including an account of measurements of the vessel, dated Shanghai, 17 December 1857.
c. 150 items. |
1842–1866 |
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49/4
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Sales accounts: Canton. The documents include reference to bees wax; brown diamonds; bullion; clocks; cotton; fabric; guano; lead; long ell; mercury; quicksilver; raw cotton; rice; sandalwood; seed pearl; shirting; and sycee silver.
c. 250 items. |
1842–1872 |
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50/1
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Sales accounts: Lyon and Marseilles. The accounts relate mostly to silk and other fabrics. The documents include reference to Berry; L. Kniffler; Lacroix; Arlès-Dufour & Co.; Louis Desgrand & Co.; Heitz & Devèze; and Milsom & F. Poy.
c. 800 items; A few items are in a bad condition due to damage by mould.. |
1854–1878 |
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50/2
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Sales accounts: Hankow. The documents include reference to Henry Beveridge; Drysdale, Ringer & Co.; camlet; copper cash; cotton; drill; fabric; lasting; lead; long ell; metal; opium; sandalwood; shirting; sugar; T cloth; and velvet.
c. 400 items. |
1861–1872 |
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50/3
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Sales accounts: Kiukiang. The documents include reference to J.H. Anderson; Robert Anderson; G.H. Styan; camlet; copper cash; drill; fabric; lasting; long ell; opium; sandalwood; shirting; sugar; T cloth; tea; and velvet.
c. 250 items. |
1863–1872 |
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Sales accounts: Foochow. Sales accounts and related stock accounts. The documents include reference to R.F. Hamilton; James Henty & Co.; cotton; drill; fabric; lead; metal; opium; rice; sandalwood; shirting; and T cloth.
c. 300 items. |
1859–1872 |
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50/5
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Sales accounts: India. Sales accounts, many relating to precious metals, with some related documents; dated Bombay, Calcutta and Madras. The documents include reference to Arbuthnot & Co.; James Henty & Co.; Jardine, Skinner & Co.; Lyall, Matheson & Co.; Remington & Co.; bullion; camphor; copper cash; cotton; fabric; gold; metal; silk; sugar candy; sycee silver; and tea.
c. 200 items. |
1841–1880 |
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51/1
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Sales accounts: Japan. Sales accounts, with related documents, dated Kanagawa, Nagasaki and Yokohama. The documents include reference to Glover & Co.; bullion; camlet; cotton; fabric; gold; metal; mousseline; muslin; peas; rice; shirting; silver; sugar; T cloth; velvet; and yarn.
c. 400 items; A few items are in a bad condition due to damage by insects.. |
1859–1872 |
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51/2
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Sales accounts: Australia. Sales accounts, mostly for tea and sugar, with a few related documents, dated Geelong, Melbourne and Sydney. The documents include reference to John Levy; Henry Moore; Brown & Co.; Daniell, King & Co.; Fraser & Cohen; James Henty & Co.; George King & Co.; Thacker, Daniell & Co.; auctioneering; and coffee.
c. 300 items. |
1849–1875 |
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51/3
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Sales accounts: Newchwang. Some of the accounts relate to Charles E. Hill. The documents include reference to J. Linnell; Bush & Co.; camlet; drill; fabric; opium; shirting; T cloth; and velvet.
c. 90 items. |
1868–1872 |
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51/4
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Sales accounts: Manila. Most of the accounts relate to B.A. Barretto. The documents include reference to bullion; fabric; gold; opium; silk; and straw hat.
16 items. |
1840–1869 |
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51/5
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Sales accounts: North America. Sales accounts, many relating to tea, dated Montreal, New York and San Francisco. The documents include reference to Compton, Davidson; Edwards & Balley; Everett & Co.; Daniel Gibb & Co.; Gillespie, Moffatt & Co.; Howland & Aspinwall; Parrott & Co.; fabric; matting; opum; rice; silk; and tea.
c. 150 items; A few items are in a bad condition due to damage by damp.. |
1837–1873 |
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Sales accounts: Tientsin. Sales accounts and related stock accounts. The documents include reference to Henry Beveridge; J. Livingston; H.C. Maclean; camlet; fabric; lead; long ell; mercury; metal; opium; quicksilver; rice; sugar; shirting; and velvet.
c. 135 items. |
1861–1872 |
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Sales accounts: Amoy. Sales accounts and related stock accounts. The documents include reference to Elles & Co.; cotton; fabric; guano; lead; mercury; metal; opium; quicksilver; saltpetre; shirting; sugar; tea; and yarn.
c. 250 items. |
1859–1872 |
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Sales accounts: Hong Kong. Most of the accounts are from Hong Kong. Many relate to sales in godowns. The documents include reference to John Currie; Thomas Glover; Augustus Howell; Sorabjee Jamsetjee; William Palmer; Heerjeebhoy Rustomjee; Thomas Sullivan; Thomas Wallace; Alexander Wilson; Canton Insurance Office; Thomas Hunt & Co.; Lane, Crawford & Co.; MacEwen & Co.; D. Ruttonjee & Co.; Bowra & Co.; Chin Chew; Iloilo; Philippines; art; auctioneering; bullion; cotton; fabric; fireworks; gold; longcloth; metal; opium; seaweed; shirting; silk; and T cloth.
c. 300 items. |
1841–1871 |
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Sales accounts for ships. Sales account for various vessels, many concerning the 'Pathfinder', dated Amoy, Ningpo and elsewhere. The documents include reference to M. Fitzgibbon; Thomas Glover; John Lamont; Daniel Patridge; Alfred Roper; George Rorie; Thomas Sullivan; 'Lanrick'; 'Snipe'; 'Wild Wave'; Formosa; Swatow; cotton; fabric; mercury; metal; opium; quicksilver; saltpetre; shirting; sugar; tea; and yarn.
c. 70 items. |
1840–1865 |
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52/3
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Opium sales accounts for ships. Opium sales accounts, relating mostly to the 'Mahamoodie', with related stock accounts, dated Foochow and elsewhere. The documents include reference to Thomas Glover; George Rorie; 'Rona'; 'Undine'; and the 'Union'.
c. 100 items. |
1859–1865 |
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Sales accounts: Chinkiang. Sales accounts and related documents. The documents include reference to J.M. Canny; A.W. Spencer; Craven, Wilson & Co.; 'Express'; 'Rona'; camlet; drill; fabric; lasting; long ell; opium; shipping; sugar; and T cloth.
c. 120 items. |
1863–1871 |
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Sales accounts: Chefoo. The documents include reference to Fergusson & Co.; Wilson, Cornabé & Co.; cotton; fabric; opium; shirting; sugar; and T cloth.
c. 70 items. |
1859–1870 |
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Sales accounts: Ningpo. Sales accounts and related stock accounts. The documents include reference to Henry Beveridge; Davidson & Co.; opium; rice; sugar; and wax.
c. 90 items. |
1861–1867 |
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Sales accounts: Swatow. The documents include reference to Alexander Morrison; Edward Vincent; beancake; cotton; fabric; opium; lasting; long ell; shirting; T cloth; and yarn.
c. 60 items. |
1861–1871 |
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Sales accounts: Tamsui. The documents include reference to Clarence Collings; John Lamont; Dodd & Co.; Milisch & Co.; cambric; camlet; cotton; fabric; lasting; lead; long ell; metal; opium; and shirting.
c. 150 items. |
1860–1871 |
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Sales and stock accounts: Taiwanfoo. The accounts relate mostly to opium. The documents include reference to Alexander Morrison and saltpetre.
7 items. |
1864–1865 |
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Sales accounts: Woosung. Sales accounts for opium, with two survey reports regarding damaged opium. The documents include reference to H.P. Baylis; George Keppell; auctioneering; and surveying.
12 items. |
1855–1860 |
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Sales accounts: Taku and Yingstze (Yangtze). The documents include reference to Thomas Platt; opium; and rice.
3 items. |
1862–1864 |
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52/12
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Sales accounts of Brown & Co. The accounts are dated Penang. The documents include reference to guano and mushrooms.
6 items. |
1860–1872 |
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Sales accounts: Mexico. Sales accounts of Alexander Chiene, master of the brig 'Harlequin', dated Mazatlán and San Blas, with one referring to sales at Oahu. Two documents are signed by Parrott, Scarborough & Co., and one refers to a cargo sold for account of Adam H. Crawford.
4 items. |
1840 |
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Sales account of the 'Harlequin'. A sales account regarding an auction sale of goods from the 'Harlequin', dated Oahu. The document includes reference to A.C. Crawford and Henry Skinner.
1 item. |
9 Jan. 1841 |
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Sales accounts: Whampoa. The documents include reference to J.B. Endicott; auctioneering; nails; and scrap metal.
3 items. |
1865–1870 |
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Sales accounts: Macao. Sales accounts and related documents. The documents include reference to H.C. Endicott; J.B. Endicott; J. da Silva; John Mackenzie & Co.; opium; sandalwood; and shipping.
11 items. |
1830–1862 |
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Sales accounts: Singapore. The documents include reference to J.F. Crockett; John Purvis; William Macdonald & Co.; and opium.
11 items. |
1837–1871 |
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Sales accounts: Great Britain. Sales accounts, mostly for tea, with a few related documents, dated London and elsewhere in Great Britain. The documents include reference to R. Anderson; Marcus Daly; William McClure; Alexander Robertson; W.J. Thompson; Thomas Weeding; Fearon & Co.; Gregson & Co.; Magniac, Jardine & Co.; Magniac, Smith & Co.; Matheson & Scott; Townend, Brandon & Co.; Belfast; Bristol; Liverpool; and tea.
c. 70 items. |
1840–1873 |
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Sales accounts of Matheson & Co. Sales accounts and registers of sales accounts for Matheson & Co., with a few related documents; dated London. The documents include reference to London Dock.
c. 2,500 items. |
1859–1864 |
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Sales accounts of Matheson & Co. Sales accounts and registers of sales accounts for Matheson & Co., with a few related documents; dated London. The documents include reference to London Dock.
c. 2,000 items. |
1863–1872 |
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55/1
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Accounts: India. Accounts of 1823-1880, mostly dated Bombay, Calcutta and Madras, relating primarily to sales, with many concerning currency and precious metals. There are also statements regarding the export of cotton from Bombay to Singapore and China, 1842-1846 and April-June 1860; an abstract statement regarding the estimated produce of opium in the Behar opium agency, Patna, 3 April 1866; and a report on the poppy cultivation of the Benares opium agency, Ghazeehore, 9 April 1866. The documents include reference to Thomas de Souza; Fergusson & Co.; Jardine, Skinner & Co.; Remington & Co.; Remington, Crawford & Co.; 'Red Rover'; Fort William; alum; bullion; copper; gold; sugar candy; sugar refineries; sycee silver; and tea.
c. 300 items; A few items are in a bad condition due to damage by damp and insects.. |
1823–1880 |
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55/2
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Sales accounts: New York and San Francisco. Many of the accounts relate to tea. The documents include reference to William Dow; John Draper; Alexander Forbes; A.W. Macpherson; Alsop & Co.; Bucklin & Crane; Edwards & Balley; Everett & Co.; Howland & Aspinwall; Thomas Hunt & Co.; Mackay & Phillips; Parrott & Co.; fabric; fireworks; matting; opium; rice; silk; and sugar.
c. 400 items. |
1850–1880 |
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55/3
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Sales accounts: Canton. Some of the accounts relate to David Jardine. The documents include reference to James Matheson; G. Mackrill Smith; Augustine Heard & Co.; Thomas Hunt & Co.; Markwick & Lane; Markwick, Edwards & Co.; Russell & Co.; book; bullion; camlet; cotton; cow bezoar; fabric; feathers; guano; long ell; metal; opium; sandalwood; seed pearl; shirting; silver; and sugar.
c. 200 items. |
1821–1878 |
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55/4
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Sales accounts: Chinkiang. Sales accounts, mostly relating to opium, with some related summaries of sales. The documents include reference to J.M. Canny; A.W. Spencer; fabric; sandalwood; shirting; and sugar.
c. 50 items. |
1866–1868 |
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55/5
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Godown sales accounts: Hong Kong. Accounts for sales in godowns. The documents include reference to William Beckett; Thomas Glover; Thomas Wallace; cotton; fabric; and tea.
c. 125 items. |
1862–1880 |
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Sales accounts: Shanghai. Many of the accounts relate to fabrics. Some have related invoices. The documents include reference to Archibald Campbell; Barnes Dallas; William Palmer; George Thorburn; Tucksing; Wheelock & Co.; brocade; bullion; camlet; coal; drill; iron; lasting; lead; long ell; metal; opium; pepper; rice; saltpetre; sandalwood; shirting; silver; sugar; T cloth; tea; velvet; and velveteen.
c. 1500 items. |
1851–1881 |
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57/1
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Sales accounts: Japan. Sales accounts dated Yokohama and elsewhere in Japan. The documents include reference to Ryle Holme; Alfred Howell; Browne & Co.; Hakodate; Hiogo; Kobe; Nagasaki; camlet; coal; drill; fabric; lasting; mousseline; rattan; rice; shirting; sugar; syrup; T cloth; ultramarine; velvet; and yarn.
c. 600 items; A few items are in a bad condition due to damage by insects.. |
1866–1885 |
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57/2
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Sales accounts: Australia. Sales accounts, mostly for tea, including trial and partial accounts, dated Melbourne, Sydney and elsewhere in Australia, including Tasmania. The documents include reference to A.F. Croom; Henry Moore; Daniell, King & Co.; Fraser & Co.; Fraser & Cohen; Gemmell, Tuckett & Co.; Augustine Heard & Co.; James Henty & Co.; George King & Co.; Thacker, Daniell & Co.; Brisbane; Geelong; Hobart; Victoria; bullion; gold; metal; and sugar.
c. 250 items; A few items are in a bad condition due to damage by damp.. |
1832–1881 |
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57/3
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Sales accounts: Hankow. Most of the accounts relate to fabrics. Some have related stock accounts. The documents include reference to camlet; lasting; long ell; opium; sandalwood; shirting; sugar; tea; and velvet.
c. 100 items. |
1862–1867 |
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57/4
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Sales accounts: Amoy. Some of the accounts have related stock accounts. The documents include reference to C.W. Bradley; M. Fitzgibbon; Dodd & Co.; Elles & Co.; Thomas Hunt & Co.; camlet; cotton; fabric; guano; opium; rice; shirting; and yarn.
c. 100 items. |
1851–1878 |
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57/5
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Sales accounts: Tientsin. Most of the accounts relate to opium. Some have related stock accounts. The documents include reference to William Gubbins; H.C. Maclean; J. Livingston; alum; rice; and sugar.
33 items. |
1864–1878 |
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57/6
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Sales accounts: Chefoo. Most of the accounts relate to opium. The documents include reference to Fergusson & Co.; copper cash; fabric; and shirting.
21 items. |
1859–1866 |
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57/7
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Sales accounts: Manila. The documents include reference to B.A. Barretto; fabric; opium; metal; silk; steel; and straw hat.
7 items. |
1836–1866 |
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57/8
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Sales accounts: Ningpo. Most of the accounts relate to opium. Some have related stock accounts. The documents include reference to Fergusson & Co.; fabric; and shirting.
23 items. |
1862–1867 |
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57/9
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Sales accounts: Tamsui. Most of the accounts relate to opium. The documents include reference to John Lamont; Dodd & Co.; Millisch & Co.; camlet; fabric; and rice.
23 items. |
1864–1873 |
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57/10
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Sales accounts: Swatow. The documents include reference to Edward Vincent; coal; cotton yarn; and opium.
11 items. |
1864–1873 |
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58/1
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Sales accounts: France. Sales accounts dated Lyon, Marseilles and elsewhere in France, mostly with Arlès-Dufour & Co. regarding silk. The documents include reference to Berry; Lacroix; Louis Desgrand & Co.; Gregson, Melville & Co.; Heitz & Devèze; Milsom & F. Poy; Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co.; Anvers; Bordeaux; cocoons; fabric; and filatures.
c. 1,400 items; Some items are in a bad condition.. |
1837–1883 |
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58/2
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Sales accounts: Macao. The documents include reference to B. Barretto; James Matheson; Alexander Robertson ; John Smith; Xavier Yrissari; Dent & Co.; bullion; hide; metal; rattans; rice; saltpetre; silver; and sycee.
c. 50 items. |
1829–1841 |
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58/3
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Sales accounts of the 'Berwick Walls'. Opium sales and stock accounts for the 'Berwick Walls', dated Shanghai. The documents include reference to Daniel Patridge.
c. 60 items. |
1866–1868 |
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Sales accounts: Whampoa. Sales accounts and related items, 1851-1855, including drafts of an advertisement for an auction sale of a Peruvian vessel, dated Whampoa, 1854. The documents include reference to J.C. Cowper; John McClifford; Gibb, Livingston & Co.; Thomas Hunt & Co.; Nye & Co.; copper; firearms; metal; and saltpetre.
26 items. |
1851–1855 |
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Sales accounts of Matheson & Co. Sales accounts and registers of sales accounts of Matheson & Co., with a few related documents; dated London. The documents include reference to London Dock.
c. 1,800 items. |
1865–1875 |
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60/1
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Sales accounts of Matheson & Co. Sales accounts and registers of sales accounts of Matheson & Co., with a few related documents; dated London.
c. 1,200 items. |
1876–1881 |
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60/2
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Sales accounts: Great Britain. Sales accounts and related documents, dated London and elsewhere in Great Britain, mostly regarding tea. The documents include reference to James Akroyd; James Goddard; R. Henderson; Henry Hubbell; J. Nicholls; Alexander Robertson; Thomas Weeding; Dallas & Coles; Ewart, Maccaughey & Co.; Fearon & Co.; Forbes, Forbes & Co.; Augustine Heard & Co.; Houghton, Horton; Thomas Hunt & Co.; Koenigsberg Commercial Association; Ripley, Brothers & Andrews; Townend, Brandon & Co.; Bristol; Liverpool; Manchester; auctioneering; camlet; copper ore; cotton yarn; fabric; long-ell; and silk.
c. 175 items. |
1833–1880 |
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61/1
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Sales accounts: Foochow. Sales accounts and related documents. The documents include reference to beancake; cotton; fabric; lead; metal; opium; shirting; and T-cloth.
c. 300 items. |
1863–1880 |
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61/2
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Sales accounts: Hong Kong. Many of the accounts relate to auction sales. The documents include reference to J. Armstrong; W.S. Cook; Thomas Glover; Augustus Howell; Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy; Charles Markwick; William Scott; Thomas Wallace; Bowra & Co.; Dent & Co.; Gibb, Livingston & Co.; Thomas Hunt & Co.; Lammert, Atkinson & Co.; Lane, Crawford & Co.; Lyall, Still & Co.; MacEwen & Co.; Macvicar & Co.; D. Ruttonjee & Co.; auctioneering; books; bullion; cotton; fabric; gold; long cloth; metal; opium; and T cloth.
c. 200 items. |
1826–1883 |
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61/3
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Miscellaneous sales accounts. Sales accounts from Bangkok, Batavia, Cape Town, Hamburg, Honolulu, Iloilo, Montreal, Pakhoi, Port Louis, Port Said, Rotterdam, San Blas, Singapore and elsewhere. The documents include reference to E. August Apel; Alexander Reid; David Welsh; Brown & Co.; Everett & Co.; Gillespie, Moffatt & Co.; Markwick, Edwards & Co.; Amoor River; Ampanau; Java; Malaya; Penang; Philippines; Port Louis; Siam; fabric; saltpetre; silk; tea; and yarn.
c. 40 items. |
1827–1881 |
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61/4
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Opium accounts for ships. Sales accounts for opium sold from the 'Lady Hayes' and other vessels, dated Woosung and no place. The documents include reference to Daniel Patridge; the 'Folkestone'; and the 'Reiver'.
25 items. |
1857–1862 |
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61/5
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Sales accounts: Singapore. The documents include reference to J.F. Crockett; Berry, Ljungstedt & Co.; camphor; cigars; and wine.
15 items. |
1823–1867 |
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61/6
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Sales accounts: Kiukiang. Sales accounts from Kiukiang, 1862, with a copy of sales accounts required of certain invoices on account from Kiukiang, 1876. The documents include reference to opium.
7 items. |
1862–1876 |
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61/7
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Tonkin coal sales accounts: Hong Kong. The documents include reference to C.W. Dickson; Sociètè-Française des Charbonnages du Tonkin; Indochina; and Tongking coal.
c. 200 items; Bad condition due to damage by insects.. |
1894–1896 |
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62/1
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Invoices from the United States. Invoices from Boston, New York, Salem, San Francisco and Utsalady. The documents include reference to R.H. Bennett & Co.; Edwards & Balley; Howland & Aspinwall; Parrott & Co.; and Washington Territory.
c. 350 items. |
1837–1877 |
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Miscellaneous invoices. Invoices from Aix-la-Chapelle, Amsterdam, Anvers, Bordeaux, Châlons, Florence, Hamburg, Honolulu, Iserlohn, Lima, Lyon, Madeira, Marseilles, Mazatlán, Port Louis, St Petersburg, San Blas, Smyrna, Tepic, Valparaiso and elsewhere. The documents include reference to Arlès-Dufour & Co.; Louis Desgrand & Co.; Milsom & F. Poy; Aachen; Porto; fabric; guanos; and silk.
c. 200 items. |
1823–1881 |
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Invoices from Hong Kong. Invoices from Hong Kong and no specified place. The documents include reference to H.F. Edwards; Thomas Sullivan; Canton Insurance Office; Edwards & Balley; Thomas Hunt & Co.; Lane, Crawford & Co.; Douglas Lapraik & Co.; Margesson & Co.; Ocean Marine Insurance Co.; Triton Insurance Office; guano; opium; and sugar refineries.
c. 700 items. |
1841–1881 |
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62/4
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Miscellaneous invoices and memoranda. Invoices and memoranda of stock on hand, some relating to J.B. Endicott. The documents include reference to John Burd and shipping.
12 items. |
1837–1861 |
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62/5
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Miscellaneous invoices. Invoices from Calcutta, London, Manila, Shanghai, Tamsui and Yokohama. The documents include reference to B.A. Barretto; John Lamont; and Dodd & Co.
c. 50 items; Bad condition due to damage by damp and insects.. |
1833–1876 |
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63
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Invoices from China.
7 boxes (c. 7,500 items). |
1794–1884 |
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64
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Invoices from Great Britain.
3 boxes (c. 3,000 items). |
1824–1882 |
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65
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Invoices from India.
3 boxes (c. 2,000 items). |
1823–1884 |
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66/1
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Invoices from Southeast Asia and Australia. The invoices do not include those from China. The documents include reference to B.A. Barretto; John Lamont; Dodd & Co.; James Henty & Co.; Milisch & Co.; Thacker, Daniell & Co.; Bangkok; Batavia; Burma; Cebu; Ceylon; Champion Bay; Colombo; Formosa; Iloilo; Indochina; Java; Kelung; Malaya; Manila; Moulmein; Newcastle (New South Wales); Penang; Philippines; Rangoon; Saigon; Siam; Singapore; Sourabaya; Surabaya; Sydney; Taiwanfoo; and Wellington.
c. 700 items. |
1824–1894 |
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66/2
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Invoices from Japan. Invoices from Hakodate, Hiogo, Nagasaki, Kanagawa, Kobe and Yokohama. The documents include reference to the Takasima Mine.
c. 600 items. |
1859–1880 |
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67
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Disbursements accounts and related papers. Disbursement accounts, mostly for shipping, but with some relating to godowns, dated Hong Kong, Shanghai and elsewhere. There are also related portage bills and other items. The documents include reference to William Beckett; Thomas Wallace; Margesson & Co.; Scott, Witham & Co.; 'Adventure'; 'Borderer'; 'Clan Alpine'; 'Fiery Cross'; 'Glenartney'; 'Glengyle'; 'Lady Hayes'; 'Mahamoodie'; 'Racehorse'; 'Red Rover'; 'Reiver'; 'Rona'; 'Spark'; 'Viola'; Amoy; Canton; Chefoo; Chinkiang; Foochow; Hankow; Macao; Manila; Philippines; Whampoa; and opium.
3 boxes (c. 2,000 items); A few items are in a bad condition due to damage by damp.. |
1829–1895 |
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68
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Balances and trial balances. Balances, including trial and estimated balances, dated Hong Kong, Shanghai and elsewhere. The documents include reference to David Jardine; Herbert Smith; Thomas Wallace; Berry, Ljungstedt & Co.; Hong Kong Dispensary; Thomas Hunt & Co.; Amoy; Canton; Foochow; Hankow; London; Manila; Nagasaki; Philippines; Whampoa; Yokohama; dispensaries; fire insurance; and godowns.
3 boxes (c. 2,750 items). |
1823–1895 |
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69
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Bullion accounts: Hong Kong. Bullion accounts for 1847-1868, with a bullion account for the 'Lady Hayes', dated Macao, 30 June 1843; a bullion report memorandum, 7 October 1862; bullion account memoranda, January-April 1863; and exchange and bullion quotations, dated Hong Kong, 1876-1877. The documents include reference to R. Hodge and William Thom.
2 boxes (c. 800 items). |
1843–1877 |
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70/1
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Registers of bills: Shanghai. Registers of bills drawn and receivable, including several relating to Augustine Heard & Co., with related documents.
c. 500 items. |
1858–1880 |
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70/2
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Registers of bills drawn: Yokohama.
c. 100 items. |
1873–1879 |
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70/3
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Documents re bills. Statements, registers and accounts regarding bills, dated Calcutta, Canton and New York. The documents include reference to Thomas Hunt & Co.; Jardine, Skinner & Co.; Oriental Bank Corporation; 'Colon'; 'Spark'; and shipping.
16 items. |
1813–1871 |
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71/1
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Letters of credit. Letters of credit, mostly issued in Great Britain, many relating to businesses in Australia, London and elsewhere. They include attested duplicates. The documents include reference to Agra & Masterman's Bank; Brown, Shipley & Co.; Bushby & Co.; Cavan, Lubbock & Co.; Crawford, Colvin & Co.; Daniell, King & Co.; Joint Stock Bank; Oriental Bank Corporation; Overend, Gurney & Co.; Thacker, Daniell & Co.; Liverpool; Melbourne; New York; and Sydney.
c. 125 items. |
1852–1867 |
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71/2
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Letters of credit from Baring Brothers & Co. Letters of credit and related correspondence from Baring Brothers & Co. to Augustine Heard & Co., dated London.
25 items. |
1851–1862 |
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71/3
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Credit lists: Shanghai and Yokohama. Lists of letters of credit showing levels of credit, balances, etc. The documents include reference to Augustine Heard & Co.
c. 75 items. |
1868–1872 |
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71/4
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Promissory notes. Promissory notes and related correspondence (in Chinese, English and Gujarati), dated Canton, Macao and possibly elsewhere. The documents include reference to Ahong; B.A. Barretto; Chunqua; R. Hudleston; William Jardine; Lincheong; and Heerjeebhoy Rustomjee.
57 items. |
1825–1845 |
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71/5
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Loan agreements: Shanghai. Loan agreements made between Jardine, Matheson & Co. and other parties, with some related receipts.
14 items. |
28 June 1873–24 May 1877 |
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71/6
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Guarantees re businesses transactions. The guarantees are in English and Portuguese, and are dated Macao, Ningpo, Shanghai and Singapore. The documents include reference to George Armstrong; Charles Magniac; Berry, Ljungstedt & Co.; Thomas Hunt & Co.; and Russell & Co.
7 items. |
1825–1864 |
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71/7
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Miscellaneous business documents. Documents regarding payments, loans, etc. (in Chinese, English and Portuguese), dated Dunedin, Canton, Honolulu, Oahu, Lyon Shanghai and Swatow. They include requests for advances, charter parties, receipts, promissory notes, a memorandum of bills collected, loan agreements, guarantees and debit notes. The documents include reference to Alexander Chiene; Adam Crawford; William French; Constantino Lopes; D. Manson; J.M. Richards; Henry Skinner; J.P. Sturgis; Thomas Sullivan; Gordon Talbot; R. Thom; John H. Vail; Augustine Heard & Co.; Thomas Hunt & Co.; Oriental Bank Corporation; Royal Navy; Canton; Swatow; and opium.
c. 30 items. |
1826–1880 |
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72
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Estimates, tenders and related correspondence. Estimates and tenders for contracts, with some accounts and related correspondence; dated Hong Kong, Shanghai and elsewhere. The documents include reference to G.C. Anderson; W.G. Armstrong; Henry Beveridge; Brown & Co.; A. Davenport; William Denny; George Fenwick; J.C. Farnham; F.S. Green; Robert Jardine; A.G. Lambert; Lane, Crawford & Co.; Lee leong; Lingatow; Daniel Patridge; Herbert Smith; Camillo Souza; Boyd & Co.; Gillespie, Moffatt & Co.; Augustine Heard & Co.; Howland & Aspinwall; Pootung Foundry; Rankin & Blackmore; 'Lady Hayes'; Amoy; Australia; Canada; Canton; Dunbarton; Foochow; France; Greenock; Hull; Japan; Kumsingmun; London; Lyon; Macao; Manchester; Manila; Nagasaki; Newcastle; Montreal; New York; Philippines; San Francisco; Singapore; Sydney; United States; Utsalady; Woosung; Yingstze (Yangtze); Yokohama; diplomacy; docks; engineering; fabric; opium; rice; shipping; silk; sugar refineries; and tea.
c. 750 items. |
1836–1896 |
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73
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Payment orders, cash vouchers and cheques. Payment orders, cash vouchers and cheques, including material regarding wages and shipping; mostly dated Hong Kong and Shanghai, but including other places in China and elsewhere. Many of the documents refer to Thomas Hunt & Co. There is also reference to John Lamont; Herbert Magniac; William Thom; James Whittall; Augustine Heard & Co.; Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co.; Amoy; Australia; Bombay; Calcutta; Canton; Foochow; Hankow; Hobart; India; Japan; Kumsingmun; Macao; Malaya; Manila; Melbourne; Nagasaki; Ningpo; Penang; Philippines; San Francisco; Singapore; Swatow; Sydney; Tasmania; Tientsin; United States; Whampoa; Woosung; Yokohama; insurance; and shipping.
5 boxes (c. 7,500 items). |
1820–1901 |
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74
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Bills of exchange. Bills of exchange, mostly dated Hong Kong, China and India, with related correspondence and other documents. The documents include reference to Charles Gutzlaff; John Lamont; Borneo Co. Ltd; Elles & Co.; Augustine Heard & Co.; Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation; Jardine, Skinner & Co.; Oriental Bank Corporation; Royal Navy; United Service Bank; 'Portland'; Amoy; Australia; Bangkok; Bombay; Bushire; Calcutta; Canton; Cape Town; Costa Rica; Foochow; Formosa; France; Great Britain; Indochina; Japan; Java; Kanagawa; Liverpool; London; Macao; Madras; Malaya; Manila; Melbourne; Nagasaki; Oregon; Paris; Penang; Persia; Philippines; Rangoon; Saigon; Salem; San Francisco; San José; Shanghai; Siam; Singapore; South Africa; Swatow; Sydney; Tuticorin; United States; Yingstze (Yangtze); Yokohama; and shipping.
3 boxes (c. 4,000 items). |
1814–1885 |
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75
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Abstracts. Abstracts, some regarding opium sales, but including many regarding cash and current accounts, agreements, and property accounts; dated Canton, Hong Kong, Shanghai and elsewhere. The documents include reference to M. Fitzgibbon; Thomas Glover; F.S. Green; R.F. Hamilton; R. Hodge; Ryle Holme; John Lamont; Alexander Morrison; Daniel Patridge; John Purvis; Camillo Souza; Thomas Sullivan; Xavier Yrissari; James Henty & Co.; Lloyds; 'Adventure'; 'Bombay Cynthia'; 'Glenartney'; 'Lady Hayes'; 'Mahamoodie'; 'Snipe'; Amoy; Australia; Behar; Calcutta; Foochow; Formosa; Hankow; India; Japan; Kiukiang; Kumsingmun; Macao; Melbourne; Nagasaki; Ningpo; Swatow; Taku; Tientsin; Yokohama; cotton; demurrage; fabric; Hong merchants; insurance; opium; shipping; and silk worm.
c. 1,000 items. |
1813–1895 |
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76
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Shipping receipts. The receipts are dated Calcutta, Canton, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Whampoa and elsewhere, and relate mostly to cargo and provisions. The documents include reference to Daniel Patridge; Thomas Hunt & Co.; Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co.; 'Cama Family'; 'Glenartney'; 'Hellespont'; 'Reiver'; 'Spark'; Amoy; India; Java; Kumsingmun; Lintin; Macao; Madras; Namoa; Ningpo; Samarang; Semarang; Singapore; Tientsin; Whampoa; coal; opium; post office; postage; and shipping.
5 boxes (c. 4,000 items). |
1822–1915 |
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77/1
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Commissions. Instructions for the purchase of goods, dated Bombay, Shanghai and elsewhere, 1821-1839 and undated. The documents include reference to Charles Magniac; J.R. Reid; Royal Navy; 'Hyacinth'; Ceylon; India; Malaya; Mazatlán; Penang; fabric; porcelain; sugar candy; and tea.
15 items. |
circa 1821-circa 1839 |
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77/2
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Commission accounts: Japan. Commission accounts and analyses, dated Nagasaki and Yokohama.
6 items. |
1874–1880 |
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77/3
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Commission accounts and bills. Commission accounts and bills, with a list of commission charges, dated Calcutta, Manila and elsewhere. The documents include reference to the Canton Insurance Office; Jardine, Skinner & Co.; Parrott & Co.; 'Clan Alpine'; 'Reiver'; India; San Francisco; and shipping.
20 items. |
1860–1895 |
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77/4
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Papers re insolvent Hongs. Receipts, schedules of dividends, and related papers, mostly regarding the trustees for the claims of foreigners against insolvent Hong merchants; dated Calcutta, Canton and Macao. They include papers regarding the dealings of Herbert Magniac and Magniac & Co. with the Hong merchants. The documents includes reference to Samuel Balls; B. Barretto; Consequa; Thomas Dent; Exchin; Gauqua; Charles Magniac; James Molony; Alexander Pearson; Puanqua; Manhop; India; and insolvency.
c. 250 items; One item is in a bad condition due to damage by damp.. |
1812-circa 1827 |
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77/5
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Interest notes and accounts. Interest notes and accounts, including analyses of interest accounts; dated Hankow, Shanghai, Yokohama and elsewhere. The documents include reference to George Horback; Herbert Smith; Thacker, Daniell & Co.; 'Glenray'; 'Historian'; Australia; Hankow; Japan; Nagasaki; Shanghai; Sydney; shipping; and tea.
c. 25 items; A few items are in a bad condition due to damage by damp.. |
1825–1883 |
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77/6
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Delivery notes and memoranda. Delivery notes and memoranda of orders, dated Europe, Canada and elsewhere. The documents include reference to G.T. Rice; Arlès-Dufour & Co.; Gillespie, Moffatt & Co.; Greek & Oriental Steam Navigation Company; Bordeaux; Cadiz; Ceylon; France; Galle; Great Britain; London; Lyon; Manchester; Montreal; Spain; fabric; silk; and tea.
29 items. |
1832–1881 |
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77/7
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Opium sales accounts: Hong Kong. Opium sales accounts, showing charges and proceeds, with related correspondence. The documents include reference to Cursetjee Cowasjee and Dent & Co.
10 items. |
1846 |
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77/8
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Hong Kong volunteer fire brigade notice. A notice of a parade of a volunteer fire brigade, giving the names of the members requested to attend.
1 item. |
27 Sep. 1881 |
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77/9
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Freight lists and manifests. Shipping manifests and freight lists for voyages between India, Southeast Asia, China and London, dated Calcutta, Canton, Foochow, Hong Kong, London, Shanghai and Singapore. The documents include reference to J.F. Crockett; Robertson & Co.; 'Fiery Cross'; 'Glenartney'; and the 'Historian'.
c. 32 items. |
1861–1879 |
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78
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Miscellaneous receipts. Miscellaneous receipts, including many relating to property rents, salaries, brokerage and shipping, dated Hong Kong and elsewhere. The documents include reference to B.A. Barretto; Alexander Chiene; A.H. Crawford; John Currie; Max Fischer; Thomas Glover; Dent & Co.; Gibb, Livingston & Co.; Hong Kong Club; Thomas Hunt & Co.; Charles Magniac; Bowra & Co.; Canton Insurance Office; Augustine Heard & Co.; Margesson & Co.; Messageries Maritimes; Oriental Bank Corporation; Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co.; Reuter; Russell & Sturgis; Triton Insurance Office; Amoy; Australia; Batavia; Bombay; Boston; Calcutta; Canton; Fort William; Hawaii; Hiogo; Honolulu; Hyogo; India; Japan; Java; Kobe; Lintin; Macao; Madras; Malaya; Manila; Mazatlán; Mexico; Penang; Philippines; Salem; San Blas; Shanghai; Singapore; Sydney; United States; Whampoa; Yokohama; fabric; freemasonry; insurance; newspapers; opium; shipping; and sugar refineries.
3 boxes (c. 4,000 items); A few items are in a bad condition due to damage by damp and mould.. |
1814–1913 |
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79
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Boat notes. Notes regarding the supply of cargoes and provisions to and from shipping, dated Hong Kong, Whampoa and elsewhere, with receipts. The documents include reference to Thomas Arbuthnot; Augustus Howell; Bowra & Co.; Augustine Heard & Co.; Thomas Hunt & Co.; 'Reiver'; Calcutta; Canton; India; Malaya; Penang; Shanghai; coal; fabric; meat; opium; salt; shipping; and tea.
2 boxes (c. 2,000 items). |
1820–1903 |
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80
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Shipping lists: Hong Kong. Daily printed lists for [1846]-1849 and 1851-1852.
c. 2,000 items. |
circa 1846–1852 |
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81/1
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Shipping lists: Hong Kong. An incomplete series of daily lists printed and published by Andrew Scott Dixson, including news reports and advertisements.
c. 135 items. |
2 June 1856–31 Dec. 1856 |
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81/2
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Shipping lists: Hong Kong. The documents include reference to Anthon Williams & Co.
33 items. |
1854–1856 |
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81/3
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Shipping lists: Saigon. The documents include reference to Behre & Co. and Indochina.
16 items. |
13 Sep. 1861–26 Oct. 1870 |
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81/4
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Shipping lists: Calcutta. Shipping lists for Calcutta and no specified place, 1827-1829, with two printed lists for Calcutta, 1873 and 1879. The documents include reference to the 'Englishman's Overland Mail'; India; River Hooghly; and Saugor.
19 items. |
1827–1879 |
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81/5
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Shipping lists: Cumsingmoon. Weekly shipping lists. The documents include reference to the 'Lady Hayes' and Kumsingmun.
18 items. |
Feb. 1849-July 1849 |
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81/6
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Shipping lists: London. Shipping lists for London and no specified place. The documents include reference to the Board of Trade.
40 items. |
1860–1876 |
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81/7
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Shipping lists: Amoy. Shipping lists for June 1859-January 1862 and undated.
33 items. |
circa June 1859-circa Jan. 1862 |
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81/8
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Shipping lists: Foochow. The documents include reference to R.C. Crawford and George Rorie.
30 items. |
Aug. 1856-June 1870 |
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81/9
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Shipping lists: Woosung. The documents include reference to H.P. Baylis.
9 items. |
Jan. 1856-June 1860 |
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81/10
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Shipping lists: Chin Chew.
5 items. |
1 Mar. 1860–1 Oct. 1860 |
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81/11
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Shipping lists: Shanghai. Shipping lists for Shanghai and no specified place, 1849-1865 and undated (some watermarked 1870). The documents include reference to James Macdonald.
17 items. |
circa 1849-circa 1870 |
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81/12
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Shipping lists. Shipping lists for various places in China and elsewhere. The documents include reference to Henry Beveridge; R.C. Crawford; 'Anger'; 'Ann'; 'Gazelle'; 'St Helena'; 'Saitau'; 'Siam'; 'Solomon'; Australia; Bangkok; Canton; Ceylon; Chefoo; France; Galle; Ningpo; Whampoa; and sugar.
14 items. |
Apr. 1831-Mar. 1870 |
|
82
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Delivery orders. Delivery orders and equivalent correspondence, mostly regarding general stores and provisions, many addressed to Augustus Howell and Thomas Hunt & Co.; dated Canton, Hong Kong and elsewhere. The documents include reference to James Cook; Augustine Heard & Co.; Lane, Crawford & Co.; Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co.; United States Navy; 'Spark'; Macao; Shanghai; Whampoa; Taku; coal; godowns; sherry; shipping; and wine.
2 boxes (c. 3,000 items). |
1829–1917 |
|
83
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Shipping manifests and freight lists. Many of the documents relate to voyages from India to China, and from Chinese ports to Hong Kong. The documents include reference to Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy; Heerjeebhoy Rustomjee; Jardine, Skinner & Co.; Remington & Co.; 'Audax' ; 'Iona'; 'Juno'; 'Lanrick'; 'Mazeppa'; 'Mor'; 'Red Rover'; Amoy; Batavia; Bombay; Calcutta; Canton; Great Britain; India; Java; Liverpool; Macao; Madras; Manila; Philippines; Shanghai; Singapore; Tuticorin; Woosung; freight; opium; and shipping.
c. 600 items. |
circa 1824-circa 1853 |
|
84
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Shipping manifests and freight lists. Most of the documents relate to voyages between ports in China, India and Southeast Asia. The documents include reference to J. Purvis; Brown & Co.; Jardine, Skinner & Co.; Remington & Co.; 'Audax'; 'Carthage'; 'Fiery Cross'; 'Hellespont'; 'Lancefield'; 'Lanrick'; 'Mazeppa'; 'Reiver'; 'Rona'; 'Spark'; 'Vixen'; Amoy; Bombay; Calcutta; Canton; Foochow; Great Britain; Japan; Kanagawa; Liverpool; London; Macao; Madras; Malaya; Ningpo; Penang; Shanghai; Singapore; Yokohama; and opium.
c. 700 items. |
1847–1862 |
|
85
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Shipping manifests and freight lists. Most of the documents relate to voyages between ports in China, India and Southeast Asia. The documents include reference to J. Purvis; Brown & Co.; Jardine, Skinner & Co.; 'Borderer'; 'Carthage'; 'Clan Alpine'; 'Fiery Cross'; 'Hellespont'; 'Lancefield'; 'Red Riding Hood'; 'Reiver'; 'Rona'; 'Spark'; Amoy; Bombay; Calcutta; Canton; Chinkiang; Foochow; Great Britain; Japan; Kanagwawa; Liverpool; London; Madras; Malaya; Ningpo; Macao; Penang; Shanghai; Singapore; and Yokohama.
c. 800 items. |
1861–1864 |
|
86
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Shipping manifests and freight lists. Most of the documents relate to voyages between ports in China, India and Southeast Asia. The documents include reference to J. Purvis; Brown & Co.; 'Argonaut'; 'Clan Alpine'; 'Carthage'; 'Corea'; 'Fiery Cross'; 'Glenartney'; 'Glengyle'; 'Reiver'; 'Rona'; 'Spark'; 'Titana'; Amoy; Bombay; Calcutta; Canton; Foochow; France; Glasgow; Great Britain; Japan; Liverpool; London; Malaya; Nagasaki; Ningpo; Paris; Penang; San Francisco; Shanghai; Singapore; and United States.
c. 700 items. |
1862–1869 |
|
87
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Shipping manifests and freight lists. Most of the documents relate to voyages between ports in China, India and Southeast Asia, and between London and the Far East. The documents include reference to Henry Beveridge; Apcar & Co.; Brown & Co.; 'Appin'; 'Cassandra'; 'Clan Alpine'; 'Glenartney'; 'Glengyle'; 'Norden'; 'Reiver'; 'Spark'; 'Thales'; Amoy; Calcutta; Foochow; Great Britain; Indochina; Japan; Malaya; Penang; Saigon; San Francisco; Shanghai; Singapore; Tientsin; United States; and Yokohama.
c. 650 items. |
1867–1877 |
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88
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Shipping manifests and freight lists. Documents of 1838-1918 and undated, relating mainly to voyages between ports in China, India and Southeast Asia. The documents include reference to Apcar & Co.; Indo-China Steam Navigation Co.; Jardine, Skinner & Co.; 'Cassandra'; 'Erl King'; 'Fung Shuey'; 'Glengyle'; 'Venice'; Amoy; Calcutta; Glasgow; Great Britain; Hiogo; Japan; Kobe; Kurrachee; London; Malaya; Manila; Nagasaki; New York; Osaka; Penang; Philippines; Saigon; Shanghai; Singapore; United States; and Yokohama.
c. 500 items. |
circa 1838-circa 1918 |
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89
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Shipping manifests and freight lists. Shipping manifests and freight lists, relating mainly to voyages between ports in China, India and Southeast Asia, with related correspondence, bills of lading and charter parties. The documents include reference to Henry Beveridge; C.J. Bolton; Fergusson & Co.; Jardine, Skinner & Co.; Killick, Martin & Co.; Shaw, Maxton & Co.; 'Appin'; 'Clan Alpine'; 'Deerhound'; 'Fiery Cross'; 'Glenartney'; 'Historian'; 'Lismore'; 'Sin Nanzing'; 'Spark'; 'Spec'; 'Statesman'; 'Thales'; Calcutta; Canton; Chefoo; Foochow; Great Britain; Japan; London; Macao; Malaya; Penang; Shanghai; Singapore; Tientsin; Yokohama.
c. 500 items. |
1870–1874 |
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90/1
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Indents. Indents, mostly relating to orders for tea, but including some for ships' stores and others for fabrics and other goods; dated Dunedin, Madras, Melbourne and elsewhere. The documents include reference to Peter G. Laurie; J.H. Monger; Henry Rhodes; James Henty & Co.; Amoy; Australia; Cadiz; Calcutta; Chin Chew; Fremantle; Great Britain; Hobart; India; London; New Zealand; Perth; San Francisco; Shanghai; Spain; Sydney; Tasmania; United States; Wellington; ceramics; and shipping.
c. 400 items. |
1822–1886 |
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90/2
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Legal, diplomatic and official documents. The documents are dated at various locations, mostly in India and the Far East. They include permits to land, remove and export opium; certificates of registry of vessels; licences; sailing letters; port clearances; duty bills; letters of attorney; copies of semi-official correspondence; and a surveyor's report. The documents include reference to Alexander Chiene; Charles Elliot; Daniel Peterson; John Pyne; J.S.B. Scott; Charles Thomas; William Uslick; 'Bomanjee Hormarjee'; 'Celestial'; 'Harlequin'; 'Jane'; 'Kosciusko'; 'Lady Hayes'; 'Lanrick'; 'Vansittart'; Batavia; Bombay; Calcutta; Canton; Hong Kong; Great Britain; Java; London; Macao; Madras; Manila; Peru; Philippines; Singapore; customs; diplomacy; legal matters; lemon; and ordinance.
39 items. |
1831–1899 |
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90/3
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Inventories and lists of stores and goods. Inventories and lists of stores and goods, mostly relating to shipping, but including some concerning godowns, 1839-1869 and undated. Most of the documents do not specify a location, but some are dated Chin Chew and the River Min. The documents include reference to J.F. Crockett; William Denny; Boston Jack; James Laurie; Walkinshaw & Co.; 'Bomanjee Hormarjee'; 'Dumbarton'; 'Fiery Cross'; 'General Wood'; 'Glengyle'; 'Harlequin'; 'Hellas'; 'Kiushu'; 'Lancefield'; 'Mercury'; 'Omega'; 'Rona'; 'Viola'; 'Vixen'; Foochow; Great Britain; London; and shipbuilders.
c. 45 items. |
circa 1839-circa 1869 |
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90/4
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Opium accounts. Accounts relating to opium, including stock accounts and other financial documents, dated Lintin, London, Macao and no place, 1824-1860 and undated. The documents include reference to J. Burley; R.C. Crawford; Cursetjee Framjee; Archibald Hastie; Thomas Sullivan; Damaun; Foochow; Great Britain; Liverpool; 'Brigand'; 'Gazelle'; 'Lady Hayes'; 'Min'; and 'Zenobia'.
18 items. |
circa 1824-circa 1860 |
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90/5
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Accounts, etc., of shipping and shore stations. Wages and expense accounts, pay lists, disbursements and portage bills, relating to shipping and shore stations; dated at various locations, mostly in China. The documents include reference to J.F. Crockett; John Lamont; Alexander Morrison; China Mutual Insurance Co.; 'Anonyma'; 'Clan Alpine'; 'Fiery Cross'; 'Lady Hayes'; 'Lancefield'; 'Mahamoodie'; 'Pathfinder'; 'Reiver'; Snipe'; 'Suwo Nada'; Amoy; Calcutta; Canton; Formosa; India; Macao; Ningpo; Shanghai; Swatow; Tientsin; Hong merchants; and mercury.
c. 75 items. |
1842–1868 |
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90/6
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Landing accounts for silk: London. The documents include reference to the East and West India Dock; fabric; and silk.
4 items. |
4 Jan. 1867–28 Jan. 1867 |
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90/7
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Miscellaneous documents re trade and shipping. The documents are dated at various locations, and include stock accounts, freight lists, clearances and memoranda. They include reference to Henry Beveridge; Linchong; Augustine Heard & Co.; 'Gazelle'; 'Kutsang'; 'Shannon'; Amoy; Bombay; Calcutta; Canton; Ceylon; Colombo; India; Shanghai; Cassia wood; cotton; fabric; freight; godowns; opium; tea; and timber.
c. 60 items. |
1824–1892 |
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91/1
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Ships' logs. Logs of various vessels for voyages in the Far East, dated at various locations. They include an account of a collision between the 'Rona' and the 'Sir Lancelot', 1866. The documents include reference to Henry Morrison; 'Banshee'; 'Gazelle'; 'Glenartney'; 'Spec'; 'Suwo Nada'; 'Wild Wave'; Whampoa; Wuhan; and shipping.
31 items. |
1832–1868 |
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91/2
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Logs of the 'Spark'. Logs of the steamer 'Spark' on voyages between Macao and Canton. The documents include reference to J.A. Wilson and shipping.
c. 100 items. |
1869–1871 |
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91/3
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Inventories and lists of stores and goods. Inventories and lists of stores and goods, many relating to shipping, with related documents, dated Hong Kong and elsewhere. The documents include reference to John Currie; John Lamont; Neil Lamont; Charles Markwick; James Milisch; F.A. Rangel; James Rowe; George Willer; Thomas Hunt & Co.; Lane, Crawford & Co.; 'Aallotar'; 'Chieftain'; 'Fair Barbadian'; 'Kiushu'; 'Lanrick'; 'Lily'; 'Wild Wave'; Formosa; Macao; Shanghai; Swatow; Whampoa; auctioneering; engineering; godowns; guano; and whaling.
c. 45 items. |
1841–1883 |
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91/4
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Pay lists, accounts and bills. Pay lists, wage and disbursements accounts, and portage bills, many relating to shipping, dated Hong Kong and elsewhere. The documents include reference to Henry Beveridge; J.F. Crockett; John Lamont; 'Aallotar'; 'Clan Alpine'; 'Ettrick'; 'Glenartney'; 'Haining'; 'Harlequin'; 'Heather Belle'; 'Pathfinder'; 'Reiver'; 'Venus'; Amoy; Australia; Bombay; Calcutta; Chin Chew; Formosa; Hankow; India; Melbourne; Shanghai; and Taku.
c. 110 items. |
1830–1873 |
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91/5
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Crew lists. Crew lists for various vessels. The documents include reference to the 'Flying Cloud'; 'Flying Dutchman'; 'Mermaid'; 'Sea Serpent'; 'Tartar'; and shipping.
26 items. |
1852–1854 |
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91/6
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Semi-official Chinese reports. English translations of reports submitted to the Chinese government by Chinese merchants and officials regarding matters of trade and currency. 1. 'Report made to government by the Hong Merchants in reference to the admission of Opium as an article of legal commerce', docketed 'possibly 1825'. 2. 'Copy of a report fro[m the H?]ong merchant Fatqua to the Governor Loo proposing measures for the regulation of foreign trade', docketed '?1834/5'. 3. 'Report in reference to the circulation of dollars in China', made by the Commissioners of Finance and of Justice in the province of Canton, August 1836.
3 items; The second and third reports are in a bad condition due to damage by damp.. |
circa 1825-Aug. 1836 |
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91/7
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Insurance policies: Hong Kong. Insurance policies for shipments from Hong Kong made by the China Sugar Refining Company. The documents include reference to the Alliance Assurance Co. and Canton Insurance Office.
c. 130 items. |
1917–1919 |
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91/8
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Insurance documents re the 'Kindrochat'. Correspondence (copies), a policy, and a legal opinion regarding a dispute over insurance liability arising from the loss of the 'Kindrochat', dated Calcutta and Hong Kong. The documents include reference to the Canton Insurance Office; Jardine, Skinner & Co.; Mair & Co.; beer; and shipping.
6 items. |
1859–1860 |
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91/9
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Reports on shipping. Reports on the condition of vessels, made for the Canton Insurance Office, mostly by Robert McMurdo; dated Hong Kong and elsewhere. There is also related correspondence. The documents include reference to J.B. Hooper; Macao; Whampoa; and surveying.
c. 350 items. |
1857–1870 |
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91/10
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Stock accounts of the 'Bomanjee Hormusjee'. Stock accounts of Malwa and Turkey opium on board the 'Bomanjee Hormusjee'.
26 items. |
July 1849-June 1851 |
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91/11
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Opium accounts and memoranda. Accounts and memoranda relating to the cultivation and shipping of opium, dated Behar, Bombay and Calcutta, 1844-1877 (mostly 1860s). There is also a completed questionnaire regarding the cultivation of opium in India, c. 1848, and a 'Statement showing the outturn of opium of 1867/68 & 68/69', Behar opium agency, May 1869. The documents include reference to S.R. Abercrombie; Jardine, Skinner & Co.; Fort William; and shipping.
c. 40 items. |
1844–1877 |
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91/12
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Pictures of artillery pieces. Pen-and-wash pictures of artillery pieces titled 'No.1 c 4' and 'No.1 c 6', undated (nineteenth century).
2 items. |
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92
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Reports on merchandise. Reports on the quality and condition of merchandise, mostly regarding cargoes of tea, opium and fabrics, dated Hong Kong, London and elsewhere. They include documents regarding the cultivation of opium poppies and the state of markets, and assays of metals and minerals. The documents include reference to F.M. Ellis; Charles Hope; Margesson & Co.; Takasima Mine; 'Lady Hayes'; Australia; Behar; Bombay; Calcutta; France; Glasgow; Great Britain; India; Japan; Kumsingmun; Liverpool; Lyon; Macao; Melbourne; Shanghai; Singapore; Sydney; Taku; Yokohama; bullion; coal; cocoon; cotton; godowns; lead; plumbago; poppy; property; railways; silk; and silver.
3 boxes (c. 2,000 items). |
1828–1894 |
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93
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Reports on shipping. Reports and surveys regarding the condition of vessels and their engines, some made for insurance purposes and some following marine accidents, dated Hong Kong and elsewhere. The documents include reference to J.P. Clark; J.F. Crockett; Canton Insurance Office; Russell & Sturgis; 'Banshee'; 'Clan Alpine'; Foochow; Java; Manila; Sourabaya; Surabaya; and Whampoa.
c. 750 items. |
1829–1897 |
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94/1
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Miscellaneous certificates. Miscellaneous business certificates, dated Hong Kong, Bombay and elsewhere, including testimonials in favour of individuals and opinions regarding damaged and plundered cargoes. The documents include reference to J.C. d'Aguiar; Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy; John Lamont; F. Newcomb; Harry Parkes; Julian Pauncefote; Henry Pybus; Goto Shojiro; Amoy; Australia; Dundee; Formosa; Great Britain; India; Japan; Liverpool; London; Macao; Manchester; New York; Peru; Sandwich Islands; San Francisco; Shanghai; Singapore; Sydney; Woosung; Yokohama; bullion; fabric; gold; metal; mining; navy; opium; property; silk; silver; and sugar.
c. 400 items. |
1814–1892 |
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94/2
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Shipping certificates. Certificates regarding the condition, ownership, supply and pilotage of vessels, and related subjects; dated Hong Kong, Calcutta and elsewhere. The documents include reference to Behre & Co.; Takasima Mine; 'Aallotar'; 'Corona'; 'Fiery Cross'; 'Glenartney'; 'Rona'; 'Spark'; 'Titana'; Cardiff; Great Britain; Hawaii; India; Indochina; Japan; Nagasaki; Saigon; Yokohama; and coal.
c. 85 items; Two items are in a bad condition due to damage by damp.. |
1833–1879 |
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94/3
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Contract notes. Contract notes for various transactions, with miscellaneous accounting papers, dated Hong Kong and elsewhere. The documents include reference to Ayoon; Borneo Co. Ltd; Thomas Hunt & Co.; 'Clan Alpine'; Chester; Great Britain; Whampoa; chain; fabric; grey shirting; shipping; silk; Takasima coal; timber; and wood.
25 items. |
1850–1889 |
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94/4
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Certificates of Samuel Marjoribanks. Certificates regarding medical training, in favour of Samuel Marjoribanks, dated Carlisle and Edinburgh. The documents include reference to Alexander Hamilton; William Mackenzie; Edinburgh University; medicine; and surgery.
8 items. |
1831–1840 |
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94/5
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Memorandum on China teas. A memorandum regarding the availability, quality and demand for China teas for the season 1870-1871, prepared by Lloyd, Matheson & Co., dated London.
1 item. |
10 Mar. 1870 |
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95
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Insurance documents. The documents are comprised mostly of policies, but also include related accounts, share certificates and other items; dated London, Calcutta and elsewhere. The documents include reference to B.A. Barretto; Amicable Insurance Office; Canton Insurance Office; Eastern Insurance Co.; Hongkong Fire Insurance Co.; Jardine, Skinner & Co.; Remington & Co.; Triton Insurance Office; 'Marion Mcintyre'; Bombay; Great Britain; Hiogo; India; Japan; Kobe; Manila; Nagasaki; Philippines; and shipping.
c. 300 items; Bad condition due to damage by damp and mould.. |
1823–1881 |
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96
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Insurance documents.
11 boxes (c. 8,000 items). |
1814–1914 |
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97
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Valuations of goods. Valuations and reports on the nature and quality of goods, mostly relating to tea and silk, dated Hong Kong, London, New York, Shanghai and elsewhere. The documents include reference to R.F. Hamilton; C.S. Hope; William Keswick; Thomas Odell; John Williams; Elles & Co.; Augustine Heard & Co.; Lloyd, Matheson & Co.; Margesson & Co.; Marine Lot 13; Amoy; Bristol; Canton; Foochow; Great Britain; Hankow; Japan; Kanagwawa; Kiukiang; London; Macao; Rotterdam; Smyrna; Yokohama; fabric; and property.
3 boxes (c. 1,500 items); Two items are in a bad condition due to damage by damp.. |
1846–1898 |
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98
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Letters to Magniac & Co. The documents are dated Amoy, Bombay, Calcutta, Canton, Foochow, Hong Kong, Lyon, Macao, Manila, New York, San Francisco, Shanghai, Sydney, Tientsin, Whampoa and elsewhere. They include statements of coal received and expended on account of Jardine, Matheson & Co., Calcutta; other memoranda regarding coal; dispatches from Tientsin, possibly from Henry Beveridge, regarding diplomatic and military affairs, marked up for printing, dated September-November 1875; notices of rates on various tenements in Hong Kong, 1864; memoranda of sundries to be advertised for auction; memoranda and receipts for the purchase and supply of office and shipping stores and provisions; memoranda and stock accounts regarding lumber; a note of the weight of opium shipped to Hong Kong, dated Lyon; sales accounts of tea, New York; memoranda of masts on board the 'Queen of England'; memoranda regarding the cost of teas, Foochow; sales and stock accounts of opium from the 'Hellas', Lookong; a stock list and memoranda regarding Thomas Hunt; memoranda regarding the Hongque yard, Shanghai; memoranda of opium exported from Bombay, some showing the names of exporters; a statement of imports of tea for 1862, dated San Francisco; and memoranda from the Royal Mint, Sydney. The documents include reference to Cursetjee Ardaseer; James Blair; Thomas Dent; Libnarain Ghose; William Jardine; Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy; John Leckie; Charles Magniac; Thomas Ruddock; G.J. Siddons; Charles Thomas; Balhetchet & Co.; Binny & Co.; Canton Insurance Office; Colvin & Co.; Fairlie, Bonham & Co.; Ferguson & Co.; Finlay, Hodgson & Co.; Mackintosh & Co.; Palmer & Co.; Remington, Crawford & Co.; Ritchie, Steuart & Co.; Syme, Murray & Co.; Batavia, Blackburn; Calcutta; London; Singapore; Great Britain; India; Java; Liverpool; Malaya; Penang; fabric; and silk.
c. 115 items. |
Jan. 1823-Apr. 1830 |
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99/1
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Opium accounts: Hong Kong. Accounts of receipts and deliveries of opium, dated aboard the 'Bomanjee Hormusjee', Hong Kong, May 1844-June 1852. There are also memoranda from various places, mostly regarding the weight and quality of opium shipped on various vessels, July 1843-October 1859; a letter and memoranda regarding Turkey opium, April 1845; and a statement of opium exports to China and the Straits for 6 June-7 October 1846, arranged by vessel and giving the names of the shippers. The documents include reference to R.R. Calvert; R.C. Crawford; G.F. Davidson; George Macalister; Donald Matheson; George Rorie; William Thom; 'Ariel'; 'Gazelle'; 'Hellas'; 'Mahamoodie'; 'Red Rover'; Foochow; Woosung; and shipping.
c. 350 items. |
July 1843-Oct. 1859 |
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99/2
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Memoranda on treasure. Memoranda (outturns) regarding treasure received, dated Hong Kong and the River Min. The documents include reference to R.G. Coates; R.C. Crawford; Reiss & Co.; 'Audax'; 'Gazelle'; 'Iona'; 'Mahamoodie'; 'Mazeppa'; 'Pathfinder'; 'Solide'; Foochow; gold; metal; and shipping.
c. 60 items. |
July 1851-Feb. 1855 |
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99/3
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Stock account of the Union Dock Co. 'Account of Stock taken at the Union Dock Co.'s Dock Yard, at Whampoa', carried out 7-17 November 1865, 2 copies, 1 incomplete.
2 items. |
1865 |
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99/4
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Shipbuilders' estimates. Estimates for the repair of various vessels, including the 'Red Rover', some from John Lamont; dated Hong Kong, Chin Chew and no place. The documents include reference to the 'Harlequin'; 'Mazeppa'; and 'Sylph'.
16 items. |
June 1844-Aug. 1850 |
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99/5
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Miscellaneous memoranda and accounts. The documents are dated Chefoo, Foochow, Hong Kong, Macao and Whampoa, and include a memorandum of a transhipment of a cargo to the 'Harlequin' from the 'Dumfries', October 1844; memoranda of weightings of nitre (saltpetre) from Ferguson, Leighton & Co.; 'Auction Memo Book of Charges 1864'; a memorandum of tea from the 'Taikun' for Sydney, 11 August 1870; a circular from Lieutenant-Colonel H. Hyde, master of the Calcutta mint, regarding the advantage of importing silver to India in ingots not exceeding 2½ inches in thickness, dated Calcutta, January 1871; memoranda of consignments unsold, provisions and sundries supplied, piece goods on hand, and lumber received; an invitation for tenders for the conveyance of troops from Hong Kong to Singapore, January 1871; and an account of the police response to difficulties encountered by the steamers 'Albay' and 'Leonor', dated Macao, 1874. The documents include reference to Augustus Howell; Fletcher, Larkins & Co.; Thomas Hunt & Co.; Matheson & Scott; Union Dock Co.; 'Spark'; Australia; Sydney; coal; fabric; metal; saltpetre; shipping; silk; and tea.
c. 100 items. |
1842–1874 |
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99/6
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Accounts and memoranda: Amoy. The documents include stock and sale accounts for opium; sales accounts and memoranda regarding the cost of tea; and memoranda regarding premiums of insurance risks on the Canton Insurance Office. They include reference to Henry Beveridge; M. Fitzgibbon; 'Adventure'; and cotton.
c. 70 items. |
1862–1863 |
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99/7
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Accounts and memoranda: Japan. Documents from Hakodate, Kanagawa, Nagasaki and Yokohama, including analyses of accounts, balances and tea charges; lists of goods and musters sent to Hakodate; outturns of gold, treasure and tea; memoranda of petty expenses and disbursements; memoranda of charges on bales of cotton and T-cloths; and a memorandum of F.B. Johnson regarding the affairs of the Takasima coal mine, dated Yokohama, September 1878. The documents include reference to S.J. Glover; William Keswick; fabric; ginseng; long ell; and metal.
c. 45 items. |
1860–1878 |
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99/8
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Accounts and memoranda: Ningpo. The documents include memoranda regarding wages and petty expenses; stock and sales accounts of opium; memoranda regarding business in silk and cotton; shipping accounts; and memoranda of receipts and disbursements for various vessels. The documents include reference to Henry Beveridge and fabric.
c. 65 items. |
1864–1865 |
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99/9
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Accounts and memoranda: Formosa. Documents from Taiwanfoo and Takao, including stock and sales accounts of opium and memoranda of charges on sugar. The documents include reference to Alexander Morrison and tea.
21 items. |
July 1864-Nov. 1864 |
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99/10
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Memorandum on Italian silk production. An undated memorandum regarding the production of silk in Italy by province from Devecchi's statistics, giving figures for the period 'previous to the invasion of disease', and for 1863-1868, with notes on the 1870 crop.
1 item. |
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99/11
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Lists of U.S. Navy promotions. 'List of officers promoted in the United States Navy', undated [nineteenth century].
1 item. |
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100
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Miscellaneous memoranda and accounts. The documents are dated Aberdeen, Calcutta, Canton, Cumsingmoon, Hong Kong and Shanghai, and include a 'Statement of Consumption and Value of Indian Opium in China from 31st March 1828 @ 31st January 1829'; 'General Statement of the Affairs of Messrs Ilbery Fearon & Co.', 1831; accounts of the sale by auction of the effects of John Slade and Mr Mercer, 1844; a memorandum from Alexander Matheson regarding the establishment of B.A. Barretto in Manila, 1846, with related documents, including a memorandum on Manila affairs, 1854; statements of opium exports to China, Singapore and the Straits, and Calcutta, 1849-1854; sales accounts; memoranda regarding the weight and quality of opium from various vessels; memoranda regarding shipments, goods delivered, and merchandise in godowns; memoranda of opium imported at and exported from Cumsingmoon, with daily returns of opium there; reports on consignments of malwa opium at Shanghai; memoranda of agreement between Glover Brothers, Charles Thomas Glover, the City of Glasgow Bank and Alexander Hall & Co., shipbuilders, Aberdeen, 1869; and memoranda regarding the steamer 'Suwo-nada'. The documents include reference to R. Hodge; John Lamont; Daniel Patridge; Thomas Wallace; Augustine Heard & Co.; 'Cama Family'; fabric; silk; tea; and timber.
c. 425 items. |
1813–1886 |
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101/1
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Papers on a dispute of W. and A. Scott. Memoranda and letters (including copy letters) regarding a dispute between William and Adam Scott, dated Hong Kong. The documents include reference to Luis Barretto; T.W. Harrison; David Jardine; J.G. Morison; Jonas Hall Pope; Henry Ritchie; and property.
22 items. |
1850–1853 |
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101/2
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Narrative of an affair off Amoy. 'Narrative of an affair that took place off Amoy on Friday 3rd July 1840', a report of an attempt to deliver a letter from the British Government to the Minister of the Emperor of China, by Robert Thom, dated 'on board H.M. Frigate Blonde'. The document includes reference to Captain Bourchier (of the 'Blonde'); Royal Navy; First China War; and diplomacy.
1 item. |
7 July 1840 |
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101/3
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Miscellaneous documents. Opium returns, reports, stock accounts, clearances and related documents, dated Cumsingmoon (Kumsingmun) and no place. Some of the documents are addressed to Joseph Jardine, Canton. There is also a set of headings for an enquiry into opium production, May 1848; statements of opium exports to China and the Straits, dated Calcutta, December 1852-May 1854; two synopses of Malwa opium from Bombay, 1854 and undated; and a statement of the comparative weight of new and old Bengal opium, 'Cama Family', Cumsingmoon, March 1855. The documents include reference to the 'Lady Hayes'.
c. 300 items. |
1849–1855 |
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101/4
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Miscellaneous memoranda and accounts. The documents are dated at Bolton, Canton, Hong Kong and Liverpool, and include expenditure and repair accounts for shipping; 'Remarks on tea', a market report from Lloyd, Matheson & Co., Liverpool, April 1853; the manifest of the 'Glenearn', 1874; uncompleted returns of merchandise exported from Amoy, 1840s; two copies of a 'Statement regarding 38 boxes Bar Silver, shipped to the consignment of Moncreiff Grove & Co., Shanghae on joint account & risk of James Ewing & Co. and Maitland Ewing & Co.', c. 1858; an invoice from Ormrod & Hardcastle to Jardine, Matheson & Co. for shirtings, dated Bolton, 1851; a memorandum regarding the purchase of tea at Foochow by Augustine Heard & Co.; a memorandum of Madras cotton on hand, dated Canton, 1852; a list of musters from the ship 'Lady Mary Wood', dated Hong Kong, 1854; and a diary of transactions, charters and shipping movements, 1858-1861. The documents include reference to Robert Jardine; Thomas Moncreiff; David Sassoon; Ormrod & Hardcastle; 'Falcon'; fabric; and metal.
c. 30 items; Two items are in a bad condition.. |
1846–1875 |
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102/1
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Opium accounts of the 'Adventure'. Sales and stock accounts of opium from the 'Adventure', dated Chin Chew. The documents include reference to C.J. Fox.
c. 60 items. |
July 1859-June 1860 |
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102/2
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Stock accounts and memoranda of W. Palmer. Stock accounts (mostly for coal) and memoranda of goods received and delivered, relating to William Palmer, dated Hong Kong.
46 items. |
July 1859-Dec. 1860 |
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102/3
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Market reports and quotations of Deacon & Co. The documents are dated Canton and include reference to cassia and tea.
c. 55 items. |
Jan. 1884-Dec. 1884 |
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102/4
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Memoranda of Joseph Jardine. Domestic and comprador memoranda of Joseph Jardine, dated Hong Kong, including receipts and bills for goods and subscriptions, payment orders, and a memorandum of Jardine's account with the cash comprador. The documents include reference to W.J. Preston; Henry Vaucher; and the Union Chapel.
17 items. |
Dec. 1857-June 1858 |
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102/5
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Opium memoranda. Memoranda regarding the weight and quality of shipments of opium, dated Hong Kong, with 'Particulars of Malwa opium shipped by Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy & Co...', undated; a memorandum of marks of opium rejected due to poor quality, dated Woosung, February 1857; 'Account of Nett Weights of Malwa Opium bought at Shanghae' in August 1857, signed by H.P. Baylis; and sale accounts of opium from the 'Wild Wave', 1861-1862. The documents include reference to Dundas Murray; David Sassoon; William Thom; 'Cama Family'; and Woosung.
c. 100 items. |
Jan. 1859-Aug. 1861 |
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102/6
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Memoranda on bullion, treasure and specie. Memoranda, including outturns, regarding bullion, treasure and specie, mostly daily returns apparently showing stocks and payments of various currencies. Some of the documents are dated Hong Kong and Sydney, but most have no specified place (probably Hong Kong). The documents include reference to Charles Hodgson; George Macalister; William Thom; 'Mazeppa'; Cadiz; gold; and silver.
c. 850 items. |
1854–1860 |
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102/7
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Miscellaneous memoranda and accounts. The documents are dated Canton, Hong Kong, London, Manila, the River Min and Woosung, and include bills and accounts for supplies of stationery; a memorandum of stores for the 'Mahamoodie'; accounts for silk and cigar transactions with Barretto & Co. in Manila; memoranda regarding stocks and deliveries of opium; an advertisement of a voyage of the 'Cassandra'; a list of damaged bales from shipments of silk; a memorandum of treasure received from the ship 'Borneo'; sales accounts of opium from the 'Folkestone', Woosung; memoranda regarding adventures to Japan, 1859-1861; invoices of stores shipped from London; memoranda of sales on the 'Lanrick'; and a statement of the export of teas from Canton waters to Great Britain for the season 1883-1884. The documents include reference to B.A. Barretto; R.C. Crawford; Robert McMurdo; Henry Pottinger; Samuel Ronsell; Arlès-Dufour & Co.; Smith, Elder & Co.; 'Hellespont'; 'Mahamoodie'; Foochow; fabric; shipping; stationery; wine; and tobacco.
c. 40 items. |
1848–1884 |
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103/1
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Opium stock and sales accounts. Stock and sales accounts of opium, mostly on board various vessels, dated Amoy, Foochow, Ningpo, Woosung and no place. There are also related returns and memoranda of weights of opium, as well as other memoranda, mostly regarding treasure and premiums of insurance risks on account of the Canton Insurance Office. The documents include reference to M. Fitzgibbon; Thomas Glover; Alexander Morrison; Daniel Patridge; Thomas Sullivan; 'Banshee'; 'Hellespont'; 'Lady Hayes'; 'Mahamoodie'; 'Pathfinder'; and the 'Snipe'.
c. 375 items. |
1859–1860 |
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103/2
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Memoranda on treasure, specie and bullion. Memoranda, including outturns, mostly dated Hong Kong. The documents include reference to William Thom; 'Hellespont'; 'Mahamoodie'; Cadiz, Foochow; gold; metal; silver; and sycee.
c. 75 items. |
1859–1860 |
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103/3
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Miscellaneous memoranda and accounts. The documents are dated Amoy, Bombay, Calcutta, Châlons-sur-Marne, Hong Kong, London, Macao, Manchester, Mirzapore, Nagasaki, Penang, Preston, Shanghai, Sydney, Swatow, Whampoa and Yokohama, and include invoices of coal from Sydney and elsewhere, and invoices and particulars of other commodities from various places; 'Memo. of Accounts bearing unusual rates of Interest'; a statement of loss on a cargo of tea damaged by sea water, and related documents, dated Sydney, July 1859, with another statement of damage to tea, December 1859; memoranda of recoveries of insurance accounts; memoranda of wages and petty expenses, Shanghai, 1860; a memorandum and contract regarding a mortgage of household furniture to James B. Endicott; a general stock account of the 'Banshee', July 1859; a memorandum of account of the estate of the late F.W. Green; a statement of sales of timber, Hong Kong, 1860; a memorandum and bill regarding a shipment of glassware, undated; a memorandum of coal delivered and expended to the steamers 'Spark' and 'Spec', Macao, 1868; a cash account for the Swatow Sugar Refinery, 1879; and a list of Hong Kong properties owned by and under charge of Jardine, Matheson & Co., with memoranda regarding tenements, rents, etc., 1856-1872 and undated. The documents include reference to Adolphe Collin; J.F. Crockett; Ruttonjee Eduljee; Vernon Smyth; Thomas Sullivan; Brown & Co.; Gillespie, Moffatt & Co.; Thomas Hunt & Co.; Jardine, Skinner & Co.; 'Minim'; Foochow; Montreal; bulli; cotton; fabric; fire engines; opium; property; shipping; silk; wine; and yarn.
c. 125 items. |
1858–1906 |
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104/1
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Opium memoranda and accounts. Accounts regarding sales and stocks of opium, dated Takao, Tientsin and Woosung, with memoranda regarding weights of opium and losses sustained (from 1857); opium delivered to Shanghai; drug orders issued on the 'Lady Hayes', Shanghai; and a cargo of opium and saltpetre received on board the 'J.H. Becker', Takao, 1860. The documents include reference to H.P. Baylis; Daniel Patridge; George Rorie; Thomas Sullivan; and James Whittall.
c. 200 items. |
1859–1861 |
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104/2
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Miscellaneous memoranda and accounts. The documents are in English and French, and are dated Calcutta, Canton, Colombo, Foochow, Hong Kong, Lyon, Shanghai and Sydney. They include documents regarding trade with companies in France; miscellaneous memoranda regarding tea, with a table of the quantity of tea consumed in the United Kingdom and exported during 1850-1860; accounts for marine supplies and shipping cargoes; 'Remarks on Statement of General Average per "Futtle Rohoman" ... from Melbourne to Calcutta with cargo', 1861; and outturns and memoranda regarding specie, treasure and bullion, Shanghai and Hong Kong. The documents include reference to M.A. Macleod; Thomas Sullivan; William Thom; James Whittall; Arlès-Dufour & Co.; Milsom & F. Poy; Jardine, Skinner & Co.; Triton Insurance Office; 'Futtle Rohoman'; 'Wild Wave'; Takao; cassia; fabric; gold; metal; shipping; shirting; silk; silver; sugar; and sycee.
c. 100 items. |
1859–1862 |
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104/3
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Advertisements and memoranda for newspapers. Classified advertisements for newspapers, some with accompanying letters, dated Hong Kong. The documents relate mostly to the movements and cargoes of ships, but also include business and post office notices, and notices regarding auctions, freemasonry, musical and dramatic performances, a marriage, a death and a lost dog. The documents include reference to Douglas Lapraik & Co.; Indo-China Sugar Refinery; Lammert, Atkinson & Co.; Lane, Crawford & Co.; Canton; and the fire brigade.
c. 175 items. |
1875–1876 |
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104/4
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Miscellaneous memoranda: Shanghai. Memoranda of 'drug on hand'; memoranda regarding 'House and Consigned Malwa Marks'; and lists of unsold opium, with statements on the quality of the drug. Many of the documents relate to the 'Berwick Walls'. There is also a memorandum regarding outturn of Malwa received from the 'Glengyle', May 1868. The documents include reference to G.B. Hill and Daniel Patridge.
c. 100 items. |
1867–1872 |
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104/5
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Crown rent bills: Hong Kong. Receipted bills for half-yearly Crown rents on plots leased to various parties.
29 items. |
Jan. 1845-Dec. 1845 |
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104/6
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Brocade samples books. A samples book containing examples of 'gold' and 'silver' brocades, lace and threads, undated [nineteenth century].
1 item. |
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104/7
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Miscellaneous memoranda and accounts. The documents are dated Bombay, Calcutta, Canton, Foochow, Hankow and Shanghai, and include memoranda of cash on hand, Shanghai, 1860; memoranda from Bombay and Calcutta of opium shipped to China, 1865-1867; tables of shippers and shipments of tea from ports in China; memoranda regarding sales and purchases of tea and opium, with tables of contract and market tea settlements, Foochow, Hankow and elsewhere; 'Memorandum regarding Green Teas 1875-6', from Vogel, Matheson & Co., April 1875; 'James Goddard Jn. & Co.'s Tea Memoranda for Season 1870 [-] 71', March 1870; memorandum of prices of Malwa opium at Kiukiang for the year 1867-1868; and 'Memorandum of Raw Silk exported from Canton...', July 1865. The documents include reference to the 'Algarris'; Behar; London; and fabric.
c. 150 items. |
1860–1877 |
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104/8
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Indenture of Mackenzie Brothers & Co. and A.G. Dallas. An indenture made between C.D. Mackenzie and K.R. Mackenzie, and A.G. Dallas, attorney of Duncan Forbes, regarding property in Shanghai, dated Shanghai, 21 December 1852. There is also a memorandum of agreement between Dallas and F.S. Lungrana and N.M. Lungrana, dated Shanghai, 9 May 1852.
2 items. |
9 May 1852–21 Dec. 1852 |
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104/9
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Subscription for the orphans of Captain Boyle. 'Subscription on board S.S. "Far East" for the two orphan Children of Captn Boyle who died of Hemorrhage after a fruitless attempt to save his Wife & youngest child from drowning in the late Typhoon in the Yang-tse', undated.
1 item. |
circa 1865 |
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104/10
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Proceedings of an enquiry re the 'Fiery Cross'. 'Proceedings of a Committee of Enquiry ordered to assemble by the Master attendant at the Bankshall on the 20th of September 1858 to investigate a complaint preferred by Captain White against Mr Bernard asst. Harbour Master for grounding the Steamer "Fiery Cross" in this harbour on morning of the 16th instant', possibly from Calcutta. The document is signed by Captain W. Dicey, 1st Asst Master attendant; Captain D. Tapley, 3rd Asst Master attendant; and Captain W.T. Llewellyn, Harbour Master.
1 item. |
1858 |
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104/11
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Record of silk production. 'Tableau de la Production des Soies' (in French), undated, showing European consumption by country and place of origin of imports, 1854-1866.
1 item. |
circa 1867 |
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104/12
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Agreement and bond for building work. A memorandum of agreement between Jardine, Matheson & Co. and Yan Lee for the construction of a sea wall, pier, godowns, treasury and other buildings, witnessed by Thomas Larkins Walker, architect, with a related bond of $10,000 from Tam-Acheoy to Jardine, Matheson & Co. The documents are in Chinese and English, and are probably from Hong Kong.
2 items. |
29 July 1859 |
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104/13
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Accounts and memoranda of Thomas Wallace. Stock accounts of Thomas Wallace, some regarding coal, and memoranda of goods received and delivered; 1863-1868 (possibly from Hong Kong). There is also a godown sales account of February 1863.
c. 85 items. |
1863–1868 |
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104/14
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Stock accounts: Hankow. Quarterly stock accounts, signed by S.J. Gower, 'Including all Merchandize on hand (except Opium)'.
10 items. |
1863–1867 |
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105/1
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Opium memoranda: Hong Kong. Memoranda regarding the weight and quality of shipments of opium. The documents include reference to William Thom.
15 items. |
1860–1863 |
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105/2
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Memoranda: Foochow and Hong Kong. Memoranda, mostly outturns, regarding treasure, specie and bullion. The documents include reference to Thomas Glover; Alexander Morrison; William Thom; 'Banshee'; 'Ganges'; 'Hellespont'; 'Mahamoodie'; gold; metal; and silver.
90 items. |
1860–1863 |
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105/3
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Shipping memorandum. A memorandum of agreement between William Hall & Co., agents of the barque 'Algarris' (Captain John Gray Duncan), and C. Galastaun Esq. regarding the shipment of a cargo of betel-nut, pepper and rattans to Lintin, dated Penang. The document includes reference to Thomas Larkin.
1 item. |
4 Nov. 1830 |
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105/4
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Opium memoranda and accounts of the 'Mahamoodie'. Accounts regarding sales and stocks of opium from the 'Mahamoodie', with memoranda regarding weights of opium; dated Foochow. The documents include refererence to Thomas Glover.
c. 100 items. |
1860–1861 |
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105/5
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Opium accounts of the 'Banshee'. Accounts regarding sales and stocks of opium from the 'Banshee', 1860-1861, with a memorandum of prices offered for cotton aboard the vessel, 8 October 1860. The documents include reference to Alexander Morrison.
70 items. |
1860–1861 |
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105/6
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Opium accounts of the 'Adventure'. Accounts regarding sales and stocks of opium from the 'Adventure', dated Chin Chew. The documents include reference to C.J. Fox and C.J. Mackenzie.
c. 75 items. |
1860–1861 |
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105/7
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Opium accounts: Amoy. Accounts regarding sales and stocks of opium, many from the 'Pathfinder'. The documents include reference to M. Fitzgibbon.
c. 60 items. |
1860–1861 |
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105/8
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Opium accounts: Formosa. Accounts regarding sales and stocks of opium, dated Takao. The documents include reference to George Rorie; Thomas Sullivan; and the 'Pathfinder'.
c. 70 items. |
1860–1861 |
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105/9
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Accounts and memoranda of Thomas Wallace. Stock accounts of Thomas Wallace, many regarding coal, and memoranda regarding goods received and delivered; possibly from Hong Kong.
18 items. |
1860–1861 |
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105/10
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Bills of John Lamont. Receipts bills of John Lamont, dated Hong Kong, May-December 1863, with a memorandum of ship accounts paid to Jardine, Matheson & Co. by Lamont, 31 December 1863. The documents include reference to J.F. Crockett; Thomas Sullivan; 'Banshee'; 'Carthage'; 'Clan Alpine'; 'Reiver'; 'Rona'; 'Viola'; and the 'Wild Wave'.
18 items. |
May 1863-Dec. 1863 |
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105/11
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Miscellaneous memoranda and accounts. The documents are in English and French, and are dated Amoy, Batavia, Calcutta, Danzig, Foochow, Hong Kong, Iloilo, London, Lyon, Manchester, Macao, Manila, Penang, Saigon, San Francisco, Shanghai, Singapore, Swatow and Takao. They include memoranda of premiums for the Canton Insurance Office; Amoy stock accounts, 1860; memoranda regarding building work in Takao, 1860-1861; notes of remittances; memoranda of Matheson & Co., London; outturns of specie and treasure, Foochow and Shanghai; a memorandum of agreement between John Dudman and John Macvicar regarding a voyage of the 'Royal Charlotte', London, 1831; particulars of the steam tug 'Pilot Fish', Hong Kong, 1881; statements relating to the Luzon Sugar Refinery, Manila, 1881; 'Remarks on the two Baskets Amber', Danzig, 1833; a memorandum of betel-nut exported from Penang to Lintin and Macao between 15 June and 15 August 1833; memoranda regarding charterers, cargoes, disbursements and shipping contracts; 'Plan for establishing a Deposit Bank at Singapore by Subscription...', c. 1830; and a memorandum regarding the failure of Fairlie, Clark, Innes & Co., and the resulting actions of Charles Thomas & Co., dated Singapore, 1833. The documents include reference to B.A. Barretto; Robert Dudman; C. Galastaun; William Keswick; John Major; H.Y. Read; Arlès-Dufour & Co.; Behre & Co.; Desgrand & Co.; Martin, Dyce & Co.; Kaltenbach, Engler & Co.; Pacific Mechanical Baking; Sandilands, Buttery & Co.; 'Banshee'; 'Carthage'; 'Lady Hayes'; 'Pathfinder'; Cebu; Cochin; Hamburg; Java; Malabar; Malaya ; Shanghai; fabric; filature; newspapers; opium; property; rice; shipping; silk; and treasure.
c. 325 items. |
1829–1881 |
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105/12
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Opium accounts of the 'Snipe'. Accounts regarding sales and stocks of opium from the 'Snipe', dated Ningpo, 1860-1861, with a freight list of the steamer 'Hellespont' from Ningpo to Shanghai, October 1860. The documents include reference to Daniel Patridge and F.S. Green.
c. 95 items. |
1860–1861 |
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105/13
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Opium accounts of the 'Lady Hayes'. Accounts regarding sales and stocks of opium from the 'Lady Hayes', dated Shanghai, Woosung and no place, with a memoranda of demurrage monies received. The documents include reference to H.P. Baylis.
c. 80 items. |
1860–1861 |
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105/14
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Opium returns: Hong Kong. The returns show receipts and deliveries of opium. The documents include reference to William Thom.
38 items. |
Aug. 1859-June 1861 |
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106/1
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Miscellaneous memoranda and accounts. The documents are dated Bombay, Boston, Calcutta, Canton, Cumsingmoon, Hong Kong, London, Macao, Manila, Nagasaki, Oldham, Paris, Shanghai and Sydney. They include letters, draft accounts and memoranda regarding tea, insurance and cotton, dated Canton, Hong Kong and no place, 1836-1842 and undated; memoranda and accounts of sales of various commodities; 'A statement of the building materials, workmanship &c &c of Mr Jardine's Hong', undated; a sketch plan of a house intended to be built at Canton, with notes on its cost and construction, dated Hong Kong, March 1863; a synopsis of opium shipped from Bombay, May 1854; adjustments of opium, Macao, 1843; memoranda regarding compensation for opium surrendered to Charles Elliot, and delivered by him to the Chinese, 1843; accounts of the Mariner's Church, Hong Kong, with a summary of operations, December 1852; notices and correspondence from British diplomats and officers regarding the security of British interests in Macao and Canton, 1841-1855; sales and stock accounts and memoranda regarding opium from China and elsewhere; and a memorandum of agreement between Jardine, Matheson & Co. and Robert Forrester, boiler-maker, 1862. The documents include reference to the Canton Insurance Office; Augustine Heard & Co.; Thomas Hunt & Co.; Jardine, Skinner & Co.; Francis Macgregor; Magniac, Smith & Co.; Galle; Kumsingmun; Sydney; diplomacy; fabric; gold; metal; property; and saltpetre.
c. 275 items. |
1836–1885 |
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106/2
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Memorandum of adventures. 'Memorandum of adventures consigned to Edwards & Bailey (now in Liqn) by Messrs Jardine Matheson & Coy of Hong Kong Supposed to be included in adjustment and a/c Current of 31 Decr 1862, rendered April 7th 1863', 2 copies.
2 items. |
1863 |
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106/3
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Outturn of Malwa Opium sold. 'Outturn of Malwa Opium sold on the East Coast of China in 1845 and 1846', showing ships, shippers, consignees, prices, weights, charges, etc., undated; 2 copies, 1 with additions.
2 items. |
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106/4
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Tea memoranda: Foochow. Memoranda of costs of packages of tea, Foochow, 1864-1865, with a note by T.A. Lyon regarding teas damaged by water, Foochow, June 1864.
c. 125 items. |
1864–1865 |
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106/5
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Miscellaneous memoranda and accounts. The documents are in English, French and Spanish, and are dated Bristol, Bombay, Cadiz, Calcutta, Canton, Chefoo, Hong Kong, Lima, London, Madras, Melbourne, New York, Shanghai, Smyrna, Sydney, Tientsin and Whampoa. They include stock and sales accounts for various commodities; brokers' reports; registers of sales of produce; memoranda of recoveries by Matheson & Co.; letters of credit in favour of Jardine, Matheson & Co. from the Bank of Australasia, 1864; memoranda regarding weights and quality of opium; memoranda regarding vessels and cargoes, including statements of cotton shipped from India; coal accounts of Jardine, Skinner & Co.; remittances of Arlès-Dufour & Cie to Matheson & Co.; domestic indents, Hong Kong; a memorandum regarding the nature and cultivation of China Grass, with a sample of fibre; memoranda and bills regarding the steamer 'Viola'; memoranda regarding weights and sales of treasure; legal bills in the cases involving [?F.A.] Rangel, Hong Kong, 1862 and undated; and memoranda of wages and petty expenses. The documents include reference to William Thom; Foochow; Glasgow; Lyon; Manila; Singapore; fabric; mint; opium; shipping; silk; and tea.
c. 275 items; Some documents are in a bad condition due to damage by damp.. |
1837–1881 |
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106/6
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Opium memoranda and accounts of the 'Mahamoodie'. Accounts regarding sales and stocks of opium from the 'Mahamoodie', with a memorandum of hong expenses; dated Foochow and no place. The documents include reference to Thomas Glover.
c. 70 items. |
1862–1863 |
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106/7
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Stock accounts: Foochow. Quarterly stock accounts, 'Including all Merchandize on hand (except Opium)'.
24 items. |
1862–1868 |
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106/8
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Report on the Koo-tszi-tan and Pa-whei coal mines. A report on the Koo-tszi-tan and Pa-whei coal mines near Chinkiang, sent from J.M. Canny to F.B. Johnson, dated Chinkiang, 30 January 1868, with a covering letter from Canny to Johnson.
2 items. |
1868 |
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106/9
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Memoranda and accounts: Kiukiang. The documents include memoranda of advances made on teas; a memorandum regarding the cost of tea; memoranda regarding duties on tea; memoranda of stocks of opium and piece goods; and an outturn of treasure. The documents include reference to Robert Anderson.
12 items. |
1867–1868 |
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106/10
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Outturns: Hong Kong. Outturns, mostly regarding shipments of tea from Foochow to London, but also including shipments of other goods between other ports. The documents include reference to straw hats.
29 items. |
1867–1868 |
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106/11
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Memorandum on Chinese opium. An undated memorandum regarding the cultivation of Chinese opium.
1 item. |
circa 1871 |
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106/12
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Particulars of the port of Newcastle, N.S.W. Particulars of expenses, regulations and facilities of the port of Newcastle, New South Wales, prepared by Charles F. Stokes & Co., dated Newcastle.
1 item. |
2 May 1867 |
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107
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Miscellaneous memoranda and accounts. The documents are dated Bombay, Calcutta, Canton, Chefoo, Hankow, Hong Kong, Nagasaki, New York, Ningpo, Macao, Shanghai, Singapore, Tamsui, Tientsin and Yokohama. They include memoranda regarding the condition of damaged goods, merchandise in godowns, ships' cargoes, bills receivable, receipts and disbursements (many regarding shipping), wages and petty expenses, stores supplied, drug orders, and repairs to property; sales and stock accounts of opium, some relating to the 'Wild Wave'; opium returns; coal stock accounts of Thomas Wallace; a completed questionnaire regarding the opium market, Calcutta, 20 August 1828; and a list of 'The Ladies for the Club Ball', undated. The documents include reference to Augustus Howell; John Lamont; H.C. Maclean; Heerjeebhoy Rustomjee; H. Shank; Thomas Sullivan; William Thom; Canton Insurance Office; Ferguson & Co.; Magniac & Co.; Milisch & Co.; 'Hellas'; 'Lady Hayes'; 'Mahamoodie'; 'Reiver'; 'Rona'; camphor; fabric; and teak.
c. 375 items. |
1821–1896 |
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108/1
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Narrative of a journey to Manchuria. A narrative by Luigi Cicogna of a journey to Manchuria and the borders of Korea to collect silk cocoons and seeds during June-December 1868, dated Brescia.
1 item. |
19 Dec. 1868 |
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108/2
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Memoranda and accounts: Shanghai. The documents include memoranda of receipts and disbursements, some regarding shipping; memoranda regarding charges on merchandise; memoranda of insurance premiums collected; a memorandum and account of John Major relating to a filature; memoranda regarding outturns on treasure; registers of drafts on Matheson & Co.; and a memorandum of costs of sundries supplied to stations at Tientsin. The documents include reference to the Canton Insurance Office; Triton Insurance Office; fabric; silk; specie; sycee; tea; and velvet.
c. 75 items. |
1862–1868 |
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108/3
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Memoranda of opium orders on the 'Lady Hayes'. The documents are dated Shanghai and include reference to William Keswick and James Whittall.
43 items. |
1 Sep. 1861–31 Mar. 1866 |
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108/4
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Opium accounts: Swatow. Accounts regarding stocks and sales of opium, with annotations regarding stocks of fabric products. The documents include reference to Alexander Morrison; cotton; shirting; and T-cloth.
22 items. |
Nov. 1862-May 1863 |
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108/5
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Miscellaneous memoranda and accounts. The documents are dated Amoy, Canton, Foochow, Hankow, Hong Kong, Liverpool, London, Lyon, Macao, New York, Shanghai and Yokohama. They include memoranda and stock accounts for opium; domestic memoranda; particulars of shipments of silver and opium; analysis of the 'Composition of a Sample of Guano Marked "Fray Bentos" sent by Mr Alex R. Johnston'; memoranda regarding Loqua's chops, c. February 1813; memoranda regarding insurance; memoranda regarding silk shipments to England and France in the season 1871-1872, and other memoranda regarding transactions in silk; memoranda regarding tea shipments to London and New York in the season 1871-1872, and other memoranda regarding transactions in tea, including notes on the quality and value of teas; 'A Table shewing the Cost of Tea with all Charges - Tea as bought pr Picul & sold by the lb Avoirdupois', c. 1841; 'Remarks on Tea' from Lloyd, Matheson & Co., 1853; 'A General account of the Mercantile Transactions of the Footae Hong', translated by John Meadows, 1849; a report on the affairs of the Sailors' Home, Shanghai, June 1878; a memorandum of factory expenses for the year ending 30 June 1865, dated Canton; and memoranda of consignees of opium, Shanghai. The documents include reference to Henry Beveridge; F.B. Johnson; S.K. Mody; R. Pestonjee; Cunningham & Gamman; Fairlie, Fergusson & Co.; Howland & Aspinwall; Margesson & Co.; Uruguay; fabric; metal; shipping; silver; and specie.
c. 200 items. |
1813–1879 |
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108/6
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Outturns of Augustine Heard & Co. Outturns of tea of Augustine, Heard & Co., dated Shanghai, and an outturn of silk.
24 items. |
1867–1868 |
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108/7
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Memoranda and accounts: Shanghai. The documents include outturns of bullion and treasure; memoranda of bills receivable; registers of bills drawn on Matheson & Co.; memoranda of wages and petty expenses; analyses of various balances and accounts, including the silk filature account for 1867-1868; a memorandum of interest collected; a memorandum regarding sales of opium; memoranda of amounts at debit and credit on various accounts; a memorandum of the distribution of two consignments of opium from Hong Kong; memoranda of insurance collected; a memorandum of payments to the account of K.R. Mackenzie; John Major's memorandum of cocoon purchases; memoranda of charges on fabrics; memoranda of costs of tea; a sketch of treasure shipments from Shanghai to Hiogo and their estimated results; and a memorandum of the Satsuma agency account for advances made by Matheson & Co., including a copy of the account of the agent of the Prince of Satsuma with Jardine, Matheson & Co. and Glover & Co., Nagasaki. The documents include reference to F.B. Johnson; 'Glengyle'; gold; insurance; metal; shipping; shirting; silver; and sycee.
c. 85 items. |
1867–1869 |
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108/8
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Memoranda and accounts of the 'Berwick Walls'. The documents are dated Shanghai, and include stock and sales accounts of opium; memoranda of demurrage collected, portage bills and disbursements; opium orders; a memorandum of Bengal opium delivered to House orders; and a sales account of general stores. The documents include reference to Daniel Patridge.
c. 175 items. |
1866–1869 |
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108/9
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Memoranda and accounts: Foochow. The documents include registers of risks payable in London and Hong Kong granted in the Canton Insurance Office, Foochow; memoranda of native drafts received from Milisch & Co., Tamsui, for collection; outturns of specie and treasure; and stock and sales accounts of opium. The documents include reference to R.F. Hamilton and John Lamont.
c. 45 items. |
1867–1868 |
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108/10
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Reports on silk. 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.
c. 100 items. |
1873–1875 |
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108/11
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Memorandum on the 'Albion'. A memorandum regarding the 'Albion' and attempts to recover from Charles James Hoyt a loan secured on the vessel. The document is possibly from Yokohama. It includes reference to G.W. Hoyt and Alexander Mackinnon.
1 item. |
circa 1870 |
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108/12
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Memo. and notes on gold mining in Siam. A memorandum and a set of notes, the latter entitled 'Extracts from the Note Book of Jas McGregor Esq. Mining Engineer and Australian expert made by Captn Barne when staying at the same Hotel in Bangkok in May 1887 regarding Kabin Mines, Machinery &c in East Siam Dated 7 August 1885', regarding gold mines in Siam, undated.
2 items. |
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109/1
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Accounts and memoranda of Thomas Wallace. Stock accounts, many relating to coal, and memoranda regarding goods received and delivered. The documents are possibly from Hong Kong.
52 items. |
1861–1865 |
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109/2
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Opium accounts of the 'Mahamoodie'. Accounts regarding sales and stocks of opium from the 'Mahamoodie', dated Foochow, the River Min and no place. The documents include reference to Thomas Glover and George Rorie.
c. 135 items. |
1861–1864 |
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109/3
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Opium accounts of the 'Adventure'. Accounts regarding sales and stocks of opium from the 'Adventure', a few with notes regarding saltpetre; dated Chin Chew, Tamsui and no place. There is also a stock account of opium from the 'Pathfinder', Takao, 1862, and stock and sales accounts of opium from the 'Salamander', Tamsui, 1864. The documents include reference to R. Hodge; John Lamont; Alexander Morrison; Alfred Roper; and Thomas Sullivan.
c. 50 items. |
1861–1864 |
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109/4
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Memoranda and accounts: Hankow. The documents include sundries accounts and memoranda of petty expenses, wages and disbursements; outturns of treasure and specie; stock and sales accounts of opium; memoranda of charges on tea; the current account of Jardine, Matheson & Co. with John Lloyd; a memorandum of interest due from C. Wilson & Co. on their current account; memoranda of costs of cotton; and memoranda of disbursements for the 'Rona'. The documents include reference to R.B. Davies; Herbert Magniac; Robert Watmore; 'Express'; fabric; hemp; shipping; sycee; and wax.
c. 100 items. |
1861–1864 |
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109/5
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Memoranda and accounts: Amoy. The documents include stock and sales accounts of opium; a general stock account; memoranda of Canton Insurance Office premia; memoranda of the cost of tea and bricks; a pay list and disbursements account; a table of the imports of goods at Amoy by British and foreign vessels in the years 1844-1861; a comparative statement of the export of teas from Amoy for the season 1861-1862; and a statement of errors in R.B. Davies' accounts from July 1858 to June 1860. The documents include reference to Henry Beveridge; M. Fitzgibbon; George Rorie; Henry Smith; and fabric.
c. 100 items. |
1859–1864 |
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109/6
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Memoranda and accounts: Foochow. The documents include memoranda regarding the costs of tea, including the differences between invoice prices and prices actually settled; outturns of specie and treasure; memoranda regarding disbursements; memoranda of marks, numbers, gross and net weights, and the number of cakes of chests of opium sold at Foochow; a register of drafts drawn by M.A. Macleod; memoranda regarding freight received; and a memorandum of expenses incurred by Alfred Roper at Leucong, 1865. The documents include reference to Thomas Glover; R.F. Hamilton; and the 'Carthage'.
c. 200 items. |
1861–1865 |
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109/7
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Memoranda and accounts: Canton. The documents include stocks lists; memoranda regarding costs of sundries, tea and other goods; memoranda regarding freight; and memoranda of general sales. The documents include reference to fabric and silk.
125 items. |
1860–1865 |
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109/8
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Memoranda and accounts: Tientsin. The documents include memoranda of wages and petty expenses; sales accounts of opium; a receipt, order and memorandum regarding payments made to and by G.H. Wyndham, dated Peking and Tientsin, 1861; a memorandum of charges on cotton; and memoranda regarding treasure and lycee. The documents include reference to H.C. Maclean; fabric; metal; silver; and sycee.
25 items. |
1861–1862 |
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109/9
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Memoranda and accounts: Japan. The documents are dated Kanagawa, Nagasaki and Yokohama, and include accounts regarding the Cargo Boat Company, Nagasaki; outturns of tea, and the re-firing of tea; memoranda of building accounts, some with Glover & Co.; a statement of exports from Yokohama from July 1861 to February 1862; 'Notes on entries in December a/Current', Yokohama, 1863; memoranda regarding wages and petty expenses; analyses of accounts; memoranda of tea purchased; memoranda of disbursements, some regarding the 'Lanrick'; and memoranda regarding trips from Shanghai to Kanagawa. The documents include reference to Thomas Glover; S.J. Gower; property; and shipping.
c. 60 items. |
1861–1864 |
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109/10
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Miscellaneous memoranda and accounts. The documents are dated Hong Kong, Macao, Ningpo and Shanghai, 1858-1905 and undated, and include a memorandum of rents payable for properties in Hong Kong, with a memorandum regarding taxes; memoranda of voyages of the 'Banshee' from Shanghai; documents regarding a transfer of shares in the Hongkong Fire Insurance Co. Ltd; memoranda regarding receipts and disbursements for the 'Carthage'; a memorandum of tea shipped on the 'Wynand', Macao, 1858; and examination questions regarding navigation and maritime law. The documents include reference to Henry Beveridge; Camillo Souza; Thomas Wallace; and James Whittall.
21 items; Some documents are in a bad condition.. |
circa 1858-circa 1905 |
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110/1
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Memoranda and accounts: Shanghai. The documents include a quarterly coal account; outturns of treasure, bullion and specie; memoranda of bills receivable; memoranda of tea received and shipped; memoranda regarding the 'Carthage', the 'Rona', and other vessels, including memoranda regarding voyages; memoranda of silk received and shipped; a memorandum of charges on cuttlefish; memoranda of insurance premiums collected; memoranda of disbursements, wages and petty expenses; accounts for business with Tucksing; memoranda regarding charges on various goods; and the Hongque yard account. The documents include reference to William Keswick; James Whittall; Canton Insurance Office; Triton Insurance Office; cotton; fabric; filature; gold; metal; opium; shipping; silver; sugar candy; and sycee.
c. 160 items; One document is in a bad condition.. |
1861–1864 |
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110/2
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Stock accounts: Tientsin. Stock accounts, signed by H.C. Maclean, with two memoranda regarding sales of wines and spirits from the 'Carthage', 1862.
15 items. |
1862–1864 |
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110/3
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Contract to supply the French Navy. A contract for the supply by De Silver & Co. of 'Naval Provisions Material Things Soap and Tobacco necessary to the Ships composing the French Squadron in the China Seas' from 15 October 1860 to 31 December 1861, showing the prices of goods to be provided, dated Hong Kong.
1 item. |
28 Sep. 1860 |
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110/4
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Memoranda and accounts: Kiukiang. The documents include memoranda of advances made to various persons; outturns on boxes of sycee and treasure; sales accounts of opium; a memorandum of opium shipments to Hankow; a memorandum of assets and liabilities; and memoranda regarding business in tea. The documents include reference to Robert Anderson; Ateong; 'Rona'; metal; silver; and specie.
c. 45 items; Some documents are in a bad condition due to damage by damp.. |
1863–1867 |
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110/5
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Memoranda and bills of Matheson & Co., London. The documents include memoranda regarding shipping insurance, including one with a bill from Jardine, Matheson & Co. to Howard & Co., Hong Kong; a memorandum on the settlement of a charter party; stationery bills from S.W. Ronsell; a memorandum of an amount debited to Jardine, Matheson & Co. for legal expenses for Freshfield, Newman & Co.; and memoranda of recoveries. The documents include reference to the 'Hellespont'.
18 items. |
1861–1862 |
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110/6
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Memo of things left pending. 'Memo of things left pending': notes and instructions for a successor, written by 'W.M.R.' (William M. Robinet). The document is undated, but may originate from Shanghai in the 1860s.
1 item. |
circa 1865 |
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110/7
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Statements re W. Reed, R. McIlwraith and J. Christie. Statements showing the benefits to be derived from William Reed, Robert McIlwraith and James Christie joining the Chinese employ, undated.
3 items. |
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110/8
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Memoranda: Chinkiang. Memoranda signed by J.M. MacPhail. The documents are concerned mainly with transactions in sycee and copper cash.
5 items. |
1863–1864 |
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110/9
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Statement and bills of Aldridge & Blackwell. A statement of merchandise, including cutlery and haberdashery, supplied to Thomas Hunt & Co. by Aldridge & Blackwell, with supporting bills from Bradbury, Greatorex, Beall & Co.; Brown, Davis & Halse; Thomas C.L. Buss; John Christy, Edmund Christy, Wakefield Christy & Co.; Joseph Rodgers & Sons; and Ward, Sturt & Sharp; dated London and Sheffield.
8 items; Moderate condition due to damage by insects, with significant missing sections.. |
1863 |
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110/10
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Miscellaneous memoranda and accounts. The documents are dated Amoy, Bombay, Calcutta, Canton, Foochow, Hong Kong, Lyon, Macao, Manila, New York, San Francisco, Shanghai, Sydney, Tientsin, Whampoa and elsewhere. They include statements of coal received and expended on account of Jardine, Matheson & Co., Calcutta; other memoranda regarding coal; dispatches from Tientsin, possibly from Henry Beveridge, regarding diplomatic and military affairs, marked up for printing, dated September-November 1875; notices of rates on various tenements in Hong Kong, 1864; memoranda of sundries to be advertised for auction; memoranda and receipts for the purchase and supply of office and shipping stores and provisions; memoranda and stock accounts regarding lumber; a note of the weight of opium shipped to Hong Kong, dated Lyon; sales accounts of tea, New York; memoranda of masts on board the 'Queen of England'; memoranda regarding the cost of teas, Foochow; sales and stock accounts of opium from the 'Hellas', Lookong; a stock list and memoranda regarding Thomas Hunt; memoranda regarding the Hongque yard, Shanghai; memoranda of opium exported from Bombay, some showing the names of exporters; a statement of imports of tea for 1862, dated San Francisco; and memoranda from the Royal Mint, Sydney. The documents include reference to Daniel Patridge; Canton Insurance Office; Howland & Aspinwall; Jardine, Skinner & Co.; 'Carthage'; Yokohama; and shipping.
c. 250 items. |
1852–1875 |
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110/11
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Legal opinion re shipping insurance. The legal opinion of W.L. Cleland, ex parte Captain Parkyns, regarding the insurance of the 'Merope', damaged in the Macao Roads, dated '8 Old Post Office St'.
1 item. |
20 Feb. 1830 |
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111/1
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Opium accounts of the 'Banshee'. Accounts regarding sales and stocks of opium from the 'Banshee', signed by Alexander Morrison.
20 items. |
1861 |
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111/2
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Opium accounts of the 'Lady Hayes'. Accounts regarding sales and stocks of opium from the 'Lady Hayes', dated Woosung. There is also a memorandum of opium delivered to orders, a stock account of opium at Shanghai, a portage bill and disbursements account for the vessel, and a memorandum of the weight of opium selected by Lucksing and shipped to Newchwang. The documents include reference to Daniel Patridge.
c. 55 items. |
1863–1864 |
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111/3
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Opium accounts: Ningpo. Accounts regarding sales and stocks of opium, 1861-1864, with a memorandum of a cargo of rice discharged at Ningpo, 1863. The documents include reference to F.S. Green; Henry Smith; the 'Snipe'; and Hong merchants.
c. 65 items. |
1861–1864 |
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111/4
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Opium accounts: Formosa. Accounts regarding sales and stocks of opium, dated Takao and Tamsui. The documents include reference to John Lamont; Alexander Morrison; George Rorie; 'Adventure'; and 'Pathfinder'.
39 items. |
1860–1861 |
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111/5
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Memoranda and outturns: Hong Kong. Memoranda, including outturns, regarding treasure, specie and bullion, with a memorandum of a sale of silver by Jardine, Matheson & Co. to the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Company, 1865. The documents include reference to Alexander Morrison; William Thom; gold; and metal.
50 items. |
1860–1865 |
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111/6
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Opium returns: Hong Kong. The returns show receipts and deliveries of opium, July-August 1861. There is also a memorandum regarding the weight and quality of a shipment of opium, Hong Kong, November 1861. The documents include reference to William Thom.
8 items. |
July 1861-Nov. 1861 |
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111/7
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Opium accounts of the 'Wild Wave'. Accounts regarding sales of opium from the 'Wild Wave', with related opium cargo accounts. The documents include reference to Thomas Sullivan and saltpetre.
23 items. |
1862–1863 |
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111/8
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Memoranda and accounts: Kiukiang. The documents include a memorandum regarding furniture purchased from G.H. Styan; memoranda regarding costs of tea; a memorandum of expenses for building Jardine, Matheson & Co.'s house at Kiukiang, with dates of payment from May 1862 to November 1863; outturns of sycee and treasure; a memorandum of stock of piece goods; memoranda of assets and liabilities; a memorandum of unsold stock; sales accounts of opium; and a memorandum of disbursements for the 'Thistle'. The documents include referemce to William Paterson; metal; property; silver; and tobacco.
28 items. |
1864–1865 |
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111/9
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Memoranda and accounts: Shanghai. The documents include memoranda regarding costs of tea, including one with vouchers from Hankow; a memorandum of outturn of treasure; a memorandum regarding the 'Lanrick'; a memorandum of charges on cotton; a memorandum regarding the cost of six sheep shipped for Foochow 'for shipment to the colonies'; invoices for silk and cotton; memoranda regarding goods shipped to Japan, with a letter from Pignatel & Co. to Thomas Hunt & Co., Nagasaki, 1863; a memorandum regarding receipts and disbursements for the 'James Shepherd', with a memorandum of disbursements for the vessel at Ningpo; memoranda of receipts and disbursements for the 'Viola'; memoranda of disbursements for other vessels; and a memorandum of teas received from river ports, 1862-1863, giving information on their disposal. The documents include reference to Henry Beveridge; James Whittall; 'Carthage'; 'Scawfell'; fabric; and specie.
c. 55 items. |
1861–1865 |
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111/10
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Memoranda and bills of Matheson & Co., London. The documents include memoranda of recoveries, including one with a 'Statement of Claim under the running-down-clause on Policies effected on the Steamer "Carthage"'; a register of sales of produce effected for account of Jardine, Matheson & Co.; a memorandum of interest in silk winding apparatuses; and a memorandum of general average on interest per the 'Raleigh' from Shanghai to London.
c. 30 items. |
1863–1865 |
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111/11
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Memorandum of agreement. A memorandum of agreement between Augustine Heard & Co. and the Yokohama merchant Mura Matz Kitehiby (?). The document may originate from Yokohama.
1 item. |
15 Apr. 1874 |
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111/12
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Memoranda on bullion, treasure and specie. Memoranda regarding treasure and specie (daily returns, apparently showing stocks and payments of various currencies), mostly docketed as [William] Thom's bullion memoranda, vouchers, or daily accounts. The documents are possibly from Hong Kong. They include reference to gold; metal; and silver.
c. 375 items. |
1861–1863 |
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111/13
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Miscellaneous memoranda and accounts. The documents are dated Calcutta, Canton, Chefoo, Dundee, Hong Kong, New York, Penang, Shanghai, Singapore, Swatow and Whampoa, and include memoranda regarding shipping and cargoes; an undated memorandum to Captain Hoole regarding contraband on his vessel; receipts and indents regarding Thomas Hunt & Co.; a draft advertisement of the sale of the 'China Mail' and the 'Overland China Mail'; memoranda regarding Howland & Aspinwall, New York; wage accounts of the 'James Shepherd', Singapore; memoranda from the China Sugar Refining Co. Ltd, including one regarding the treatment of workmen; shipping bills, Calcutta; memoranda regarding yellow metal and nails, Hong Kong; 'Rough list of laundry plant', typescript; memoranda of payments, Canton; a list of repairs required by the Indo-China Steam Navigation vessel 'Kutsung'; memoranda regarding charges on rugs, Yokohama; memoranda regarding boilings of Java sugar; a memorandum of costs of and charges on beer shipped from Calcutta to Singapore, 1841; a memorandum regarding dividends of shares in the Hong Kong Land Investment Co., 1904; memoranda regarding rates on various properties in Hong Kong; and memoranda regarding business in silk with Chabrières, Morel & Co. of Lyon and others, 1890s. The documents include reference to A. Rodger; James Whittall; Brown & Co.; Dircks & Co.; Wanchi Steam Bakery; insurance; laundry; silver; and wine.
c. 150 items. |
1841–1904 |
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112/1
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Memoranda and accounts: Tientsin. The document include sales and stock accounts of opium and memoranda regarding wages and petty expenses. The documents include reference to H.C. Maclean.
c. 50 items. |
1864–1866 |
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112/2
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Memoranda and accounts: Hankow. The documents include memoranda regarding disbursements; sales and stock accounts regarding opium; memoranda regarding wages and petty expenses; memoranda regarding the cost of gold; outturns for treasure, with memoranda regarding contents of boxes of treasure; a memorandum of Robert Watmore regarding costs associated with a new house; a memorandum regarding charges on tea; and a statement of the premium on currency upon Shanghai policies of the Triton Insurance Company, payable in London. The documents include reference to S.J. Gower; copper; cotton; fabric; insurance; metal; property; shipping; and shirting.
c. 100 items. |
1864–1866 |
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112/3
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Memoranda and accounts: Foochow. The documents include stock and sales accounts of opium; a memorandum of the repayment of a loan to the Foochow Customs; memoranda of outturns on specie and treasure; memoranda regarding the costs of tea; a memorandum of R.F. Hamilton's Haiquan loan account; a memorandum of freight collected in Foochow on account of the 'Carthage', 1862; and disbursements accounts for various vessels.
c. 125 items. |
1862–1866 |
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112/4
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Memoranda and accounts: Ningpo. The documents include wages and mess accounts; memoranda regarding receipts and disbursements; memoranda regarding sundry payments; and sales and stock accounts for opium. The documents include reference to Henry Beveridge; A.F. Chambers; 'Roderick Dhu'; and shipping.
c. 60 items. |
1865–1866 |
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112/5
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Opium accounts and memoranda of Elles & Co. Stock and sales accounts of Elles & Co. regarding opium, with memoranda of duties paid on opium; dated Amoy.
18 items. |
1865 |
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112/6
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Opium accounts from the 'Lady Hayes'. Accounts regarding sales and stocks of opium from the 'Lady Hayes', dated [Woosung] and Shanghai, 1864-1865, with a memorandum of opium reshipped from Shanghai to other ports, February 1865, and a memorandum of demurrage on house orders in March 1865. The documents include reference to Daniel Patridge.
c. 40 items. |
1864–1865 |
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112/7
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Memoranda and accounts: Japan. Documents from Nagasaki and Yokohama, including a memorandum of advances to the Satsuma agent, with a memorandum of interest on the advances and memoranda of Jardine, Matheson & Co.'s outstanding drafts on the Satsuma agency; memoranda regarding purchases of tea, and outturns regarding tea; a memorandum of Glover & Co.'s payments on account of James Whittall, with other memoranda regarding Glover & Co., including a valuation of property at Nagasaki under mortgage to Jardine, Matheson & Co.; a memorandum of payments incurred in discharging boilers belonging to the 'Carthage'; a memorandum regarding freight payable on the 'Georges'; a memorandum regarding wax purchased; memoranda regarding velvet shipped to Hakodate; outturns on treasure; an analysis of an import and duty account, Yokohama; and memoranda of wages and petty expenses. The documents include reference to C.S. Hope and seaweed.
c. 40 items. |
1865–1867 |
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112/8
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Memoranda on recoveries for averages. Memoranda regarding recoveries for averages by Matheson & Co. on account of Jardine, Matheson & Co., dated London, 1865-1866, with a memorandum from Littledale & Co. regarding the condition of a shipment of tea, and a memorandum of insurance on account of Jardine, Matheson & Co.
13 items. |
1865–1866 |
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112/9
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Memoranda of Jardine, Skinner & Co. The documents are dated Calcutta, and include memoranda of coals received and expended on account of Jardine, Matheson & Co.; 'Minutes of a Meeting of representatives of European, China, and Local Marine Insurance offices held ... at the Hall of the Chamber of Commerce on the 17th June [no year], chaired by J.R. Bullen Smith'; and a memorandum of dividends payable by the Triton Insurance Company to China shareholders.
7 items. |
1865–1867 |
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112/10
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Miscellaneous memoranda and accounts. The documents are dated Hong Kong, Macao, Manila, Shanghai and Whampoa, and include a memorandum of Thomas Hunt & Co.'s shipyard bills, a shipyard stock list, and related documents, mostly delivery notes; an advertisement of the auction of the 'Ellen'; lists and inventories of stores; memoranda regarding deliveries of iron; a statement of the cost of repairs to the 'Spark', January-May 1859; a memorandum of a dispute regarding damaged opium involving the Canton Insurance Office; an extract from the log of the 'Leonor' regarding a voyage from Amoy to Tamsui and Takao, November-December 1875; dockyard stock lists; 'List of Original Packages of Merchandize' in the Bund Godown, April 1864; accounts of coals received; personal chits of Herbert Magniac; a memorandum of carpenter's tools for J.P. Cook; stock lists of Arlès-Dufour & Co. for unsold parcels of silk of Jardine, Matheson & Co. remaining unsold; and memoranda regarding Club Lusitano sweeps. The documents include reference to J.M. Emanuel; Wanchi Steam Bakery; Lyon; auctioneering; coal; horseracing; fabric; metal; and wine.
c. 150 items. |
1859–1875 |
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113/1
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Stock accounts: Yokohama. Quarterly stock accounts, 'Including all Merchandize on hand (except Opium)'. The documents include reference to S.J. Gower; C.S. Hope; and fabric.
22 items. |
1862–1866 |
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113/2
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Stock accounts: Shanghai. The documents include constituents stock lists and stock accounts of manufactured goods and fabrics, 1862-1866, with a statement of cabin wines imported into Shanghai, giving details of supplies to steamers and stocks on hand, 1863, and memoranda regarding transhipments of goods. The documents include reference to William Keswick; James Whittall; camlet, lasting; and long ell.
c. 55 items. |
1862–1866 |
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113/3
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Memoranda and accounts: Shanghai. The documents include a memorandum of interest due on a mortgage on Glover & Co.'s Nagasaki property; memoranda of receipts and disbursements for the 'Glengyle' and other vessels, including coal and cargo boats; memoranda of outturns of specie and bullion; memoranda of charges on silk, wheaten flour and sugar; memoranda of insurance premiums collected; a memorandum of amounts paid on account of N.S. Adams, M.D.; a memorandum of grey shirtings bought and their destinations; memoranda of disbursements on account of the cocoon drying machine; analyses of various accounts; and memoranda of wages and petty cash. The documents include reference to the Canton Insurance Office; 'Reiver'; fabric; gold; medicine; metal; shipping; silver; and sycee.
c. 115 items. |
1862–1867 |
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113/4
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Memoranda on tea shipments: Foochow. Memoranda regarding costs of tea. The documents include reference to R.F. Hamilton.
c. 65 items. |
1866–1867 |
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113/5
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Memoranda and accounts: Canton. The documents include memoranda regarding the cost of tea and other goods, memoranda regarding charges on guano, and an invoice for packages of tea. The documents include reference to Peter G. Laurie; 'Plymouth Rock'; fabric; glue; preserves; shipping; and silk.
37 items. |
1865–1866 |
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113/6
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Memoranda and accounts: Kiukiang. The documents include memoranda regarding weights of opium; sales accounts of opium; a memorandum of the quantity of opium received and sold for the season 1865-1866, with a balance on 1 July 1866; outturns on treasure; memoranda of the contents of boxes of treasure; and memoranda regarding costs of tea. The documents include reference to William Paterson.
15 items. |
1865–1866 |
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113/7
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Documents re a voyage of the 'Orchis'. Claims, correspondence, bills of lading, a freight list and related documents regarding the short delivery of a cargo of rice from a voyage of the 'Orchis' between Calcutta and Hong Kong; dated Calcutta, Singapore and Hong Kong. The documents include reference to B.C. Lucas and Framjee Hormasjee.
c. 65 items. |
June 1872-Oct. 1872 |
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113/8
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Brokers' reports sent to Jardine, Matheson & Co. The reports relate mainly to tea and silk, and are possibly from London. They include some items by [John?] Williams. The documents include reference to brokerage; fabric; sugar; and wool.
c. 225 items. |
1868–1881 |
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113/9
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Memoranda on bullion and treasure. Memoranda on bullion and treasure received, dated Hong Kong. The documents include reference to Alexander Morrison; R. Hodge; and silver.
15 items. |
1865–1866 |
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113/10
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Miscellaneous memoranda and accounts. The documents are in English, French and Spanish, and are dated Calcutta, Hong Kong, London, Manchester, Shanghai, Singapore and Whampoa. They include memoranda regarding consignments of fabric goods from Horrockses, Miller & Co.; memoranda regarding damaged and misdirected goods; memoranda regarding weights and valuations of cotton shipped by Jardine, Skinner & Co., with invoices for cotton; invoices of goods forwarded to London from Manchester; a memorandum regarding passage money received by the 'Reiver', Singapore; memoranda regarding shipments of guano; a memorandum of the particular average claim on rice on the 'Ellenborough' from Calcutta; a note of charges on coal; a letter from Thomas Hunt & Co. to Captain Williams of the 'Leonidas' regarding the shipment of spars from Oregon to Hong Kong; a bill to Jardine, Matheson & Co. for the conduct of Singapore agency business; memoranda of disbursements for the 'Glengyle', Ningpo, Hankow and Yokohama; a memorandum regarding the cost of gold, Hankow; and a memorandum of agreement between Samuel Stephen and Yan[?] Yok & Co., regarding a shipment of merchandise from Macao to San Francisco aboard the 'Cyphreues'[?], with a manifest of the vessel and related papers. The documents include reference to Armero; Carlowitz & Co.; Margesson & Co.; 'Glensannox'; Fray Bentos; Ningpo; Preston; bullion; freight; metal; and tea.
c. 60 items. |
1855–1875 |
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114/1
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Memoranda and accounts: Foochow. The documents include memoranda of costs and charges on tea; outturns of treasure and specie; stock and sales accounts of opium; a general stock account; memoranda of disbursements of various vessels; a memorandum of sums advanced to the captain of the 'Matador'; freight accounts for the 'Dragon' and other vessels; and a memorandum of commissions returned to Douglas Lapraik & Co. on account of shipments of tea. The documents include reference to W. Paterson and the 'Nil Desperandum'.
c. 350 items. |
1867–1873 |
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114/2
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Memoranda of stock and assets: Hong Kong. Memoranda of stocks, liabilities and assets, including daily statements of opium on hand, with related balances and accounts; dated Hong Kong, 1872. There is also a power of attorney relating to the Hongkong Fire Insurance Co., signed by John Keswick, Calcutta, 19 April 1870; a list of wines and stores for the Hill House, Hong Kong, 27 June 1871; an account of the Diocesan Home and Orphanage with William Keswick, Hong Kong, 16 January 1872; and a letter from John Hoole to William Keswick, Canton, 26 January 1872. The documents include reference to Herbert Smith; 'Peiho'; coal; rice; and shipping.
c. 375 items. |
1870–1872 |
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114/3
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Memoranda of cash assets and liabilities: Shanghai. Memoranda of cash assets and liabilities, Shanghai, 1871-1872, with four memoranda of assets and liabilities from Foochow, June-November 1871, and a message, probably a copy of a telegram, from [F.B.] Johnson, Shanghai, to 'Keswick', Hong Kong, 30 May 1871.
c. 55 items. |
1871–1872 |
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114/4
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Briquette factory accounts and analyses. Accounts and analyses of accounts (in English and French) between Jardine, Matheson & Co. and the Société Française des Charbonnages du Tonkin, regarding a briquette factory; dated Paris.
9 items. |
1895–1896 |
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114/5
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Miscellaneous memoranda and accounts. The documents are dated Calcutta, Canton, Chefoo, Chinkiang, Foochow, Hankow, Hong Kong, London, Lyon, Macao, Montreal, Newchwang, New York, Rotterdam, Saigon, San Francisco, Shanghai, Swatow, Sydney, Tientsin, Whampoa and elsewhere, and include reports on the quality of tea imported from China; accounts of stores purchased in Great Britain; accounts of Thomas, Hunt & Co., Whampoa, including stock accounts; memoranda regarding shipments of opium and treasure; a memorandum regarding making guano charters for Swatow; police and lighting rates evaluations for tenements in Hong Kong; memoranda from Newchwang, including registers of sales of opium; memoranda, indents and delivery notes regarding stores and lumber, some relating to shipping; a machine shop pay order, Hong Kong; a memorandum regarding the sale of the 'Hong Kong Register'; a freight list for a voyage of the 'Clan Alpine' between Singapore and Calcutta; memoranda of recoveries of Margesson & Co., Macao; analyses of piece goods and merchandise accounts, Hankow; stock lists and memoranda of Arlès-Dufour & Co., Lyon, and Howland & Aspinwall, New York; memoranda and accounts regarding the 'Spec'; and memoranda of the Canton Insurance Office. The documents include reference to John Jack; Edward Vincent; Lane, Crawford & Co.; Robertson & Co.; Halifax; and coal.
c. 350 items. |
1854–1873 |
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115/1
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Memoranda and accounts: Tientsin. The documents include a memorandum of disbursements of J.J. Keswick; memoranda regarding costs of shares in the Indo-China Steam Navigation Co.; a copy of a new despatch from 'Our Tientsin Correspondent' concerning a Japanese Embassy; sales accounts of hemp and other merchandise; a memorandum of wages and petty expenses; analyses of godown, charges, and commission accounts; a memorandum of amounts paid to J. Livingston & Co., with receipts; a memorandum of expenses regarding the repair of property in Tientsin; and memoranda regarding coolie hire. The documents include reference to Henry Beveridge; E. Cousins; J. Boyce Kup; and diplomacy.
18 items. |
1865–1894 |
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115/2
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Memoranda and accounts: Newchwang. Memoranda and accounts, some concerning the Newchwang oil mill, dated Newchwang and elsewhere. The documents include memoranda regarding sycee silver; market quotations; a memorandum on the outlay in building a godown; memoranda of peas purchased, and beancake, bean oil and beans exported; a memorandum of sundries bought for the use of the oil mill; a memorandum regarding the cost of beancake and oil, with the estimated result; memoranda of wages and petty expenses; a memorandum of foreign merchandise imported and re-exported in foreign vessels during 1869; a memorandum of expenses on sugar transhipped to Tientsin; coal accounts; a memorandum regarding treasure; accounts of the owners of the 'Kiushu' with Charles Hill, and related papers; returns of the Newchwang oil mill for July 1869; and Bush Brothers' shipping report, November 1871. The documents include reference to R.A. Houstoun and property.
c. 100 items. |
1868–1871 |
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115/3
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Memoranda and stock accounts of Thomas Wallace. Stock accounts, mostly regarding coal, and miscellaneous memoranda; possibly from Hong Kong. The documents include reference to furniture and godown.
32 items. |
1869–1871 |
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115/4
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Stock accounts of Thomas Glover. Stock accounts regarding coal and opium, dated Hong Kong, with a statement of boat and coolie hire, and storage at East Point godowns.
40 items. |
1871–1878 |
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115/5
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Stock accounts of William Beckett. The accounts are from Hong Kong, and relate mostly to coal. The documents also include reference to cotton; fabric; and opium.
17 items. |
1873–1874 |
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115/6
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Memoranda and accounts: Amoy. Memoranda, bills and accounts, including statements of the import of fabric goods at Amoy by British and foreign vessels, 1844-1859, and of sales of goods at Amoy, 1858-1859; a memorandum of errors in invoices for shipments of sugar and sugar candy; the account of Jardine, Matheson & Co., Hong Kong, with Elles & Co., Amoy, and memoranda relating to business between the companies; a memorandum of drafts against sugar shipments to Yokohama; stock and sales accounts of opium; memoranda of charges on tea, opium and camphor; memoranda of duties paid regarding guano, and a memorandum regarding payments made on account of a guano godown; a memorandum of outturn regarding treasure; the stock list of Elles & Co.; registers of risks noted in the Canton Insurance Office; and a memorandum of disbursements at Takao.
c. 45 items. |
1857–1878 |
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115/7
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Memoranda and accounts: Japan. Documents from Kanagawa, Kobe, Nagasaki and Yokohama, including analyses of import, commission, charges, duty and other accounts; accounts with 'Glover & Co'; accounts with Browne & Co., with a bill from the 'Kobe Advertiser & Shipping Register' office; statements of a telegraph account; a memorandum of loss sustained on a shipment of sugar; a memorandum of charges on curios; a memorandum of G.L. Montgomery's expenses for a trip to America; particulars of Yokohama branch salaries; accounts regarding Jardine, Matheson & Co.'s Nagasaki agency; memoranda regarding deliveries, sales and shipments of Takasima coal, with memoranda of allotments of Takasima employees; memoranda regarding weight and charges of treasure; memoranda of payments made on account of Edward Bibby, James Whittall and others; memoranda of brokerage on policies effected in the Canton Insurance Office; accounts and memoranda regarding tea-firing; a memorandum of outturn of goods from London on account of a contract with the Navy Department of the Japanese government; a memorandum of charges on rugs, rice and other commodities; memoranda of wages and petty expenses; and memoranda of accounts with H.P. Austin. The documents include reference to Ryle Holme and telegraph.
c. 125 items. |
1859–1880 |
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115/8
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Memoranda and accounts: India. The documents are from Bombay and Calcutta, and include the policy of the Triton Insurance Company for a voyage of the 'Kaisar-i-Hind', with a Hong Kong sales account of sea-damaged opium from that vessel; memoranda regarding freight and brokerage of vessels on various voyages; particulars of payments made on behalf of Jardine, Matheson & Co.; memoranda of costs of and charges on gram, livestock and sundries; adjustments of steamer earnings; a memorandum of payments made on account of the owners of the 'Cassandra'; an abstract statement of the Bengal Insurance Society 1869/74 for the ninth half year, 1 May-31 October 1873; a memorandum of dividends to shareholders in China on account of the Triton Insurance Co.; statements of coal received and expended on account of Jardine, Matheson & Co.; memoranda regarding government securities and debentures; a statement of the return commission due to Jardine, Skinner & Co. at Calcutta, dated Hong Kong, October 1871; a memorandum of payments to Peter G. Laurie; a list of export cargo on the 'Mountstuart Elphinstone', prepared for the Collector of Government Customs; memoranda regarding disbursements on the 'Glenartney'; and a memorandum regarding brokerage on opium and cotton, Bombay. The documents include reference to the Bengal Insurance Society; Remington & Co.; 'Historian'; 'Moray'; 'Venice'; pigs; sheeps; and shipping.
c. 90 items. |
1864–1880 |
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115/9
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Memoranda and accounts of Arlès-Dufour & Co. Memoranda and accounts in English and French, dated Lyon, including memoranda regarding unsold silk stock; bills for expenses and payments made; memoranda of remittances to Matheson & Co., with a memorandum of the cost of stamps on the remittances; a memorandum of account with Burdet & Cie for a plan of a filature; and a note regarding the correction of an accounting error, from Milsom, Poy & Ch. Berry. The documents include reference to Sophie Keswick and fabric.
c. 135 items. |
1869–1879 |
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115/10
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Memoranda and accounts: United States. Memoranda and accounts from New York and San Francisco, including memoranda regarding remittances to London from Howland & Aspinwall; a memorandum of return commissions from Parrott & Co.; statements and memoranda regarding profits and losses on shipments of team, with memoranda of payments made for rejected teas; memoranda regarding sales of and charges on tea; a memorandum regarding charges on matting; the current account for Dodd & Co.'s teas; copies of correspondence regarding credit in favour of Robert Anderson, dated London and New York; and statements of Jardine, Matheson & Co.'s drafts on Dennistoun, Cross & Co. The documents include reference to James Montgomery; Murdoch, Fischer & Co.; and the Olendorf Case.
c. 65 items. |
1869–1880 |
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115/11
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Memoranda and accounts: Hankow. The documents include a letter and memorandum from Josiah Cox regarding grass and grass cloth; a memorandum of advances on hemp; a memorandum of a balance of interest account; memoranda regarding outturns of sycee; analyses of a piece goods account; a memorandum of the interest on a loan to Yowloong; and a sales account of opium, with an analysis of a constituents opium account. The documents include reference to Henry Beveridge and silver.
24 items. |
1869–1879 |
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115/12
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Tea sales memoranda: Bristol. Memoranda regarding sales of tea by Alexander Robertson, Bristol, 1847-1851, with an account of sales of teas, Glasgow, May 1852.
22 items. |
1847–1852 |
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115/13
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Memoranda and accounts: Manchester. The documents include covering notes for enclosures from Sam Mendel; notes of purchases made by Beith, Stevenson & Co. on account of Jardine, Matheson & Co.; a memorandum of drafts on Matheson & Co. against shipments to Shanghai; and particulars of samples and patterns. The documents include reference to fabric and shirting.
18 items. |
1860–1880 |
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115/14
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Testimonials for seamen. Testimonials in favour of the seamen Thomas Arthur, Michael Deasy, Thomas Hoskins and Alfred King, 1887-1893, with statements of service by Archibald Lang, 1887, and John Cannan, 1889, and particulars of the service of George A. Elliott with the Indo-China Steam Navigation Co., c. 1894. The documents include reference to the Royal Navy.
9 items. |
1887-circa 1894 |
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115/15
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Memoranda on Sun Yee. Memoranda and accounts (in Chinese and English) regarding the administration of the affairs of Sun Yee, in receivership, and the suit against him, dated Hong Kong and no place, including a report on the accounts of the Makok godown; notes on a payment for an opium licence in Macao; a memorandum on the commission on the sale of Sun Yee's properties and the licence of a prepared opium farm; a statement regarding Macao property received; a memorandum for the Registrar of the Supreme Court; lists of outstanding accounts; a memorandum regarding conditions upon which the Receiver will accept tenders for the purchase of prepared opium in San Francisco, Melbourne and Sydney; particulars of prepared opium in San Francisco; a memorandum of contents and chops of prepared opium in San Francisco, Melbourne and Sydney; a memorandum of the estimated monthly expense of the Sun Yee Hong; memoranda regarding interest tendered and received; and remarks on the receiver's account by managers of the Chap Sing Company. The documents include reference to Tai yik; William Keswick; and Suit 10.
c. 30 items; A few documents are in a bad condition.. |
circa 1880-circa 1882 |
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115/16
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Memoranda and accounts: Kiukiang. The documents include memoranda regarding the cost of sycee, a memorandum on the contents of three boxes of treasure, a stock account of piece goods, and memoranda regarding the cost of tea. They include reference to fabric; silver; and specie.
6 items. |
Jan. 1870-June 1870 |
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115/17
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Memoranda and accounts of Dodd & Co. Memoranda and accounts of Dodd & Co. regarding Milisch & Co., dated Tamsui, including a memorandum of goods received from Milisch & Co.; memoranda of charges on camphor and other goods received from Milisch & Co.; a memorandum of charges on coal on account of Milisch & Co.; and accounts of the estate of Milisch & Co. with Dodd & Co. The documents include reference to John Lamont.
7 items. |
1870–1871 |
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115/18
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Miscellaneous memoranda and accounts. The documents are in English and Portuguese, and are dated Chinkiang, Hong Kong, Macao, Melbourne, Penang, Rotterdam, Singapore, Swatow and Weuchow. They include memoranda regarding the cost of tea, Weuchow and Macao; an account of Jardine, Matheson & Co. with Margesson & Co.; memoranda regarding the 'Spark', including statements regarding coal; a memorandum of contributions from Macao to the Canton Insurance Office; a memorandum regarding modifications to the 'Clan Alpine'; memoranda regarding supplies to the 'Glenartney'; memoranda of claims against the 'Glenartney' from Calcutta for short delivery and goods landed wet, dated Penang; memoranda regarding the working the Luzon Sugar Refinery; memoranda of charters and settlements, Saigon; a memorandum of goods landed, Singapore; a memoranda on a fee due by Joseph Jardine; accounts regarding pilotage; results of tea sales in Rotterdam; a note regarding charges on treasure, Singapore; a statement of the cost of stores, Manila; and a memorandum of account for land purchased at Kaotze. The documents include reference to B.A. Barretto; J.M. Canny ; John Compton; Joseph Scott; John Wilson; Behre & Co.; Brown & Co.; and property.
c. 50 items. |
1857–1882 |
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116
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Documents on the 'Hong Kong Times' and 'Daily Advertiser'. Memoranda and advertisements, mostly regarding the 'Hong Kong Times' and the 'Daily Advertiser', dated Hong Kong and elsewhere, comprised largely of advertisements submitted for publication in the newspapers, including governmental notifications, personal announcements, notices to consignees, and notices of auction sales, trademen's wares and services procurable, ships' voyages, share issues, and social, musical and theatrical events. There are also memoranda regarding subscriptions to the 'Hong Kong Times', errors in the paper, rates payable, and other matters, and a broadside advertisement of a public auction on 6 February 1874. The documents include reference to William Curtis; J.M. Guedes; H.P.C. Lassen; Thomas Preston; David Sassoon; Douglas Lapraik & Co.; Lammert, Atkinson & Co.; Post Office; Bangkok; Indochina; Siam; Saigon; and forgery.
2 boxes (c. 3000 items); Some documents are in a bad condition due to damage by damp.. |
1872–1878 |
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117/1
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Stock accounts of stores and provisions. Stock lists of stores and provisions, including some possibly relating to Thomas Hunt & Co.; February 1865 and undated.
23 items. |
circa Feb. 1865 |
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117/2
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Opium memoranda. Memoranda regarding the weight and quality of shipments of opium, dated Canton, Cumsingmoon and Hong Kong. The documents include reference to George Macalister; W.H. Roper; and C. Willson.
c. 60 items. |
1855–1857 |
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117/3
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Documents re Jardine Matheson's property. A compilation of documents regarding the property of Jardine, Matheson & Co., apparently made in connection with a reconstruction of the partnership; dated Hong Kong, 1873. The documents include copies of a memorandum on the value of various properties held by Jardine, Matheson & Co.'s partners; copies of journal entries made in the books of the firm, April 1872; a memorandum of W. Paterson regarding property at Foochow, with valuations; a memorandum of Edward Whittall on property at Yokohama, with valuations; a memorandum of F.B. Johnson on property at Chinkiang, Hankow, Kiukiang, Newchwang, Ningpo, Shanghai and Tientsin; and press copies of journal entries regarding Jardine, Matheson & Co.'s property and partners' private accounts. Some of the copies have annotations. There is also a memorandum of assets, liabilities, accounts liable for immediate payment, and monies received; a memorandum of values associated with properties and locations in China; and a memorandum of terms agreed upon between James Whittall, Edward Whittall and F.B. Johnson for the settlement of the partnership accounts [London], 13 March 1876.
5 items. |
1873–1876 |
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117/4
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Miscellaneous memoranda and accounts. The documents are dated primarily at Hong Kong, and include many items regarding G.C. Anderson, Marine Superintendent and Marine Surveyor for Local Insurance Offices. There are surveys, reports and opinions on damage to and the fitness of various vessels and cargoes (some incomplete), with related correspondence; memoranda to and from Anderson regarding the delivery of goods and other business matters; a working account of a godown; delivery notes for opium and kerosene; memoranda regarding mercury stored in godowns; bills from Lane, Crawford & Co.; testimonials in favour of seamen; memoranda regarding the Standard Oil Company of New York; and promissory notes of A. Chambers, 1873. The documents include reference to F. Blackhead; G.A. Yvanovitch; Butterfield & Swire; Falkner, Bell & Co.; Scottish Oriental; San Francisco; docks; metal; quicksilver; shipping; and surveying.
c. 525 items. |
1873–1903 |
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117/5
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Memoranda on damage to the 'Glensannox'. The documents are in English, French, Italian and Portuguese, and are dated Réunion and elsewhere. They include a collection of memoranda and letters regarding the case of the 'Glensannox'; memoranda of the Italian consulate in Réunion; a note on documents sent to Howland & Aspinwall; a memorandum on enlistment and coolies with regard to the vessel; legal agreements; and a memorandum of repairs necessary. The documents include reference to Pernambuco; Recife; and diplomacy.
c. 20 items. |
1873–1874 |
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117/6
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Stock or auction sale list. An undated list of stock, possibly prepared for an auction sale, including stock under the headings of godowns, boiler shop, mouldings shops, machine shop, store room, blacksmith's shop, and office.
1 item. |
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117/7
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Memoranda on opium: Aurungabad. Memoranda from James Ralph regarding the production and prices of opium, two of them duplicated. The documents include reference to India; Oogyn; and Ujjain.
6 items. |
Nov. 1834-Dec. 1834 |
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117/8
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Memo. of an interview with Gladstone. 'Memo. of a Private Interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer [William Ewart Gladstone] - Augt 2d 1861', regarding claims for compensation.
1 item. |
1861 |
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118/1
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Freight lists: Foochow. Freights lists for voyages between Foochow and Shanghai, mostly relating to the 'Europe'. The documents also include reference to the 'Appin' and 'Eldorado'.
c. 50 items. |
May 1878-Nov. 1879 |
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118/2
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Memoranda of vessels arriving in Britain. Memoranda of arrivals of vessels from India, the Far East and Australia in British waters, dated London.
18 items. |
May 1863-Jan. 1864 |
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118/3
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Market report: Foochow. A market report for Foochow, 2 July 1864, with two statements of the export of teas from Foochow to the United States, 2 and 6 July 1864, the latter incomplete. The documents include reference to fabric.
3 items. |
2 July 1864–6 July 1864 |
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118/4
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Jardine Matheson market reports. Draft market reports from Jardine, Matheson & Co., possibly from Hong Kong. The reports are undated, but one includes the postscript 14 January [no year]. There is also an undated statement of exports of tea and silk from China, and a memorandum of 'Alterations of Circular. To be dated 6th July'. The documents include reference to Amoy; Canton; Foochow; fabric; freight; metal; saltpetre; and sugar.
5 items. |
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118/5
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Memoranda on relative weights of opium. Memoranda regarding weights of shipments of opium, some including relative weights when received and when sold; dated Ningpo, Woosung and no place, 1856-1858 and undated. Memoranda regarding weights of shipments of opium, some including relative weights when received and when sold; dated Ningpo, Woosung and no place, 1856-1858 and undated. The documents are signed by H.P. Baylis and Daniel Patridge.
8 items. |
circa 1856-circa 1858 |
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118/6
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Account for property in Hong Kong. An account of Jardine, Matheson & Co., agents for Thomas Larkins's interest in property at Hong Kong, with C.V. Gillespie. The document may originate from Hong Kong.
1 item. |
circa 1842 |
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118/7
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Opium accounts of the 'Lady Hayes'. Accounts regarding sales and stocks of opium from the 'Lady Hayes', with memoranda of opium deliveries and weights; dated Shanghai and no place. The documents include reference to H.P. Baylis and Daniel Patridge.
c. 115 items. |
1861–1862 |
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118/8
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Opium accounts of the 'Pathfinder'. Accounts regarding sales and stocks of opium from the 'Pathfinder', signed by George Rorie, dated Takao.
22 items. |
1862–1863 |
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118/9
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Documents on damaged sugar from the 'J.H. Becker'. Memoranda, accounts and correspondence regarding damage to sugar aboard the 'J.H. Becker' in Takao, dated Takao and Hong Kong, April 1860, including a memorandum of sugar on board the 'J.H. Becker' and the 'Wild Wave'; a survey report on sugar aboard the 'J.H. Becker'; an invoice of sugar shipped on board the 'Wild Wave'; a sales account of damaged sugar at auction; an account of a claim for damage to the sugar; and an extract of a letter from Thomas Sullivan.
6 items. |
April 1860 |
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118/10
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Documents on the 'Appin'. Memoranda and an account regarding the 'Appin'. The documents include lists of the vessel's defects and requirements. There is also an account of money paid for ice and water, with the number of Chinese passengers carried, February 1870-June 1871.
3 items. |
June 1871-Dec. 1871 |
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118/11
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Memoranda and accounts of the Woosung Road Co. Memoranda, accounts and letters regarding the Woosung Road Co., dated Hong Kong, Shanghai and London, 1873-1877, including a memorandum regarding the distribution of capital in shares, with an abstract of the cost of the road; a copy of a letter from Richard Rapier regarding a Woosung to Shanghai railway, dated London, April 1875; current accounts of Yowloong with Jardine, Matheson & Co.; share certificates in the Woosung Road Co.; a receipt from John H. Vail for a share certificate in the Woosung Road Co., in the name of C.E. Hill; and estimates for costs of materials and construction for the road. There is also a memorandum regarding a file on the Woosung Road Co., dated Shanghai, October 1934.
27 items. |
1873–1934 |
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118/12
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Memoranda on prices of silk. The memoranda are dated Hong Kong, Canton and no place, 1871 and undated.
c. 25 items. |
circa 1871 |
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118/13
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Documents on the Shanghai waste silk mill. Memoranda and accounts regarding the waste silk mill, Shanghai, dated Shanghai and Hong Kong, including a memorandum of the probable loss on unsold stock of waste silk in the hands of William Keswick; the working account of the mill, May-October 1894, with a memorandum regarding the account (two copies), a response to queries in the memorandum, and a corrected account; notes on the mill account for the season 1894-1895; and a waste silk account balance sheet, September 1895.
8 items. |
1894–1895 |
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118/14
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House stores memoranda. Memoranda of Alexander Wilson regarding house stores, including wine, dated Hong Kong, January-December 1854, with an annotation on one document of February 1855.
17 items. |
Jan. 1854-Feb. 1855 |
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118/15
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Opium market quotations: Shanghai. Market quotations and related memoranda.
c. 200 items. |
April 1869-Dec. 1869 |
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118/16
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Memoranda and accounts: Macao. The documents are in Chinese, English and Portuguese, and include many relating to B. Barretto. There are accounts regarding weights of and charges on betel nuts, rattans and other merchandise; receipts for cargoes received from Jardine, Matheson & Co. and others; documents regarding cargoes of cotton from the 'Cornwallis'; a disbursements account of the 'Trinidad'; letters from B. Barretto to Jardine, Matheson & Co.; sales accounts of rice and ebony; memoranda regarding opium transhipped to the 'Cornwallis'; and a freight list of the 'Earl of Clare'. The documents include reference to James Clark; C. Fearon; 'Lady Hayes'; fabric; metal; opium; pepper; silver; and timber.
c. 95 items. |
1835–1838 |
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118/17
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Outturns and memoranda on treasure: Hong Kong. The documents include reference to R.E. Coates.
43 items. |
1848–1849 |
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118/18
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Memorandum of insurance premiums. A memorandum of premiums contributed to the Canton, Union, Triton and Bombay Insurance Offices by B.A. Pereira in the name of Camillo Lelis Souza, containing entries dated October 1859-November 1860.
1 item. |
circa 1860 |
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118/19
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Memoranda on goods received and delivered. Memoranda regarding goods received and delivered, January-November 1854, with quarterly stock accounts of goods and stores in godowns, September and December 1854. The documents are signed by Alexander Wilson, and may originate from Hong Kong.
14 items. |
Jan. 1854-Dec. 1854 |
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118/20
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Accounts of weights of cotton. Accounts of weights of cotton delivered to the 'Footois Purser'. The accounts may originate from Canton.
12 items. |
Mar. 1842 |
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118/21
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Memoranda from British merchants. Memoranda from merchants in Lancashire and Yorkshire to Jardine, Matheson & Co. in Hong Kong, some docketed with notes of actions taken by the recipient; dated Huddersfield, Liverpool and Manchester. The senders are Beith, Stevenson & Co.; Thomas and James Harrison; Robert Hinde & Co.; Learoyd Brothers; Sam Mendel; and John Siltzer & Co. The documents include reference to cotton and fabric.
67 items. |
1869–1881 |
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118/22
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Notes on opium and cotton sales. Notebooks containing notes on sales of opium and cotton, possibly relating to Canton.
5 items. |
1849–1854 |
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118/23
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Opium accounts and memoranda: Cumsingmoon. The documents include receipts for opium taken on board the 'Lady Hayes'; memoranda of marks and numbers of opium delivered from May to October 1845; a memorandum of opium selected and marked by Aquaan and I Yow; memoranda of bills of lading of the 'Lanrick', regarding opium delivered at Cumsingmoon; the opium account of Joseph Jardine with the 'Lady Hayes'; memoranda of short weights of opium; a sales account of inferior opium; and a stock account of opium on board the 'John'. The documents include reference to J. Burley and David Jardine.
22 items. |
1845–1853 |
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118/24
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Minutes of meetings at Chemulpo. Copies of minutes of meetings of Europeans at Chemulpo, Korea, held on 8 and 11 July 1884, with a copy of a letter from B.A. Clarke to W.R. Carles, Chemulpo, 9 July 1884.
3 items. |
1884 |
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118/25
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Business letters from Japan. Letters regarding business in Japan, dated Nagasaki and Yokohama, 1866-[1876], including a copy of a letter from Thomas B. Glover, Nagasaki, to an unidentified recipient, 24 March 1866; a copy of a letter from C.S. Hope, Yokohama, to an unidentified recipient, 31 March 1866; and incomplete letters from F.B. Johnson, no place (possibly Yokohama), to William Keswick, c. 1875-1876. There is also an incomplete market report, possibly from Japan, c. 1871. The documents include reference to Satsuma.
7 items. |
1866-circa 1876 |
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118/26
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Memoranda on the 'Kiushu'. The documents are dated at Shanghai and no place, 1867-1868 and undated (watermarked 1870), and include a memorandum of time under steam and consumption of coal for voyages to Tientsin, with a related letter from T. West, Chief Engineer, to F.A. Groom, regarding the vessel's boilers; an inventory of the pantry, cabin and gallery; an account containing entries for stores, provisions and operating costs; a portage bill; and a memorandum of repairs required in the engine department (2 copies). The documents include reference to J. Hoole.
7 items. |
1867-circa 1870 |
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118/27
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Opium sales accounts of the 'Harlequin'. The accounts are dated Chin Chew.
6 items. |
30 Apr. 1852 |
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119/1
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Opium accounts: Ningpo. Stock and sales accounts of opium. The documents include reference to F.S. Green; Edward Whittall; and the 'Snipe'.
c. 50 items. |
1862–1863 |
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119/2
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Opium accounts of the 'Lady Hayes'. Accounts regarding sales and stocks of opium from the 'Lady Hayes', with memoranda regarding deliveries of opium. The documents include reference to Daniel Patridge.
c. 75 items. |
1862–1863 |
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119/3
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Opium memoranda: Shanghai. Memoranda regarding opium stocks and quotations. The documents include reference to G.B. Hill; Daniel Patridge; and 'Berwick Walls'.
c. 100 items. |
1870–1874 |
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119/4
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Market reports from Davidson & Co. The reports are addressed to Jardine, Matheson & Co., Hong Kong, and dated Ningpo.
2 items. |
Nov. 1873-Dec. 1873 |
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119/5
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Opium memoranda: Shanghai. Memoranda regarding opium stocks on hand. The documents include reference to the 'Berwick Walls'.
c. 45 items. |
1869–1870 |
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119/6
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Opium quotations: Shanghai. Most of the quotations are dated January-June 1870, but there are also some for April and October 1869.
c. 150 items. |
Apr. 1869-June 1870 |
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119/7
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Specie and bullion balances. The balances may possibly originate from Shanghai. The documents include reference to the comprador; gold; metal; silver; and sycee.
c. 300 items. |
2 Jan. 1869–1 Jan. 1870 |
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119/8
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Memorandum of John Winters. A memorandum of John Winters(?) regarding his illness at sea, 8 March-May [no year].
1 item. |
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119/9
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Scheme for victualling transports and troop ships. 'Scheme for the Daily Victualling of the Officers, Soldiers Women and Children, embarked on board Transports and Troop Ships... A true Extract' by A.G. Burmester, docketed 'Papers from the "Nile" - June 1852'. The document includes reference to the Royal Navy.
1 item. |
1852 |
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119/10
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Accounts and balances re the Shanghai filature. Accounts and balances regarding the Ewo filature, Shanghai, comprising a balance sheet for business as at 30 April 1894; an abstract and summary of the building account on 30 April 1894; and a working account for the year ending 30 April 1894. The documents include reference to fabric and silk.
5 items. |
31 May 1894 |
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119/11
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Draft letters on opium and cotton sales. Fragmentary drafts of letters to merchants in India, possibly from Jardine, Matheson & Co., regarding sales of opium and cotton in China, action taken with inferior opium, and the state of the market, undated [c. 1840s?], possibly originating from Canton or Hong Kong.
c. 20 items. |
circa 1845 |
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119/12
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Memoranda on treasure: Hong Kong. The documents include reference to William Thom; bullion; gold; metal; and treasure.
c. 30 items. |
1862–1863 |
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119/13
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Memo. from William Jardine to James Matheson. A memorandum from William Jardine, possibly at Canton, to [James] Matheson regarding business to be transacted.
1 item. |
31 Mar. 1832 |
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119/14
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Shipping notices. Shipping notices from Jardine, Matheson & Co [Hong Kong], with marks and initials of readers. The notices include advertisements of and for vessels for freight and charter, and of coal for sale; notices of the arrival and despatch of vessels; and notices of consignees of goods. The documents include reference to the 'Fiery Cross' and 'Reiver'.
c. 135 items. |
1860–1862 |
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119/15
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Accounts of the 'Glengyle'. The accounts are dated Chinkiang, Hankow, Shanghai and Yokohama, and include memoranda of disbursements.
17 items. |
1866–1867 |
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119/16
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Opium sales accounts of the 'Berwick Walls'. Opium sales accounts for the 'Berwick Walls', dated Shanghai, 1866-1867, with a memorandum of Bengal opium delivered to orders, April 1867. The documents include reference to Daniel Patridge.
c. 40 items. |
1866–1867 |
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120/1
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Memoranda on treasure: Hong Kong. Memoranda regarding treasure received from various vessels, docketed as 'outturns'. The documents include reference to R.E. Coates; 'Mazeppa'; 'Red Rover'; 'Zephyr'; silver; and sycee.
36 items. |
1847–1848 |
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120/2
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Statements on goods and treasure. Statements of stocks, receipts, payments and shipments, mostly daily returns regarding opium and specie; February 1867-June 1868 (possibly from Hong Kong). There is also a memorandum of the results of insurance to Europe from China, 1863-1865; memoranda regarding comparative stocks of silk in China and Japan, 1866 and 1867; and memoranda regarding the Canton Insurance Office, Jardine, Skinner & Co., Matheson & Co., Oriental Bank and Remington & Co.. The documents include reference to R. Hodge; Remington & Co.; Bombay; Calcutta; London; bullion; fabric; and metal.
c. 650 items. |
circa 1866–1868 |
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120/3
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Memoranda of assets and liabilities. Memoranda regarding assets and liabilities from various ports, dated Hankow, Kiukiang, Shanghai and Yokohama, with accounts of the Ewo Bank. The documents include reference to Robert Anderson; S.J. Gower; C.S. Hope; William Keswick; W. Paterson; and Robert Watmore.
c. 110 items. |
1864–1866 |
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120/4
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Memorandum of agreement re the 'Eleanor'. A copy of a memorandum of agreement (charter party) between George Denny, Thomas Clark and Norrison John Lyons regarding the 'Eleanor', dated London.
1 item; Bad condition.. |
1 Aug. 1835 |
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120/5
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Will of Theophilus John Metcalfe. The will of Sir Theophilus John Metcalfe, Macao, 6 November 1819 (probably a copy), with an incomplete letter regarding the will, undated (c. 1822). The documents include reference to Anna Maria Rosario.
2 items. |
circa 1819-circa 1822 |
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120/6
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Indents to Augustus Howell. The indents are dated Hong Kong and Shanghai, and are mostly from Alexander Grant Dallas. The documents include reference to Augustus Howell; Donald Matheson; timber; and wine.
6 items. |
Mar. 1848-Oct. 1848 |
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120/7
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Documents on Robert Berry and his companies. Copies of memoranda and accounts regarding the affairs of Robert Berry; Berry, Ljungstedt & Co.; and Berry, Gordon & Co., dated Canton, 1824, and undated, including a list of documents regarding Berry, Ljungstedt & Co.'s affairs, with a list of their books; the general account of Berry, Gordon & Co. with Berry, Ljungstedt & Co., including Robert Berry's remarks on the assets of Berry, Gordon & Co.; an account of sales of pepper to Poonqua from W.S. Davidson & Co., with remarks by Robert Berry and an account of Berry, Ljungstedt & Co. with W.S. Davidson & Co.; and Robert Berry's remarks on the accounts with Berry, Ljungstedt Co.'s creditors and debtors. The documents include reference to Peter Dobell and Manhop.
5 items. |
circa 1824 |
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120/8
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Lithographed drawing of Mazatlán. 'View of the town and harbour of Mazatlán', a lithograph by J.H. Bufford of a drawing by E.A. Inglefields of H.M.S. 'Imogene', lithographed in New York, undated (possibly mid or late nineteenth century).
1 item. |
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120/9
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Treasury minute on opium compensation. 'Copy of Treasury Minute dated 25th February 1845', regarding compensation for opium surrendered to the Chinese, undated.
1 item. |
circa 1845 |
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120/10
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Memos from the U.S. Consul, Canton. Memoranda issued from the United States Consulate, Canton, including a memorandum regarding a boatload of lumber recovered from pirates; a proclamation to citizens of the United States of America engaged in murder and insurrection, or rebellion, against the Chinese government, from Peter Parker, Acting Commissioner and Chargé d'Affaires of the U.S. in China, 4 January 1855, with a letter from Parker, Canton, to James P. Cook, U.S. Marshal in Whampoa, 9 January 1855; a notice regarding a proposed sale of property of the estate of Nye Brothers & Co.; a memorandum regarding the receipt of debenture certificates; and a notice of a dividend to be paid to the creditors of King & Co., Canton, with a related note on the same sheet by Henry Blanchard, receiver of King & Co.'s estate, Whampoa. There is also a set of regulations for the consular courts of the United States of America in China, and copies of interrogatories and cross-interrogatories addressed to the United States Consul or Vice Consul at Canton, undated. The documents include reference to James Purdon; Oliver Perry Russell; D. Spooner; Taiping Rebellion; diplomacy; and insolvency.
9 items. |
1855–1859 |
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120/11
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Applications for steamship company shares. Applications for shares in the China-Sea, Saigon & Straits Steamship Co. Ltd, dated Hong Kong and Saigon.
22 items. |
Feb. 1870-Mar. 1870 |
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120/12
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Memorandum on green teas. A memorandum regarding green teas for the season 1874-1875, from Lloyd, Matheson & Co., London.
1 item. |
22 Apr. 1874 |
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120/13
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Statements of averages of tea. Statements of averages on teas damaged on board the 'Elia Pulcheria' from China to Singapore, dated Macao, with memoranda regarding the seaworthiness of the vessel. The documents include reference to C. Fearon and Fox, Rawson & Co.
5 items. |
18 Mar. 1841–24 Mar. 1841 |
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120/14
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Bottomry bond of the 'Carausius'. A bottomry bond of Captain Henry Pattison of the 'Carausius' to Jardine, Matheson & Co. The agreement has been drawn up but not completed, signed or dated. It possibly originates from Shanghai.
1 item. |
1858 |
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120/15
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Plan of the Newchwang bean cake mill. 'Rough Plan of the Newchwang Bean Cake Mill', dated Yingtze, with a list of building materials on hand.
1 item. |
Nov. 1867 |
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120/16
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Legal opinion of J.D. Bell. A copy of the legal opinion of J.D. Bell [London] regarding Lyall & Co.
1 item. |
4 Nov. 1869 |
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120/17
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Miscellaneous printed papers re Japan. The documents are dated Hakodate, Hiogo, Kanagawa, Simonoseki, Tokyo and Yokohama, and include a specification of sums debited to Jardine, Matheson & Co. on account of the 'Reiver', 1863; 'Extracts from E.M. van Reed's Letters', Simonoseki, September 1864; 'Extras' to the 'Japan Commercial News', 'Japan Gazette' and 'Hiogo News', 1863-1871 and undated; a copy of the Convention of Yedo, 1866; a form of tender for conveying Her Majesty's mail between Calcutta and Yokohama [1867]; reports of a committee regarding the depreciation of native coin, Yokohama, April 1869, with related newspaper cuttings; particulars of trade for Japan, 1875-1884, compiled from the annual returns of the Imperial Customs, and a list of silk shippers from Yokohama, 1871-1872; notices regarding the appointment of agents for the Takasima colliery, 1874 and 1878; customs regulations of the port of Hakodate, 1870s; a contract between Rear-Admiral Stackelberg, commanding the Russian squadron off Japan, and Nakahara Kuninosuke, agent for Goto Shojiro, proprietor of the Takasima mines, 1880; a newspaper cutting regarding the Nippon Yusen Kaisha, 1885; and particulars of the 'Tenkai-Maru' and 'Kanagawa Maru', 1886. The documents include reference to K. Awoki; A.R. Brown; F. Geisenheimer; J. Mammelsdorf; J.G. Walsh; Saigo Yorimichi; Post Office; Russian Navy; Calcutta; India; diplomacy; fabric; and shipping.
23 items. |
1863–1886 |
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120/18
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Legal opinion on the 'General Wood'. An undated legal opinion in response to the question of whether the Bombay Insurance Society is bound to make good the loss of the owners of the 'General Wood' under the terms of their policy following the ship being wrecked after a mutiny of convicts in January 1848.
1 item. |
circa 1848 |
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120/19
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Shipping stock accounts: Hong Kong. Stock accounts of the 'Austen' and the 'General Wood', dated July-September 1841 and undated. The documents include reference to W. Morgan; Charles Stewart; and the 'Kitty'.
5 items. |
circa July 1841-circa Sep. 1841 |
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120/20
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Memoranda on deserters. The documents include reference to Alexander Burleigh; Charles David; Edward Denniston; J.K. Goldsborough; C. Grinley; Albert Hall; William Johnson; John McAdams; Robert McKenzie; John Magill; Joseph Parsons; William Pike; Henry Townsend; Thomas Wallace; Royal Navy; United States Navy; 'Barraconta'; 'Fortune'; 'Indiana'; 'Midas'; 'Powhatan'; 'Saratoga'; and 'Vincennes'.
9 items. |
circa 1851-circa 1854 |
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120/21
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Memo. on the purchase of a steam fleet. A memorandum regarding a proposed purchase of the steam fleet of the China Merchants Steam Navigation Co., undated [late nineteenth century].
1 item. |
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120/22
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Opium stock accounts: Hong Kong. Estimated stock accounts for 1867-1868 and 1870-1871.
c. 45 items. |
1867–1871 |
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120/23
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Memoranda on A.M. Bridge's discharge. Memoranda addressed to Alexander Bird, British Vice Consul, regarding the discharge of Arthur M. Bridge, Chief Officer of the 'Tepic', dated Whampoa.
2 items. |
28 July 1851–1 Aug. 1851 |
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120/24
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Memorandum on stolen skins and ginseng. A memorandum of the testimony of Aee regarding the possible theft of skins and ginseng, translated with a note by S.W. Bonney. The document may originate from Whampoa. It includes reference to Mary Adams; Akum; Aseen; and Thomas Hunt & Co.
1 item. |
27 Dec. 1851 |
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120/25
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Memoranda: Yokohama. Memoranda of cash assets and liabilities, Yokohama, 1869-1870, with a memorandum of loans at Yokohama, 1 November 1869. The documents include reference to Herbert Smith.
36 items. |
1869–1870 |
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120/26
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Memoranda of cash assets and liabilities: Shanghai. The documents include reference to F.B. Johnson.
37 items. |
1869–1870 |
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120/27
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Trade returns for Inchon. 'Returns of Trade 1883' for Jenchuan (Inchon), translated in part from Japanese, with two memoranda regarding freight from Che Mul Poo (Chemulpo) to Kobe, dated Che Mul Poo, June 1884; a memorandum of outturn of sycee and dollars received from Inchon, dated Che Mul Poo, July 1884; an undated memorandum by William Gubbins regarding minerals found in Korea; and a memorandum regarding smuggling. The documents include reference to diplomacy; metals, mining; and specie.
6 items. |
circa 1884 |
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120/28
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Memoranda on banks. Two memoranda regarding banks:. 'An Anglo-Chinese Bank', Shanghai, 7 August 1883 (unsigned). A. Michie, 'Eastern Banking', no specified place, 27 August 1883.
2 items. |
7 Aug. 1883–27 Aug. 1883 |
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120/29
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Memorial on the Hong Kong-Canton postal services. A memorial to the Postmaster General, London, from merchants in Hong Kong, including Jardine, Matheson & Co., regarding postal services between Hong Kong and Canton; dated Hong Kong.
1 item. |
18 June 1847 |
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120/30
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Memoranda on James Milisch's insolvency. The documents are dated Tamsui and include reference to John Lamont.
6 items. |
June 1870-Aug. 1870 |
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121/1
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Memo. on Goto Shojiro's Takasima affairs. 'Memorandum regarding Goto Shojiro's Takasima affairs', by F.B. Johnson, dated Hong Kong. The document includes reference to the Takasima Mine.
1 item. |
7 June 1879 |
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121/2
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Agreement between Jardine Matheson and H.M. Becker. A memorandum of agreement between Jardine, Matheson & Co. and H.M. Becker, mining engineer and metallurgist, 6 May 1884, with an incomplete draft of the memorandum.
2 items. |
1884 |
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121/3
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Memo. on the 'Lord Amherst' and 'Austin'. A memorandum regarding attempts by the 'Lord Amherst' and 'Austin' to trade at Chin Chew, with accounts of the response of Chinese vessels; dated at sea between Chin Chew and Amoy.
1 item. |
27 Aug. 1837 |
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121/4
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Memoranda on a fund for Miss Coyle. Memoranda regarding subscriptions to a fund for Miss Coyle, dated Canton. The documents list the names of subscribers, which include William Jardine and James Matheson.
2 items. |
2 Dec. 1827–4 Jan. 1828 |
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121/5
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Documents re the 'Viola'. A bill of sale of the 'Viola' from Anthony George Robinson, merchant of London, to Alexander Percival for the sum of $85,000, and a declaration of ownership of the vessel by Alexander Percival, merchant, of Victoria, Hong Kong, a member of Jardine, Matheson & Co., Hong Kong. Both documents are witnessed by Robert McMurdo and dated at Hong Kong.
2 items. |
8 Dec. 1862 |
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121/6
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Memo. on trade between Macao and Canton. 'Copy of a Paper received from Chunqua containing the Viceroy's reply to the Comm[itt]ee['s] Address of the 17th June 1825 and the Deliberations of the Treasurer and Judge on the Subject of Chop Boats &c. Rec[eive]d 17th July 1825']' [Canton?, 1825]. The document concerns questions of trade, shipping and customs between Canton and Macao.
1 item. |
1825 |
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121/7
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Agreement of Korean government and Jardine Matheson. A copy of an agreement between the government of Korea and Jardine, Matheson & Co. regarding the maintenance of regular steam communications between the treaty ports of Korea and China, undated. There is a note at the end by Joseph Haas, Commissioners of Customs, recording that the document is a true translation.
1 item. |
circa 1883 |
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121/8
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Memo. on payments on foreign goods. A memorandum from T'seng, Acting Superintendent of Foreign Trade, regarding payments made on foreign goods conveyed up country; received 5 November 1868. There is also a document in Chinese. The documents include reference to customs, diplomacy and shipping.
2 items. |
1868 |
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121/9
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Reports on measures to quell weavers' unrest. 'Joint Report by Cheng Jun-ts'ai, an expectant Colonel in Command of the central division of the An braves, Major Huang Lung-t'ao and Hui, Colonel of the Shunte Brigade, and Hsii Keng pi, Magistrate of the Namhoi District', regarding the suppression of civil unrest amongst weavers supposedly deprived of their means of livelihood by the use of filature machinery, undated [late nineteenth century], with a précis of a 'Further report by the same Officers'. Both documents were translated by J.N. Jordan and are written on British government paper. They include reference to Ta kang hsii, fabric and silk.
2 items. |
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121/10
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Memorandum on teas. A memorandum regarding teas, covering the season 1871-1872, prepared by Lloyd, Matheson & Co., London.
1 item. |
8 Mar. 1871 |
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121/11
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Memorandum on Turkey opium. A memorandum from T.N. Kerr regarding the crop and market of Turkey opium, undated, possibly originating from Great Britain.
1 item. |
circa 1846 |
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121/12
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Account of capture of Canton heights and forts. 'A brief account of the assault and capture of the heights and forts above the City of Canton, &c &c by an eye-witness.' The document includes reference to the First China War and the military.
1 item. |
20 June 1841 |
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121/13
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Memorandum on green teas. A memorandum regarding green teas, covering the season 1876-1877, prepared by Lloyd, Matheson & Co., London.
1 item. |
26 Apr. 1876 |
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121/14
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Account of the Tientsin massacre. An undated copy of 'Account of the Tientsin massacre' by William Forbes, Shanghai, 14 July 1870.
1 item. |
1870 |
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121/15
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Memo. on trade between Shanghai and the Northern Ports. 'Memo. upon the Steam carrying trade between Shanghae, & the Northern Ports viz. Chefoo Tientsin & Newchwang', by F.B. Johnson, Shanghai.
1 item. |
21 June 1870 |
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121/16
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Prospectus of shares in the North China Steam Navigation Co. The prospectus is dated Shanghai.
1 item. |
Oct. 1872 |
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121/17
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Memoranda on an insurance fraud. A memorandum regarding a marine insurance fraud allegedly perpetrated by a Mr Renlock, signed by H.B. Hedges, undated [nineteenth century], probably originating from China or California.
1 item. |
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121/18
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Memo. on Scott, Bell & Co. and Dow & Co. A memorandum regarding the 'General Position of Scott, Bell & Co. with Dow & Co.', undated.
1 item. |
circa 1864 |
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121/19
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Memoranda on Chinese opium. One memorandum is by James Macandrew, Shanghai, 28 February 1862; the others are not attributed, and are undated (possibly 1860s, but not earlier).
4 items. |
circa 1862 |
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121/20
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Documents on Moncreiff, Grove & Co. Memoranda and other papers regarding the affairs of Moncreiff, Grove & Co., with some also relating to Maitland, Ewing & Co.; dated London and Shanghai. They include a memorandum of produce on hand on account of Moncreiff, Grove & Co. held by Maitland, Ewing & Co., 3 April 1858; 'List of current acceptances by Messrs Maitland Ewing & Co. on account of Moncreiff Grove & Co.', 2 June 1858; resolutions of an adjourned meeting of the creditors of Moncreiff, Grove & Co., 3 July 1858 (2 copies); a memorandum of agreement between three co-partners of Moncreiff, Grove & Co., Robert Jardine and Richard Newby, and creditors or their agents, 9 July 1858 (2 copies); a statement of the affairs of Moncreiff, Grove & Co., 13 October 1858; an extract from a letter from Mr Moncreiff to Moncreiff, Grove & Co., 8 January 1859; a memorandum of a meeting of inspectors, 15 March 1859; a memorandum regarding Maitland, Ewing & Co., consisting of a covering letter and annexed statements, including reference to the company's suspension and Moncreiff, Grove & Co., July 1859 (2 copies); resolutions of a meeting regarding the 'Wild Wave' and a claim of Maitland, Ewing & Co., 10 August 1859; and minutes of a meeting of the creditors of Moncreiff, Grove & Co., 14 February 1860. The documents include reference to James Moncreiff; James Whittall; Edinburgh; and insolvency.
15 items. |
1858–1860 |
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121/21
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Agreement regarding a loan. A memorandum of agreement between His Imperial Highness Prince Chun and Their Excellencies Hsi and Yung, and Jardine, Matheson & Co., regarding a loan of £1,500,000, dated Peking.
1 item. |
1 Nov. 1884 |
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121/22
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Agreement for sale of Marine Lot 55. Three copies of an agreement between David Jardine, as attorney for Alexander Matheson, and William Henry Mitchell, police magistrate of Hong Kong, for Mitchell to purchase Matheson's property known as the 'Tuilleries' (Marine Lot No. 55), dated Hong Kong.
3 items. |
16 Mar. 1855 |
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121/23
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Memo. on shipping between Foochow and Shanghai. A memorandum regarding shipping ('carrying trade') between Foochow and Shanghai, by Walter Macfarland, Shanghai.
1 item. |
Oct. 1868 |
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121/24
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Memorandum on towage cases. A memorandum regarding 'Towage Cases in which China Nav[igation] Co. Steamers were assisted by Steamers belonging to Local Companies or rendered assistance to them'. The document describes the cases of the 'Foochow' on a voyage from Newchwang to Swatow needing to be towed by the 'Appin', 3 November 1877; S.S. 'Hwai Yuen' being towed by S.S. 'Tientsin', 12 March 1878; and the 'Chefoo' on a voyage from Shanghai to Swatow receiving assistance from S.S. 'Chintung', 30 August 1880. The description of the second case quotes from a letter from F.S. Swire of Butterfield & Swire, the owners of the 'Tientsin', to the China Merchants Co. regarding compensation for losses incurred in aiding the latter's vessel.
1 item. |
circa 1880 |
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121/25
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Returns for opium and specie. Daily returns regarding opium and specie, with related balances and memoranda, some regarding payments and receipts; dated Hong Kong. The documents include reference to G.F. Maclean; Oriental Bank Corporation; bullion; gold; and metal.
c. 850 items. |
1868–1870 |
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121/26
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Memoranda on tea revaluations. Memoranda on revaluations of tea based on London advices of 12 February 1869, undated. The documents possibly originate from Shanghai or Foochow.
4 items. |
circa 1869 |
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121/27
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Instructions for British West Indian Emigration Establishments. 'Instructions for the General management of the British West Indian Emigration Establishments in China, during my absence therefrom', by J. Gardiner Austin, Hong Kong.
1 item. |
14 Apr. 1862 |
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121/28
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Report extract on the 'Argyle'. A copy of an extract from a report regarding proceedings to recover men belonging to the 'Argyle', 25 February 1835, with a minute of appreciation for the conduct of Jardine, Matheson & Co., whose vessels at Lintin were made available for this mission; signed by Charles Elliot.
1 item. |
1835 |
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121/29
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Documents on the insolvent Hengtai hong. Correspondence, minutes and a circular regarding the debts of the insolvent Hengtai (Hingtae) hong, in particular the payment of interest on the debt to Jardine, Matheson & Co., and the position of Lancelot Dent on a committee appointed to examine the accounts of the Hengtai hong; dated Canton, Hong Kong and Macao, 1837-1842. The documents include copies of correspondence between Jardine, Matheson & Co., Major G.A. Malcolm, Lancelot Dent and J.R. Morrison; minutes of the first meeting of the committee appointed to examine Hengtai's accounts with foreigners; and a circular from the foreign (i.e. Western) members of the committee for the information of creditors. There is also a memorandum regarding a dividend of the debts of the Hengtai, Kingqua and Mowqua hongs, Canton, 4 June 1843. The documents include reference to J. Archer; C. Fearon; H. Green; Howqua; and Henry Pottinger.
9 items. |
1837–1843 |
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121/30
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Narrative of events at Canton. 'Brief Narrative of Events connected with the placing in durance, by the Chinese Government, of Her Majesty's Chief Superintendent, and all Foreigners at Canton, to extort the surrender of all Opium under their control in Ships off the Coast of China', relating to events in March 1839. The document is an undated draft, with emendations in the hand of James Matheson.
1 item. |
circa 1839 |
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121/31
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Memoranda from James Matheson and William Jardine. There is one memorandum from James Matheson, 17 March 1835, and one from [William Jardine] to [James] Matheson, undated (possibly 1838 or 1839). Both documents may originate from Canton.
2 items. |
1835-circa 1838 |
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121/32
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Resolutions of the Canton British Chamber of Commerce. Resolutions of a Special Meeting of the Committee of the Canton British Chamber of Commerce held 'for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of expressing the opinion of the Committee upon the proceedings of Mr Alock H.M. Consul at Shanghai, in reference to the recent outrage there' [Canton, April 1848]. The document includes reference to Captain Pitman.
1 item. |
circa 1848 |
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121/33
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Memo. on a journey between Hankow and Su Chew-fu. A memorandum on a journey between Hankow and Su Chew-fu, with observations on the trade and situation of various cities, and on the navigability of the River Min, undated [nineteenth century]. The document includes reference to Chungking; Chung tu; I chang; Kia tong fu; Sha si; and Yoh cheu.
1 item. |
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121/34
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Opium memoranda and accounts. Memoranda and accounts regarding opium, some from the 'Berwick Walls', 'Lady Hayes' and 'Folkestone', dated Shanghai, Woosung and no place. The documents include memoranda regarding weights of opium; stock accounts, Woosung; a memorandum regarding prices realised for damaged opium sold at public auction [Woosung]; and a memorandum regarding the quality of opium aboard the 'Lady Hayes', 1860. They include reference to H.P. Baylis; Daniel Patridge; and the Sassoon Family.
13 items. |
1853–1869 |
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121/35
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Memorandum from J.G. Dunn. 'Memoranda for Messrs Jardine, Matheson & Co. Shanghae' by J.G. Dunn, regarding Chinese domestic politics, and in particular Li Hung-chang; undated.
1 item. |
circa 1877 |
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121/36
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Particulars of a present to the Chinese Emperor. 'Contents of the Package Addressed To His Excellency General [Alexander George Fraser] Lord Saltoun Commander in Chief in China and Delivered by the request of Colonel [G.A.] Malcolm to the Special care of James Matheson Esquire of London. Containing a Present for His Imperial and Celestial Majesty The Emperor of China', undated [1842 or 1843].
1 item. |
circa 1842 |
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121/37
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Keys to ciphers. Keys to ciphers, including one relating to a Japanese loan, one relating to the custom-house rate for the China Tael in 1880, and one relating to descriptions of tea; undated.
4 items. |
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121/38
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Letters to accompany statements of losses. Copies of two covering letters from Jardine, Matheson & Co. to Captain Charles Elliot R.N., Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China: Canton, 24 May 1839, enclosing statements of debts due to the company from Chinese merchants and of property left in China; and Macao, 15 August 1839, enclosing a statement of property lost in Canton. The copies are witnessed by Charles Stewart, Assistant Secretary and Treasurer. The documents that are referred to are not included.
2 items. |
24 May 1839–15 Aug. 1839 |
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121/39
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Letter and memos re Sir Henry Pottinger. A letter from Richard Woosnam, Macao, on behalf of Sir Henry Pottinger, to Jardine, Matheson & Co., 18 February 1843, with abstracts of returns of opium by Jardine, Matheson & Co. and Heerjeebhoy Rustomjee, including notes regarding receipts and purchases by Charles Elliott, signed by Henry Pottinger, undated (paper watermarked 1842).
2 items. |
circa 1843 |
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121/40
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Application for shipping and landing agent's post. An application for the post of shipping and landing agent for Hong Kong harbour, giving an account of the defects of the existing procedure in the harbour; docketed Hong Kong, 1848.
1 item. |
1848 |
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121/41
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Memoranda on difficulties in trade. Memoranda regarding difficulties in trade caused by the behaviour of Chinese employed by foreign firms, addressed by the Taotai to the Consul. One of the memoranda includes reference to Chin Chih Kuei and Jardine, Matheson & Co. A note at the end of the first document records that it is a translation by N.G. Stronach.
2 items. |
14 Jan. 1867–17 Jan. 1867 |
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121/42
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Miscellaneous memoranda and accounts. The documents are dated Canton, Hong Kong and London, and include a copy of a memorandum regarding the discovery of a body in Hong Kong and the possibility of it being that of the murderer of 'Lin-Why-hee' (Lin wei hsi or Lin wei hi), the original signed by Charles Elliot, the copy docketed as enclosed in a letter of 29 September 1839; a note regarding the membership of the China Trade Committee, 3 April 1840, in the hand of William Jardine; a letter from Walter Macfarlane, London, to William Keswick, 1869; a memorandum from Herbert Magniac [at Canton] regarding a lease, 1826; a memorandum from Howqua and other Chinese merchants to [William] Jardine and other foreign merchants, regarding measures used for broad-cloth; a memorandum regarding the collection of customs revenue by Chinese officials [Hong Kong], 1871; a letter from F. Piñeyro (Piñeiro), Hong Kong, to J.M. Armstrong, 1863; a memorandum of agreement between B.C. Wilcocks and two Chinese carpenters for the rebuilding of factories in the Creek Hong, with a memorandum of the cost of the factories [Canton], 1827; a memorandum regarding a probable fraud perpetuated by Captain White of the 'Margaret'; and 'Regulations for the guidance of foreign merchants trading in the Interior', undated. The documents include reference to Amoon and shipping.
11 items. |
1826–1871 |
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122/1
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Memoranda and accounts: Macao. The documents are in English and Portuguese, and include memoranda regarding weights and shipments of merchandise, including silk and opium; a memorandum of money collected on account of Thomas Hunt; a memorandum of advances to Captain Anderson; memoranda regarding teas from Margesson & Co., including particulars of musters and a statement of the comparative export of scented teas from Canton for the seasons 1869-1871; a memorandum for [James] Matheson regarding the Whampoa hospital accounts, from William Jardine, Macao, 1839; a memorandum from B. Barretto; a memorandum regarding shipping charges on alum; an account from Camillo Souza of Mr Bramston's house at Santo Antonio, Macao; a copy of a memorandum deposited with Jardine, Matheson & Co. of Canton, regarding arrangements to be made on behalf of A. Pearson in favour of Roza Maria Viera of Macao; and a circular regarding a project for a school in Macao, c. 1861. The documents include reference to L. d'Almeida; E. Garretta; Constantino Lopez ; Charles Marjoribanks; B.A. Pereira; Peter Young; 'Amazon'; 'Argonaut'; 'Mazeppa'; education; fabric; insurance; and rice.
c. 75 items. |
1813–1880 |
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122/2
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Memoranda and accounts: Swatow. The documents include statements of exports from Swatow during 1884; memoranda regarding sugar prices, purchases, stocks and samples; a memorandum of breakages, etc., in machinery, 1879; opium sales and stock accounts; memoranda of tea musters; a memorandum of cotton yarn received; a memorandum on the service of T.B. Hooper in Jardine, Matheson & Co.'s employment; a circular from W. Wallace Ward regarding the imposition of an import duty on opium at Swatow, 1860; and a payment order and receipted bills for the 'Gaviota'. The documents include reference to Robert Craig; Alexander Morrison; Thomas Sullivan; Edward Vincent; 'Banshee'; customs; fabric; pilotage; and shipping.
33 items. |
1857–1884 |
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122/3
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Memoranda and accounts: Kiukiang. The documents include memoranda, accounts and statements regarding costs, contracts, purchases, settlements and exports of tea; a memorandum of customs returns of tea shipped from Kiukiang, September 1864; memoranda of advances; an estimate of the crop of green teas for the season 1866-1867; opium sales accounts; a memorandum of imports suitable for the Kiukiang market, 1866; statements of and quotations for imports; tea market reports; registers of sales of piece goods and opium; stock lists of goods and statements of unsold stock; a quarterly list of stores required for the Kiukiang agency, April 1868; memoranda of assets and liabilities; a memorandum of opium shipments from Hankow, August 1866; a comparative statement of receipts from the black tea districts near Kiukiang for the seasons 1866-1870; and tables showing cargo carried by individual companies from Kiukiang for May 1885 and May 1886. The documents include reference to Robert Anderson; Ateong; J.T.M. Ewen; G.H. Styan; and the Koenigsberg Commercial Association.
c. 250 items. |
1862–1886 |
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122/4
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Memoranda and accounts: Hankow. The documents include a memorandum of the cost of a shipment of tobacco, December 1861; a memorandum of amounts making up the balance of Yowloong's account for 1866-1867; a comparative statement of goods sold in Hankow from foreign hands, 1866-1868; memoranda regarding quotations and sales of fabric goods; particulars of tea settlements and memoranda of purchases and shipments of tea; memoranda of assets and liabilities; a list of properties in Hankow under the charge of Henry Beveridge's agency; a memorandum of remittances to Jardine, Matheson & Co. on the private account of Henry Beveridge; a copy of a notice from A. Davenport, temporarily in charge of the British consulate in Hankow, regarding the movements of British residents in Hankow at a time of likely disorder, February 1869; a memorandum of resolutions passed at a meeting of the Hankow General Chamber of Commerce, March 1869, with a notice of the meeting; stock and sales accounts of opium; memoranda regarding the character of teas; comparative memoranda of tea settlements; and memoranda regarding ships, cargoes and freights of the vessels of various shipping companies. The documents include reference to S.J. Gower; E.H. Kenney; Robert Watmore; Drysdale, Ringer & Co.; and piece goods.
c. 300 items; A few documents are in a bad condition.. |
1861–1886 |
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122/5
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Memoranda and accounts: Ningpo. The documents include memoranda regarding import, delivery, stocks and prices of opium; market reports from Davidson & Co.; memoranda regarding comparative weights of opium; and memoranda regarding wages and petty expenses. The documents include reference to F.S. Green and Daniel Patridge.
c. 100 items. |
1854–1878 |
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122/6
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Memoranda and accounts: France. The documents are in English and French, and are dated Lyon, Marseilles and Paris, 1859-1894 and undated, including one document with the paper watermarked 1831. They include accounts of Arlès-Dufour & Co. and Desgrand père & fils with Matheson & Co.; a market report of Henry Fiertz & Co., Marseilles; a statement of the import of Chinese silk into France for 1848-1861; lists of parcels of Jardine, Matheson & Co. remaining unsold by Arlès-Dufour & Co.; memoranda regarding shipments of silk; stock accounts of Arlès-Dufour & Co.; memoranda from Arlès-Dufour & Co. to Jardine, Matheson & Co. regarding silk and cocoons, October 1855, April 1875 and January 1876, including one copy; copies of letters (in French) from A. Mazade, Marseilles, to Matheson & Co., 2 and 5 May 1865, regarding cocoons; and 'Note pour Shanghaë', regarding buyers and quality of silk, May 1884. The documents include reference to Armandy & Co.; Compagnie Lyonnaise d'Assurances Maritimes; and fabric.
c. 125 items. |
circa 1859-circa 1894 |
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122/7
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Memoranda and accounts: Japan. The documents are dated Hiogo, Kanagawa, Nasgasaki, Tokei, Tokyo and Yokohama, and include a memorandum of goods suited for Japan, by William Keswick, 1862; a memorandum regarding the possibility of the seizure of the Takasima mine by the Japanese government, with other memoranda regarding the mine, including a set of additions to the Nagasaki telegraphic code; a memorandum regarding samples of coal supplied by Glover & Co.; memoranda of disbursements of various vessels; memoranda of the cost of shares in the Grand Hotel Limited, Yokohama; memoranda regarding goods shipped and received; an invoice and outturns regarding treasure; a memorandum of agreement regarding the sale of the 'Thales'; a memorandum of sugar samples, and a memorandum regarding the import of Swatow sugar at Yokohama; memoranda of agreement regarding supplies of gold and fabric goods; memoranda of assets and liabilities; a memorandum regarding the calculation of the cost of teas; memoranda regarding Yokohama wages and expenses; memoranda of Henry Gribble & Co.; a memorandum regarding Japanese indigo, from Godai Saiski, 1876; a memorandum of the loss sustained on a shipment of sugar adulterated with lime; memoranda of Japan cotton laid down in Liverpool; and a promissory note signed by Goto Shojiro. The documents include reference to Edward Fischer; S.J. Gower; C.S. Hope; Herbert Smith; Edward Whittall; Canton Insurance Office; Union Insurance Office; 'Reiver'; Nambu; camlet; metal; shipping; and yarn.
c. 125 items. |
1862–1890 |
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122/8
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Memoranda and reports of John Major. The documents are dated Hong Kong and Shanghai, and include a description of boxes of filature silk; a report on samples of cocoons received in tins from France; a memorandum regarding equipment ordered; a proposal for a silk filature, with observations on the price of cocoons; and calculations regarding the Shanghai filature, with remarks on the price yield taken in the calculations.
8 items. |
1860–1862 |
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122/9
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Memoranda and accounts: Tientsin. The documents include reports of sales at Tientsin; a memorandum regarding bags of pepper; a calculation of cargo carried to Tientsin by the 'Appin'; the current account of Jardine, Matheson & Co., as agents of the 'Corea', with Livingston & Co.; the disbursements account of the 'Corea'; a memorandum regarding the 'Pet' at the Taku custom house; and memoranda of wages and petty expenses. The documents include reference to Henry Beveridge; William Gubbins; H.C. Maclean; and shipping.
21 items. |
1862–1877 |
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122/10
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Opium accounts: Lookong. Opium sales accounts, 31 January 1852, and a memorandum of the gross and net weights of two chests of opium, 12 January 1854; dated Lookong. The documents include reference to H.P. Baylis; F.S. Green; Daniel Patridge; 'Falcon'; and 'Hellas'.
6 items. |
31 Jan. 1852–12 Jan. 1854 |
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122/11
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Opium memoranda and accounts: Cumsingmoon. The documents are dated 1848-1856 and undated, and include memoranda regarding the numbering, quality and weight of opium shipments; opium stock accounts; delivery notes for opium; memoranda of opium imported and exported from Cumsingmoon; daily returns of opium; and memoranda of opium clearances by Chinese. The documents include reference to Joseph Jardine; George Langley; William Thom; C. Willson; 'Audax'; 'Cama Family'; 'Falcon'; 'Lady Hayes'; and 'Nimrod'.
c. 100 items. |
circa 1848-circa 1856 |
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122/12
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Memoranda and accounts: Chinkiang. The documents include opium sales accounts; a memorandum regarding receipts of the 'Glengyle'; a memorandum of claims on cargo on steamers of the Indo-China Steam Navigation Co.; memoranda of risks taken in the Canton Insurance Office; a sketch map of property lots in the vicinity of Chinkiang; and memoranda regarding grey shirting. The documents include reference to William Bean; J.M. Canny; Li; A.W. Spencer; fabric and freight.
15 items. |
1864–1885 |
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123/1
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Memoranda and accounts: United States. The documents are dated Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Portland and San Francisco, and include memoranda regarding Augustine Heard & Co.; memoranda regarding the nature, quality and extent of tea purchases to be made in China for American markets; stock and sales accounts for tea; miscellaneous statements, memoranda and accounts regarding business in silk, quicksilver, sugar and other goods; memoranda of gold values of tea; memoranda from Daniel Gibb & Co. and Edwards & Balley, of San Francisco, regarding imports from China, the Far East and other places; a memorandum regarding the manufacture of matting from patterns forwarded by Howland & Aspinwall of New York; statements of Parrott & Co. regarding receipts and exports of quicksilver; memoranda from E. Pavenstedt & Co. to Elles & Co., regarding investments in tea; a table of code words used to express offers and orders for goods by Henry Schmidt; memoranda regarding auction sales; price lists of glassware shipped from New York to China and Japan; memoranda of occupants and rents of the Federal Building, San Francisco; a memorandum regarding the loss and damage to a shipment of petroleum from New York to Yokohama; and newspaper cuttings and other printed items, including one from a Hong Kong paper. The documents include reference to James Montgomery; Oliphant; John L. Stroub; Auffm, Ordt & Co.; Corbitt & Macleay; Everett & Co.; 'Portland'; auctioneering; cassia; coffee; fabric; mercury; property; and Amoy.
c. 300 items. |
1826–1881 |
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123/2
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Memoranda and accounts: Amoy. The documents include memoranda regarding the cost of tea; particulars of tea and sugar musters; statements of tea exports; reports of imports, exports, sales, averages and stocks of opium; stock and sales accounts for opium; 'Provisional Rules for Steamers trading regularly at Amoy' (possibly c. 1862); a memorandum regarding iron work required for new godowns; a memorandum regarding the career of M. Fitzgibbon, 1832-1860; circulars from the British Consulate in Amoy regarding building works and opium regulations; a memorandum regarding contracts and shipments of sugar on account of Jardine, Matheson & Co.; a memorandum of charters made; statistics on the movement of Persian opium, 1867-1868; a memorandum regarding cotton landed; and a letter from Henry Smith to William Keswick, 1869. The documents include reference to J. Backhouse; Henry Beveridge; Boyd & Co.; R.M. McMurdo; C.H. Russ; Dodd & Co.; Elles & Co.; Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation; Tait & Co.; diplomacy; fabric; property; and shipping.
c. 175 items. |
1853–1877 |
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123/3
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Memoranda and accounts: Australia and New Zealand. The documents are dated Christchurch, Dunedin, Fremantle, Greymouth, Melbourne, Newcastle, Perth, Sydney and York, and include stock and sales accounts for tea; a notice of an auction sale of tea; indents, orders and memoranda regarding the purchase of tea and other goods in China; lists and memoranda of teas suitable for shipment to Melbourne, and miscellaneous other memoranda regarding the tea trade; memoranda of coal shipments from Newcastle; 'List of Documents and Papers forwarded to Messrs Jardine Matheson & Co. of Hong Kong, relative to the claim of Mr D.M. Joubert of Sydney against the French ship l'Entreprise of Nantes, Captn Briancon', c. 1850; a memorandum from J.O. Moody to Henry Henty regarding aspects of the tea trade, Melbourne, October 1881 (2 copies); a telegram from Henty to 'Barretts' (possibly B.A. Barretto), Manila, routed via Hong Kong, 1872; memoranda regarding the preparation of gold bars at the Royal Mint, Sydney; and a testimonial in favour of Lawrence Le Guay(?) from Fred Trouton, Sydney, 1892. The documents include reference to Robert Harper; Samuel Lyons; W.E. Marmion; J.H. Monger; Montagu Pym; Brown & Co.; Edwards & Hunter; Fraser & Co.; James Henty & Co.; Neill & Co.; Hobart; auctioneering; and metal.
c. 200 items. |
1834–1892 |
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123/4
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Memoranda on shipments to Tientsin and Chefoo. Memoranda requesting receipts from Jardine, Matheson & Co., as agents for the China Coast Steam Navigation Co., for goods shipped to Tientsin and Chefoo; dated Hong Kong. There is also a similar memorandum addressed to the agents of the Shanghae Steam Navigation Co., 1876.
19 items. |
1875–1876 |
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123/5
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Memoranda and accounts: Manila. The documents are in English and Spanish, and include memoranda of charges on goods; a memorandum regarding a cargo of rice; a statement of the affairs of John Shillaber; a deed of co-partnership between Eugenio de Otadui, John Shillaber and James Adam Smith, 8 November 1838; a proposed circular regarding the continued existence of E. de Otadui & Co., in contradiction of an advertisement issued by James Adam Smith (2 copies); a bill for provisions presented to Sir Thomas Cochrane; an instrument of protest and declaration made by the master and two other crew members of the 'Aallotar', 1865; a memorandum headed 'Manila Mint', regarding the purity and value of gold; invoices and memoranda regarding B.A. Barretto & Co.; and a memorandum of insurance policies covering property in Mandaloyan, 1894. The documents include reference to Thomas Cochrane; Samuel Jeremiah Foster; G. Mackrill Smith; Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation; Smith, Macleod & Co.; 'Aallotar'; coconut oil; diplomacy; and shipping.
c. 35 items. |
1834–1894 |
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123/6
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Memoranda and accounts: Formosa. The documents are dated Tamsui and Takao, and include opium sales accounts and statements of estimated stocks and sales of opium; a judgement of a naval court held at Takao to investigate the grounding of the 'Ettrick'; a memorandum regarding the cost of Takao sugar; a contract made by Thomas Sullivan for building a godown at Tamsui; a memorandum regarding saltpetre damaged by saltwater (2 copies); memoranda regarding the export of tea from Tamsui; memoranda of stores wanted for the 'Adventure'; a statement of the assets of Dodd & Co.; and a memorandum of prices current at Formosa. The documents include reference to John Lamont; Alexander Morrison; Thomas Sullivan; Alfred Roper; George Rorie; Milisch & Co.; and diplomacy.
23 items. |
1860–1878 |
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123/7
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Coal stock accounts of Thomas Wallace. The accounts possibly originate from Hong Kong.
14 items. |
1862–1867 |
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123/8
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Memoranda on bullion and treasure. Memoranda of R. Hodge regarding treasure, sycee and bullion, dated Hong Kong. The documents include reference to gold and silver.
16 items. |
1866–1867 |
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123/9
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Memoranda and accounts: Chefoo. The documents include stock and sales accounts of opium; a memorandum of charges on opium; a memorandum and account of return freight, regarding Fergusson & Co.; a memorandum of cost and outturn of sundry remittances; particulars of treasure; statements of imports; and 'Statistics of the Port of Chefoo for 1864'. The documents include reference to Daniel Patridge; George Thomson; Wilson, Cornabé & Co.; 'Lanrick'; cotton; and fabric.
24 items. |
1861–1870 |
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123/10
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Tea memoranda and orders: Canada. The documents are dated Montreal and Victoria, and include remarks on samples of teas; orders for shipments of teas from Gillespie, Moffatt & Co. and Henry Rhodes & Co.; and memoranda regarding sales of tea.
17 items. |
1863–1875 |
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123/11
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Memoranda and accounts: Europe. The documents are in Danish, English and Spanish, and are dated Cadiz, Copenhagen, Hamburg and Rotterdam. They include a circular regarding the design and regulations of a signal flag, Copenhagen; a memorandum from E. August Apel, Hamburg, to Jardine, Matheson & Co., Hong Kong; and memoranda regarding sales of tea in Rotterdam. The documents include reference to Turing & Co.
11 items. |
1827–1880 |
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123/12
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Miscellaneous memoranda and accounts. The documents are in English, French, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish, and are dated Bushire, Campeche, Chin Chew, Chusan, Constantinople, Galle, Guatemala, Honam, Lima, Mazatlán, Namoa, Pakhoi, Papeete, Penang, Pernambuco, Rangoon, Saigon, Singapore, Suez, Tuticorin, Woosung and elsewhere. They include a printed extract of a letter from the P. & O. agent at Suez; a memorandum from Rear-Admiral George Elliot regarding truce arrangements, Chusan, 1840; a memorandum regarding Yezd and Isfahan opium, with statements of shipments of Persian opium; a statement of teas settled, Honam, 1858; a memorandum of the cost of silver bars, Mazatlán, 1854; a memorandum of 'Occurrences in Chin Chew Bay', regarding opium trading, undated; opium accounts, Chin Chew and Woosung; a memorandum regarding charges on cotton, Pakhoi; a bill for the 'Cumberland' for charges incurred at Lima; a memorandum of charters and settlements, Saigon; an order of tea to be shipped to Lima; a memorandum of sales in bond in Valparaiso; orders from New York and San Francisco for silk from Guatemala and Campeche; and copies of telegrams received from Jardine, Matheson & Co. by Todd, Findlay & Co., Rangoon. The documents include reference to Brown & Co.; Howland & Aspinwall; Parrott & Co.; India; and the First China War.
c. 40 items. |
1831–1879 |
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123/13
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Papers on relations between Chinese and foreigners. Copies of correspondence and memoranda regarding relations between foreigners and the Chinese authorities around Lintin and Canton. The documents include reference to Herbert Magniac; Howqua; Luychow; Tao kuang; Denmark; diplomacy; and opium. 'From Hoppo Chung against ships remaining at Lintin - dated May 6th, recd 9th, 1831.'. 'Order from Governor Le, with respect to Mrs Kierulf's coming to Canton.- Dated at Luychow, May 16th recd at Canton, June 5th 1831.'. 'Paper received by express on July 24, 1831 by Choo acting Governor of Canton, directed against the introduction of opium.'. 'Letter from the Hong Merchants Dated August 2nd 1831 addressed to Mr [William] Jardine.'. 'Order from Choo... to the Hong Merchants,- concerning the homicide committed at Lintin, on the 15th March, current - Dated 1st August 1831.'. 'Note from the Hong Merchants dated Aug[ust] 16 - Recd 18 - 1831. Lintin Homicide.'. 'Note from the Hong Merchants, communicating the Hoppo's order, concerning the Lintin homicide - Dated 7th August 1831.'. 'From... Choo concerning the Lintin Homicide, dated Sepr 9th recd at Macao the 13th 1831.'. 'Evidence of the Pilots concerning the Lintin Homicide.'. 'An order from Choo... and Fooyuen concerning the Lintin Homicide... Dated 5th recd 7th Novr [1831].'. A list of accused.
11 items. |
May 1831-Nov. 1831 |
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123/14
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Letters from 'S. Thomasen'. Letters from Santiago Thomasen (pseudonym of Sir James Matheson), undated (possibly 1830s-1840s).
8 items. |
circa 1830-circa 1849 |
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123/15
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Memo. of correspondence with James Matheson. 'Copy from my [note?]book': a memorandum of correspondence with James Matheson, dated 20 February 1835. The copy is undated.
1 item. |
circa 1835 |
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124
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Memoranda and accounts: India.
c. 750 items; Fair condition, but a few items have damage from the ink.. |
1823–1881 |
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125
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Registers of sales of produce. Registers of sales of produce effected by Matheson & Co. for account of Jardine, Matheson & Co., mostly regarding tea and silk; dated London.
c. 1,100 items. |
1863–1881 |
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126
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Memoranda and accounts: Great Britain.
c. 850 items; Fair condition, but a small number of items have some damage from the ink or by insects.. |
1830–1899 |
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127/1
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Memoranda of costs of goods: Canton. The documents relate mainly to tea and silk. They include reference to G. Mackrill Smith; cassia; fabric; oil; preserves; silver; soy; sycee; treasure; and umbrellas.
c. 750 items. |
1862–1880 |
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127/2
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Schedules of drafts. Schedules of drafts drawn on Jardine, Matheson & Co. by Alexander Forbes Angus, dated Foochow.
c. 200 items. |
1875–1880 |
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127/3
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Returns for opium and specie. Daily returns regarding opium and specie, with related balances and memoranda, some concerning Matheson & Co. and some relating to liabilities and assets; 1871 and undated (possibly from Hong Kong). The documents include reference to Thomas Glover; Herbert Smith; metal; silver; and sycee.
c. 325 items. |
circa 1871 |
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127/4
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Memoranda of cargo landed at Hong Kong. Memoranda of cargo landed at Hong Kong from the 'State of Alabama' from London.
35 items. |
circa Dec. 1877 |
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127/5
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Memorandum on damaged cotton. Two copies of a memorandum regarding damage to a shipment of cotton, dated Canton. The documents include reference to Christopher Fearon; William Haylett; Joseph Hollingworth; Kingqua; John Laurence; Roe; and Magniac & Co.
2 items. |
17 Nov. 1830 |
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128
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Memoranda and accounts: Canton.
1 box (c. 400 items). |
1820–1896 |
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129
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Memoranda and accounts: Foochow and River Min.
2 boxes (c. 2,000 items). |
1853–1885 |
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130
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Memoranda and accounts: Shanghai.
2 boxes (c. 1,400 items). |
1846–1895 |
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131
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Miscellaneous memoranda and accounts.
5 boxes + 1 envelope (c. 3,750 items); Most items are in a fair condition, but some have damage from the ink or by insects.. |
1813–1909 |
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132
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Bills of lading: Great Britain.
1 box (c. 1,100 items). |
1822–1889 |
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133
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Bills of lading: Singapore.
1 box (c. 750 items). |
1825–1875 |
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134
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Bills of lading: Shanghai.
2 boxes (c. 1,850 items). |
1844–1889 |
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135/1
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Bills of lading: Australia and New Zealand. Bills of lading from Champion Bay, Fremantle, Lyttelton, Melbourne, Newcastle (New South Wales), Port Adelaide, Sharks Bay, Sydney and Wellington, with invoices and bills of exchange. The documents include reference to J.H. Monger.
c. 150 items. |
1848–1888 |
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135/2
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Bills of lading: Philippines.
6 bundles + 1 envelope (c. 500 items). |
1826–1879 |
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135/3
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Bills of lading: Japan. Bills of lading from Hiogo, Kobe, Kanagawa, Nagasaki and Yokohama (in English and German), with receipts for goods for shipment and freight lists. The documents include reference to the 'Banshee'; fabric; and silk.
c. 75 items. |
1862–1888 |
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135/4
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Miscellaneous bills of lading. Bills of lading from Antwerp, Bangkok, Batavia, Batoum, Bordeaux, Boulogne, Bremen, Bushire, Constantinople, Hamburg, Le Havre, Honolulu, Hué, Leghorn, Lisborn, Macassar, Malta, Marseilles, Moulmein, Naples, Paris, Penang, Point de Galle, Port Louis, Rangoon, Rotterdam, Samarang, Smyrna, Suez, Sourabaya and elsewhere (in English, French, German and Portuguese), with a receipt for goods for shipment and an invoice. The documents include reference to Lyon.
c. 200 items. |
1824–1888 |
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135/5
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Bills of lading: Foochow.
c. 750 items. |
1858–1888 |
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135/6
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Bills of lading: Saigon. Bills of lading, with receipts for goods for shipment and an invoice. The documents include reference to Behre & Co.; the 'Orloff'; and the 'Suwo Nada'.
c. 130 items. |
1867–1871 |
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136
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Bills of lading: United States.
1 box (c. 550 items). |
1837–1874 |
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137
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Bills of lading: China.
2 boxes (c. 1,700 items). |
1821–1884 |
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138
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Bills of lading: India.
5 boxes (c. 10,000 items). |
1814–1904 |
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139
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Bills of lading and mate's receipts: Hong Kong.
5 boxes (c. 4,000 items). |
1839–1897 |
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140
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Miscellaneous bills of lading. Bills of lading from Amoy, Bombay, Calcutta, Canton, Hong Kong, Lintin, Penang, Singapore, Tuticorin, Penang, Shanghai and Smyrna. Most of the bills are from India, relate to shipments of opium, and are from the 1850s and 1860s. The documents include reference to London and specie.
2 boxes (c. 2,000 items); Bad condition.. |
1823–1885 |
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141/1
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Bills of exchange. Bills of exchange (mostly 'thirds') from Canton, Foochow, Hong Kong, Kiukiang and London (in English and French).
1 bundle. |
1866 |
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141/2
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Characters and valuations of silk. Copies (including press copies) of characters and valuations of silk from Canton, Nagasaki, Shanghai and Yokohama. There are also memoranda regarding working numbers of bales of silk.
1 bundle. |
1866–1871 |
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141/3
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Characters and valuations of tea. Copies (including press copies) of characters and valuations of tea from Amoy, Canton, Foochow, Hong Kong and Shanghai. There are also accounts of costs of duties paid on tea.
1 bundle. |
1870–1871 |
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141/4
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Indents. Press copies of indents, Hong Kong and no place, mostly copies of orders regarding businesses in India.
1 bundle. |
1859 |
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141/5
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Invoices from London. Copies of invoices from London relating to shipments of provisions and sundry goods to China, 1841. The shippers include William Felgate, William Henry Scarnett and John Thacker. There is also a letter from Hyde, Lenox & Co., London, 1839; a certificate regarding the contents of two cases of silk piece goods, London, 1841; and a statement of the stocks of tea in Great Britain at the close of each year from 1833 to 1842.
1 bundle. |
1833–1842 |
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141/6
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Invoices for tea and silk. Copies of invoices from Foochow, Shanghai and Yokohama for tea and silk, including press copies.
1 bundle. |
1877 |
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141/7
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Sales accounts: Hong Kong. Press copies of sales accounts, mostly regarding fabrics and yarn, with related invoices.
1 bundle. |
1877–1878 |
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141/8
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Sales registers: Shanghai. Duplicates and triplicates of registers of sales of goods.
15 items. |
1867–1868 |
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141/9
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Shipping accounts: Shanghai. Copies (mostly press copies) of current accounts of the captains, owners and charterers of vessels with Jardine, Matheson & Co., dated Shanghai.
1 bundle. |
1873–1875 |
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141/10
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Miscellaneous accounts. Press copies of accounts from Hong Kong, London and New York, many relating to Glover & Co.; Glover, Dow & Co.; Jardine, Matheson & Co.; William Keswick; Howland & Aspinwall; and Matheson & Co. There is also a memorandum of payments in Singapore on account of the steamer 'United Service', Hong Kong, 1869.
1 bundle. |
1867–1869 |
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142/1
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Current accounts of Jardine Matheson. Press copies of current accounts of branches of Jardine, Matheson & Co. with other branches and with other individuals and companies, including Elles & Co.; E. Pavenstedt & Co.; Ryle Holme; C.F. Hooper; Jardine, Skinner & Co.; Thomas Robertson; and W.R. Scott & Co.
1 bundle; Fair to poor condition, including damage from the ink and by insects.. |
1877–1880 |
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142/2
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Current accounts of Augustine Heard & Co. A small set of press copies of current accounts of various individuals with Augustine Heard & Co., relating to the S.S. 'Suwo Nada'; dated Hong Kong.
1 bundle; Fair to moderate condition, including damage by insects.. |
31 Dec. 1866 |
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142/3
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Current accounts of the Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank Corporation. Press copies of current accounts of the Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation with Jardine, Matheson & Co., Yokohama, and Jardine Matheson, Nagasaki Branch Agency.
1 bundle; Fair to poor condition, with damage by insects.. |
1877–1880 |
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142/4
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Current accounts of organisations. Press copies of current accounts of various companies and other organisations with Jardine, Matheson & Co., including the Alliance Assurance Co.; B.A. Barretto & Co.; Bombay Insurance Society; Howland & Aspinwall; Jardine, Skinner & Co.; Koenigsberg Commercial Association; Margesson & Co.; Ocean Marine Insurance Co. of Bombay; Oriental Sugar Refinery; Takasima Mine; Triton Insurance Co.; and Valdeavellano & Co.
1 bundle; Fair to poor condition (mostly fair), including damage from the ink.. |
1871–1880 |
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142/5
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Current accounts of ships. Press copies of current accounts of captains, owners, charterers and shareholders of ships with Augustine Heard & Co.; Browne & Co.; Ryle Holme; Jardine, Matheson & Co.; Jardine, Skinner & Co.; and W.R. Scott & Co. The vessels featured are the 'Adventure', 'Argyll', 'Champion of the Sea', 'Meishin Maru', 'Moray', 'Nelson', 'Ocean', 'Ping On', 'Sophie', 'Suez', 'Suwonada', 'Undine' and 'Venice'.
1 bundle; Fair to moderate condition, with damage from the ink and by insects.. |
1866–1880 |
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142/6
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Current accounts of ships. Copies (mostly press copies) of current accounts of shipowners with Jardine Matheson, Shanghai, with memoranda and a few current accounts of Jardine, Matheson & Co. with other companies.
1 bundle; Fair to poor condition, including damage by insects.. |
May 1875-Apr. 1876 |
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142/7
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Current accounts of ships. Copies (mostly press copies) of current accounts of captains, owners and charterers of vessels with Jardine Matheson, Yokohama.
1 bundle; Fair to poor condition, including damage by insects.. |
May 1877-Apr. 1878 |
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142/8
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Current accounts of individuals. Press copies of current accounts of various individuals with Jardine, Matheson & Co., including A.F. Angus, Awei, Thomasia J. Bramston, Mrs E.C. Day, William George Dickson M.D., George Dundell, R.F. Hamilton, S.G. Gower, Archdeacon Gray, John Bell-Irving, F.B. Johnson, J.J. Keswick, William Keswick, James Macandrew, G.F. Maclean, Robert McMurdo, Maulong, William Paterson, C.G. Perceval, John Robinson, George Mackrill Smith, Camillo L. Souza, Suignam, R.G. Webster, Matilda White, Edward Whittall, James Whittall, John Wilson and Richard Woosnam.
1 bundle; Fair to poor condition, including damage from the ink.. |
1873–1880 |
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142/9
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Current accounts of estates. A small set of press copies of the Hong Kong current accounts of various estates with Jardine, Matheson & Co. and others, including the estates of Mrs C.J. Bolton, John Lamont, M.A. Macleod and R.S. Walker.
1 bundle. |
1873–1876 |
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142/10
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Miscellaneous current accounts. A small set of miscellaneous current accounts, dated Hong Kong and Nagasaki, many incomplete or illegible.
1 bundle; Fair to moderate condition, including faded writing and damage by insects.. |
circa 1866-circa 1878 |
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143/1
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Sales accounts: Foochow. Press copies of sales accounts of goods sold for account of Jardine, Matheson & Co.
1 bundle. |
1879–1880 |
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143/2
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Sales accounts: Hong Kong. Press copies of sales accounts of goods transported to Hong Kong and sold there for account of various companies.
1 bundle; Fair to moderate condition (mostly fair), with damage from the ink and by insects.. |
1879 |
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143/3
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Sales accounts: Hong Kong. Press copies of sales accounts of goods transported to Hong Kong and sold there for account of various companies, with some accounts currents of companies with Jardine, Matheson & Co., as well as invoices.
1 bundle; Fair to bad condition, with damage by insects and more extensive damage from the ink.. |
1880 |
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143/4
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Sales accounts: Hong Kong. Press copies of sales accounts of goods transported to Hong Kong and sold there for account of various companies, with related invoices and memoranda.
1 bundle; Fair to poor condition (mainly fair), including damage from the ink.. |
1881 |
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143/5
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Sales accounts: Shanghai. Copies (mostly press copies) of sales accounts for opium and coal sold for account of various companies.
1 bundle. |
circa 1867 |
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143/6
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Sales accounts: Japan. Press copies of sales accounts of various goods, dated Kobe, Nagasaki and Yokohama.
1 bundle; Fair condition, but some faded writing and damage from the ink and by insects.. |
1867–1880 |
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143/7
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Sales accounts: India. A small set of press copies of sales accounts of gold bars and sugar sold for account of Jardine, Matheson & Co., dated Bombay and Calcutta.
1 bundle. |
1877–1880 |
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143/8
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Sales accounts: Lyon. Copies (including press copies) of sales accounts of silk transported via Marseilles and sold at Lyon, Marseilles and Milan for account of Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong and Shanghai, dated Lyon, with various accounts current held with Jardine, Matheson & Co. for silk exported to Lyon, dated Hong Kong.
1 bundle; Fair to poor condition, including damage by insects.. |
May 1875-June 1876 |
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143/9
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Sales accounts: Lyon. Press copies of sales accounts of Arlès-Dufour & Co., Lyon, for silk received via Marseilles and sold for account of the Hong Kong, Shanghai and Yokohama Offices of Jardine, Matheson & Co.
1 envelope; Fair condition, but some faded writing.. |
1878–1879 |
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143/10
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Sales accounts: London and Lyon. Press copies of sales accounts of goods sold for account of Jardine, Matheson & Co., mainly tea at London and silk at Lyon.
1 bundle; Fair condition, but some faded items and damage by damp.. |
1879–1881 |
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143/11
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Sales accounts: United States. Press copies of sales accounts of tea and sugar sold for account of Jardine, Matheson & Co., dated New York and San Francisco.
1 bundle; Fair condition, but some damage from the ink.. |
1877–1879 |
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143/12
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Sales accounts: Australia. Press copies of sales accounts of Fraser & Co., George King & Co., Greig and Murray, James Henty & Co., and other firms for tea and sugar, sold mainly for account of Jardine, Matheson & Co., dated Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney.
1 envelope; Fair to poor condition, including damage from the ink.. |
1877–1880 |
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144/1
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Characters and valuations of tea and silk. Copies (mostly press copies) of characters and valuations of tea and silk shipped to Christchurch (New Zealand), Hong Kong, London, Lyon, Marseilles, Milan, New York, Rotterdam, San Francisco and Wellington; dated Canton, Foochow, Shanghai and Yokohama.
1 envelope. |
1872 |
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144/2
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Characters and valuations of tea and silk. Copies (mostly press copies) of characters and valuations of tea and silk shipped primarily to London, but also to Lyon and New York; dated Canton, Foochow, Hankow, Shanghai and Yokohama.
1 envelope; Fair to moderate condition, including damage from the ink and by insects.. |
Mar. 1873-Dec. 1873 |
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144/3
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Characters and valuations of tea and silk. Copies (mostly press copies) of characters and valuations of tea and silk shipped to London and Lyon, with invoices, memoranda and reports; dated Canton, Foochow and Shanghai.
1 bundle. |
Mar. 1874-Dec. 1874 |
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144/4
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Characters and valuations of tea and silk. Copies (mostly press copies) of characters and valuations of tea and silk shipped to London, Lyon, Marseilles and Rotterdam, some or all on account of Jardine, Matheson & Co., with invoices and memoranda of classification. The documents are dated at various places, including Canton, Foochow, Hankow, London, Shanghai and Yokohama.
1 bundle; Fair condition, but some damage by insects.. |
Jan. 1874-Sep. 1876 |
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144/5
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Characters and valuations of tea and silk. Copies (including press copies) of characters and valuations of tea and silk shipped to London, Marseilles, Rotterdam and elsewhere on account of Jardine, Matheson & Co. and others, with related memoranda and reports; dated Canton, Foochow, Hankow, Macao, Shanghai and Yokohama.
1 bundle. |
Apr. 1875-Nov. 1876 |
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144/6
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Characters and valuations of tea and silk. Copies (mostly press copies) of characters and valuations of tea and silk shipped to London, Marseilles, New York and Rotterdam, some or all on account of Jardine, Matheson & Co., with related memoranda; dated Amoy, Canton, Foochow, Macao, Shanghai and Yokohama.
1 bundle; Fair condition, but some damage from the ink.. |
Dec. 1875-Jan. 1877 |
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145/1
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Characters and valuations of tea and silk. Copies (mostly press copies) of characters and valuations of tea and silk shipped to London, Lyon, Marseilles and elsewhere, with memoranda, reports and other items; dated Amoy, Canton, Foochow, Shanghai and Yokohama.
1 bundle. |
Jan. 1877-Jan. 1878 |
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145/2
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Characters and valuations of tea and silk. Copies (including press copies) of characters and valuations of tea and silk shipped from the East on account of Jardine, Matheson & Co., mainly silk to Lyon and Marseilles and tea to London, with related memoranda.
1 bundle. |
1878 |
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145/3
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Characters and valuations of tea and silk. Copies (mainly press copies) of characters and valuations of tea and silk shipped to London, Lyon, Marseilles, Melbourne, New York and Rotterdam on account of Jardine, Matheson & Co. and others; dated at various places, including Canton, Foochow, Hankow, Kiukiang, Shanghai and Yokohama.
1 bundle; Fair condition, but some damage from the ink.. |
Nov. 1880-Dec. 1881 |
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145/4
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Payment orders. Payments orders from or to B.A. Barretto and James Ryan, Canton, including some from Jardine, Matheson & Co.; John Burd; David Cushman; A. Molbye; Heejeebhoy Rustomjee; and John Shillaber. Many of the orders are from Barretto and Ryan to Comprador Ayun. There are also a few receipts and other documents. A few items are in Spanish.
1 bundle; Fair condition, but some damage by insects.. |
1839–1840 |
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145/5
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Orders for goods. Copies (including press copies) of letters and extracts of letters to Jardine, Matheson & Co., with indents, relating to orders to Galle and Madras for tea and silk. The wrapper is labelled 'Orders for 1856'.
1 envelope; Bad condition, with damage by insects.. |
1856 |
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145/6
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Invoices from Macao. A small set of invoices of goods shipped by Jardine, Matheson & Co. on board the 'General Kyd' and brig 'Maryland', dated Macao, April and November 1843. There is also a record of account sale charges and net proceeds for the sale of sandalwood, Macao, 10 April 1843.
1 bundle; Fair condition, but some damage by insects.. |
Apr. 1843-Nov. 1843 |
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145/7
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Invoices for tea and silk. Copies (mainly press copies) of invoices from Shanghai for tea and silk shipped to London and Lyon, mostly consigned to Matheson & Co.
1 bundle; Fair condition, but some damage by insects.. |
1874–1875 |
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145/8
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Trial balances: Yokohama. Press copies of trial balances, dated Yokohama.
1 bundle. |
1877–1881 |
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146/1
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Freight lists: Foochow. Press copies of freight lists for voyages of the steamships 'Dragon', 'Europe', 'Haining' and 'Nanzing', with accounts current of the ships' captains with P.G. Laurie; dated Foochow.
1 envelope; Fair to bad condition, with damage by insects and more extensive damage from the ink.. |
May 1874-May 1875 |
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146/2
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Freight lists: Foochow. Press copies of freight lists for voyages of the steamships 'Dragon', 'Europe', 'Haining', 'Taku' and 'Thales', dated Foochow.
1 bundle; Fair-bad condition (mostly fair), with damage from the ink and by insects.. |
May 1875-Mar. 1876 |
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146/3
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Freight lists: Foochow. Press copies of freight lists for voyages of the steamships 'Appin', 'Europe' and 'Haining' to Shanghai and (sometimes) Wenchow, dated Foochow.
1 bundle; Fair to moderate condition, including damage by insects.. |
May 1877-Apr. 1878 |
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146/4
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Accounts of steamers. Copies (mainly press copies) of accounts of steamers with W. Paterson and P.G. Laurie, Foochow, mostly for the S.S. 'Dragon', but also for the steamships 'Haining', 'Nanzing' and 'Yuentzefei'; dated Foochow.
1 bundle; Fair to poor condition, including damage from the ink and more serious damage by insects.. |
6 May 1873–23 Apr. 1874 |
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146/5
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Accounts and invoices of Elles & Co. Press copies of accounts of Jardine, Matheson & Co. with Elles & Co., Amoy, for sugar and tea, with invoices for the shipment of these goods. There are also four letters from Elles & Co. to Jardine, Matheson & Co.; accounts of the captain and owners of S.S. 'Glenorchy' with Elles & Co.; and a few related documents.
1 envelope; Fair condition, but some damage by insects.. |
Apr. 1877-Dec. 1877 |
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146/6
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Cash accounts: Yokohama. Copies and press copies of cash accounts, including the Compradore's cash account.
1 bundle; Fair condition, but some damage by insects.. |
Jan. 1880-Apr. 1880 |
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146/7
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Wharf accounts: Shanghai. Press copies of cash statements and statements of earnings and expenditure for the Old Ningpo Wharf, March-September 1895 (dated Shanghai, April-October 1895), and the Pootung & Tungkadoo Wharves, Shanghai, and the Shanghai, Hongkew & Jardine's Associated Wharves, March-November 1895 (dated Shanghai, March-November 1895).
1 envelope. |
1895 |
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146/8
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Miscellaneous accounts and other papers. Miscellaneous accounts current, account sales, bills of lading, invoices and other documents for various goods, dated Bombay, Calcutta, Honolulu, London, Lyon, Madras, Malta, Marseilles, Melbourne, New York, Penang, San Francisco and Sydney. Many of the documents relate to Jardine, Matheson & Co., but some concern other companies, including James Henty & Co. and Jardine, Skinner & Co. Most of the items are copies (mainly press copies), but there also some original documents. A few items are in French.
1 bundle; Fair to moderate condition, including damage from the ink.. |
1859–1861 |
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146/9
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Miscellaneous accounts. Press copies of miscellaneous accounts, dated Foochow, London, Nagasaki, Shanghai and Yokohama.
1 bundle; Fair-moderate condition, including damage from the ink and by insects.. |
1877–1880 |
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146/10
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Inventory of Augustine Heard & Co. An undated inventory of Augustine Heard & Co.'s furniture and effects, Canton.
1 envelope. |
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147
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Miscellaneous memoranda and accounts. Originals, copies and press copies of miscellaneous financial documents, including accounts, balance sheets, memoranda, receipts, statements and other items. The papers are dated at various places, including Amoy, Calcutta, Canton, Foochow, Hong Kong, Macao, Nagasaki, New York, Shanghai, Singapore and Yokohama.
1 box; Fair to poor condition (mostly fair), including faded writing and damage from the ink and by insects.. |
circa 1839-circa 1887 |
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148/1
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Inventory of the 'Lady Hayes'. An inventory of the stores, etc., of the 'Lady Hayes' when delivered to Captain Strachan, dated Tong San.
1 item. |
2 Apr. 1840 |
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148/2
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Inventory of the 'Harriet'. An undated inventory of the stores of the schooner 'Harriet'.
1 item. |
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148/3
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Testimonials and character references. Manuscript copies of testimonials and character references:. 1. A letter of good character for Dr A. Gregg by citizens of Whampoa, 12 March 1855. 2. A testimonial for William Dixon, clerk and storekeeper, by Dangar, Gilchrist & Co., Sydney, 24 January 1864. 3. Two testimonials for Edward Verril by the Daily Press Office, Hong Kong, 5 July 1866, and Talbot & Co., Hong Kong, 1 May 1867. 4. A character reference for John Burnett Jack, clerk, by Arch. Stewart & Co., Glasgow, March 1884.
1 bundle. |
1847–1884 |
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148/4
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Statements on imports and exports. Statements regarding imports and exports of cotton, crops, opium, silk, specie, sugar, tea, treasure and other goods from Australia, Batavia, China, France, Great Britain, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
1 envelope. |
1848–1912 |
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148/5
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Papers on Robert Webster's estate. Accounts, bills, receipts and other papers relating to the late Robert Webster of Shanghai and his estate, including a few items in Chinese. The documents include lists of the results of sales of Webster's furniture and other belongings and the account current of Webster's estate with Augustine Heard & Co. The papers are in a badly-damaged envelope addressed to Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, and labelled 'Papers relating to Mr Webster's Estate'.
1 envelope. |
1849 |
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148/6
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Profit and loss accounts. Manuscript profit and loss accounts of Jardine, Matheson & Co. for the years 1848/49, 1849/50 (2), 1850/51, 1851/52, 1852/53, 1853/54, 1854/55, 1855/56 (2), 1856/57 (2), 1857/58 and 1858/59, dated Hong Kong, June 1849-June 1859. There are also undated tables of accounts for opium, cotton, sugar, tea, bullion, saltpetre, silk, rice and copper cash for the years 1848/49 to 1858/59.
1 envelope. |
1849–1859 |
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148/7
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Yearly balance sheets. Manuscript yearly balance sheets of Jardine, Matheson & Co., 30 June 1850-30 June 1859. There are two copies of the first balance sheet. There is also the account current of the Reserve Fund with Jardine, Matheson & Co., Hong Kong, 30 June 1859.
1 envelope. |
1850–1859 |
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148/8
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Accounts of Joseph Jardine. Manuscript accounts of Joseph Jardine, with related letters and other papers:. 1. Accounts current of Joseph Jardine with Matheson & Co., London, December 1852-December 1859, either annexed to or accompanied by covering letters from the firm to Jardine in Hong Kong, February 1853-February 1860, and including some original envelopes. 2. Account of Joseph Jardine with a saddlers, whip and harness-makers, 1851. 3. Letter from Andrew Glover (factor on the Lanrick and Castlemilk estates) to Joseph Jardine, Hong Kong, 12 January 1858, regarding the factory accounts of the Castlemilk estate. 4. Letter from Andrew Glover, Lanrick Castle, to Joseph Jardine, Hong Kong, January 1858, explaining in detail the factory accounts of the Castlemilk estate for the years ending 31 December 1855 and 31 December 1856, and including the original envelope. 5. General game certificate of Joseph Jardine for the year 1852, issued by Donald Lamont, Surveyor of Assessed Taxes, Dumfries, 16 August 1852. 6. 'Note of Particulars of the Estate of Warmanbie in the Parish of Anna & County of Dumfries, the Property of [D.A.] Carruthers Esq.', 26 March 1857. 7. Bills of exchange in favour of either Jardine, Matheson & Co. or Arthur Paget, 1857-1859. 8. Two receipts for payments made jointly by Andrew Jardine and Hugh Mackay Matheson for their share in New £3 per Cent. Annuities, 4 May 1859. 9. Two copies of a report of an examination of a grey gelding, 11 October 1851. 10. Letter from Andrew Glover to Joseph Jardine, 12 September 1852, containing a list of books 'as I think will minister to your appetite for old ballads, proverbs and legends', with the original envelope. 11. 'Recipe for the Bale fruit wine' by P. Young, Seamens Hospital, Hong Kong, undated.
1 envelope. |
1851–1860 |
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148/9
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Printed testimonials and character references. Printed testimonials and character references for seamen and other workers: . 1. A sheet listing and describing documents of 1850-1853 speaking in favour of the work of Robert Marchant, engineer, undated, presumably prepared for a job application. 2. A brochure of testimonials of 1864-1867 for F.L. Preira, book-keeper, 1867, including a manuscript note on the reverse: 'Soliciting a berth in this house & handing copies of Testimonials'. 3. A booklet of references of 1875-1885 for R.T. Graham, seaman, including a manuscript copy of his certificates of discharge, undated. 4. A brochure of testimonials of 1878-1887 for Captain Thomas Hamlin, undated. 5. A booklet of testimonials of 1881-1890 for E.S. Graham, seaman, undated. 6. A sheet of certificates of 1888-1893 testifying to the good service of Captain William Smith, undated.
1 envelope. |
circa 1853-circa 1893 |
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148/10
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Sundry accounts and statements. Miscellaneous manuscript accounts of Jardine, Matheson & Co., with a few other financial records:. 1. 'Journal. Hong Kong June 30th 1859': extracts from the Journal of the Hong Kong Office comprised of running accounts for expenses. 2. Memorandum of the Old Canton Cash Account, 7 July 1860. 3. Memorandum of assets and liabilities of Jardine Matheson & Co. compiled from the balance sheet of 30 April 1870. 4. Table of shareholders in the Canton Insurance Office 1870, their number of shares, and their contributions in 1869. 5. Jardine, Matheson & Co. account for 1866/7: an open statement of profit and loss (as ascertained at 31 January 1871), Hong Kong, 28 February 1871. 6. 'Establishment at 30 April 1871': a list of staff and their pay. 7. Jardine, Matheson & Co. profit and loss account for 1882/3, Hong Kong, 30 April 1883. 8. Jardine, Matheson & Co. profit and loss account for 1883/4, Hong Kong, 15 July 1885. 9. Jardine, Matheson & Co. profit and loss account for 1884/5, Hong Kong, 31 October 1885. 10. Jardine, Matheson & Co. profit and loss account for 1885/6, Hong Kong, 30 April 1886. 11. Jardine, Matheson & Co. profit and loss account for 1886/7, Hong Kong, 30 April 1887. The documents originate from a folder labelled 'Jardine Matheson & Co Sundry Old Accounts Statements (19 Century)', the label for which has been retained.
1 envelope. |
1859–1887 |
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148/11
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Debit notes for land tax. Five debit notes recording the assessed rate on land in the English Settlement belonging to the estate of T. Moncrieff, Shanghai.
1 bundle. |
1864–1866 |
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148/12
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Current accounts of Ateong. Copies of accounts current of Ateong with Jardine Matheson, Kiukiang, for tea.
1 bundle. |
1866–1867 |
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148/13
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Tender for tea contract. A copy of the form of tender of Jardine, Skinner & Co. to supply China Black Tea to the Bengal Commissariat, dated Calcutta, 15 January 1870, with a commissariat notice by Wm. Mylne, Major, Assistant-Commissary-General, regarding tenders for an earlier contract, 1868, and a blank tender form for this contract.
1 bundle; Fair condition, but the 1870 tender is torn.. |
1868–1870 |
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148/14
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Cash accounts: Yokohama. Copies and press copies of cash accounts.
1 envelope. |
1869–1870 |
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148/15
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Accounts for 1869/70. Two manuscript copies of 'Jardine, Matheson & Co. a/c 1869/70', a volume of branch and other company accounts.
1 envelope. |
1870 |
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148/16
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Opium memoranda. Statements of opium stocks and sales, Amoy, Shanghai and Swatow, 1870 and 1875 (mostly 1875).
1 envelope; Fair condition, but the items are a little difficult to handle having been stored in a roll.. |
1870–1875 |
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148/17
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Miscellaneous accounts and papers. Miscellaneous accounts of Jardine, Matheson & Co., with related letters and a few other items (manuscript unless otherwise indicated). Many of the papers concern the Trust for Mrs A.S. Keswick. 1. 'Jardine Matheson & Co 1871/2 Copies of Journal Entries made in Books of the Firm. 30 April 1872.'. 2. 'Journal. Hong Kong April 1872': extracts from the Journal of the Hong Kong Office of running accounts of expenses. 3. Profit and loss accounts of Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, for 1879/80 (30 October 1880), 1886/7 (30 April 1887), and 1889/90 (30 April 1890). 4. Trust for Mrs Keswick in account with Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, 30 April 1881 and 1 May 1882. 5. Trust/Trustees for the late Mrs A.S. Keswick in account current with Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, 30 April 1883, 31 October 1884, 30 April 1886, 30 April 1887, 30 April 1888, 30 April 1889, 30 April 1890, 30 April 1891, 30 April 1892, 30 April 1894, 30 April 1895, 30 April 1896, 30 April 1897, 30 October 1897, 30 April 1898, 30 April 1899, 30 April 1900 and 30 April 1901. 6. D. Ruttonjee Esq. in account with Jardine, Matheson & Co., undated, entries covering 1882-1885. 7. Account for the New York Agency, 1883-1884, dated Hong Kong, 2 October 1884. 8. 'R. J. Property a/c', undated (c. 1884). 9. 'Memo. For Mr Keswick - Balances requiring attention', undated (c. 1884). 10. Letter from H.M. Matheson, London, to William Keswick, 4 September 1885. 11. Sir Robert Jardine in account current with Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, 30 April 1886, 30 April 1889, 30 April 1890, 30 April 1891 and 30 April 1892. 12. Sir Robert Jardine's exchange account in account current with Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, 30 April 1890, 30 April 1892 and 30 April 1901. 13. Untitled memoranda regarding accounts, 1887. 14. Balance sheets of Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, for 1886/7 (30 April 1887) and 1889/90 (30 April 1890). 15. Letters from William Keswick, London, to Sir Robert Jardine, 17 January 1888 and 2 December 1890. 16. 'Trust for late Mrs Wm. Keswick. Shares in H. Land Invest & Agcy. Co. Ltd [Hongkong Land Investment and Agency Company Ltd]', Hong Kong, 22 May 1889. 17. Special Reserve Fund in account current with Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, 30 April 1888 and 30 April 1890. 18. Closed Chinese Contracts in account current with Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, 30 April 1890. 19. Memorandum by Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, of payments to Robert Cords at Singapore, 1 May 1890 (two copies). 20. Letter from J.J. Keswick, Hong Kong, to William Keswick, London, 8 October 1890. 21. Memorandum entitled 'Trustees of the late Mrs A. S. Keswick', Hong Kong, 29 March 1893. 22. Notes regarding payments to partners, 1894. 23. Letters from Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, to William Keswick, London, 4 July 1894 and 3 November 1897 (typescript). 24. Letter from Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, to William Keswick, London, 5 December 1894, regarding the purchase of shares for account of the Trust for the late Mrs A.S. Keswick (typescript). 25. Tenants lists for the 'Yee Wo Street New Building' and 'Jardine Bazaar New Building', undated. 26. Memorandum regarding a proposal to form West Point Wharf & Godowns and Kowloon Wharves & Godowns into a public company with Jardine, Matheson & Co. as managers, undated. 27. Untitled and undated page of accounts regarding various properties. 28. Two empty envelopes.
1 envelope. |
1872–1901 |
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149/1
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Siam Railways Accounts. Manuscript accounts current of Siam Railways with Jardine, Matheson & Co., Hong Kong: account current, 28 January 1902, and special accounts for the Reserve Fund, 28 January 1902 and 23 April 1902. There is also an manuscript abstract of the Peking Loan account, 1885, and two letters from J.J. Bell-Irving, Hong Kong, to William Keswick, London, 30 January 1902 and 25 April 1902, regarding the accounts.
1 envelope. |
1885–1902 |
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149/2
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Statement and accounts on Charles Magniac's estate. A statement of the realisation of the estate of the late Charles Magniac up to 31 January 1894 (fo. 1), followed by the accounts informing the statement: (fos 2-4) debts due the deceased - since paid; (fo. 5) costs and other outgoings; (fo. 6) realisation of stock and shares; (fo. 7) interest and dividends received; (fo. 8) realisation of household goods and effects, carriages, horses, wines, etc.; (fos 9-10) realisation of live and dead farming stocks, implements, etc.; (fo. 11) realisation of the lease of 16 Charles Street, Berkeley Square; and (fo. 12) realisation of sundries owing to the deceased.
1 folder. |
1894 |
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149/3
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Silk stock lists. Tables of '[Silk] Stock of Messrs Jardine, Matheson & Co. on the 31st October 1894', prepared by Chabrières, Morel and Co., Lyon, 15 pages.
1 item. |
9 Nov. 1894 |
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149/4
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Valuations of properties. Typescript and manuscript valuations of properties in the East belonging to Sir Robert Jardine and Jardine, Matheson & Co., with related documents:. 1. Letter from Jardine, Matheson & Co., Hong Kong, to Sir Robert Jardine, London, 19 June 1895, enclosing valuations and memoranda (manuscript). 2. Valuation by Morrison & Gratton, Shanghai, of several properties in Shanghai belonging to Jardine, Matheson & Co., 31 May 1895 (typescript). 3. Valuations of Sir Robert Jardine's properties in China, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore, including the condition of the buildings, Hong Kong, 19 June 1895 (typescript). 4. Valuation of Lot 799 at the end of Hankow Road, the property of Jardine, Matheson & Co., undated (typescript). 5. Valuation of Lot 1147 bounded by Shanse Road and Tientsin Road, the property of Jardine, Matheson & Co., undated (typescript). 6. Memorandum on the conditions of several properties in Hong Kong, dated Hong Kong, 19 June 1895 (manuscript/typescript). 7. Plan of lots in the San Chia Tien district, Hankow, claimed by Jardine, Matheson & Co., and their environs, c. 1899. The envelope is addressed to Sir Robert Jardine, Bart., London, and is also labelled 'Properties' and 'Valuations 1895'.
1 envelope. |
1895-circa 1899 |
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149/5
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Share certificate for Jardine Matheson. A printed blank deferred ordinary share certificate form for shares in Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd, with a manuscript draft, 190[ ].
1 bundle. |
circa 1900 |
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149/6
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Valuation of Sir Robert Jardine's property. A schedule of the valuation on 1 May 1901 of Sir Robert Jardine's property in China, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore, dated Hong Kong, 10 July 1901. The schedule is entitled 'Valuation of premises included in Sir Robert Jardine's property account', and includes the lot number; description; area; assessed value; net annual rentals; remarks as to condition, etc.; and valuation on 1st May 1901.
1 envelope. |
1901 |
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149/7
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Accounts and papers re Sir Robert Jardine's property. Accounts and other papers regarding Sir Robert Jardine's property in the East, including letters, memoranda, maps, plans, reports and valuations. The documents are in manuscript unless otherwise indicated:. 1. 'Copy of Journal entries in connection with Marine Lot 102 April 1887': extracts from the Journal of Jardine, Matheson & Co., dated Hong Kong, 12 June 1902. 2. Table of Sir Robert Jardine's property in Shanghai, dated Shanghai, 9 July 1897. 3. Report and valuation on premises included in Sir Robert Jardine's property account, dated Shanghai, 7 January 1898. 4. Report and valuations on property in Hong Kong included in Sir Robert Jardine's property account, dated Hong Kong, 7 January 1898. 5. Report and valuations on property in various ports included in Sir Robert Jardine's property account, dated Hong Kong, 7 January 1898. 6. Typescript copy of a letter from E.F. Alford, Shanghai, to J.J. Bell-Irving, 19 May 1898. 7. Property accounts of Sir Robert Jardine, dated Hong Kong, 19 July 1898, 1904 and undated. 8. Copies of the survey reports and valuations by Palmer & Turner, architects and surveyors, Hong Kong, 19 July 1898, for the following properties: Rural Building Lot No. 10 and the buildings thereon; I. Lot No. 29 and buildings; the remaining portion of M. Lot 52 and buildings (typescript); and Marine Lots No. 99 and 100 and buildings, but not the reclamation (typescript). 9. Special interest account in account current with Jardine, Matheson & Co., dated Hong Kong, 30 April 1901. 10. Contingency account in account current with Jardine, Matheson & Co., dated Hong Kong, 30 April 1901. 11. Letter from J.J. Bell-Irving, Hong Kong, to William Keswick, London, 12 July 1901. 12. Letter from J.J. Bell-Irving, Minto House, Hawick N.B., to William Keswick, 22 July 1902. 13. 'Sketch plan for laying out R.P. of M. Lots 99 & 100', prepared by Palmer & Turner, architects and surveyors, for Jardine, Matheson & Co., dated Hong Kong, January 1907. 14. Letter from W.J. Gresson, Hong Kong, to William Keswick, London, 29 January 1907, regarding Lots 99 and 100. 15. Memorandum entitled 'Property not necessary to the Firm', undated. 16. Memorandum entitled 'Property in occupation of the Firm', undated. 17. 'Herbert Smith's Memo.', regarding property and buildings, undated. 18. Map of Hong Kong depicting lots of Sir Robert Jardine, including those sold to the Hongkong Cotton Mills and a lot proposed for surrender to the government, undated. 19. Map of Marine Lot Nos 99 and 100 and their environs, undated. 20. Blueprint of Jardine, Matheson & Co.'s cottage property for mill hands, undated. The documents originate from an envelope addressed to D.G.M. Bernard, 3 Lombard Street, E.C.3.
1 bundle. |
circa 1902-circa 1907 |
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149/8
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Stock lists of the China Sugar Refining Co. Ltd. Manuscript stock lists of the Hong Kong Distillery of the China Sugar Refining Co. Ltd for the months of January-November 1901, dated February-December 1901.
1 bundle. |
1901 |
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149/9
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List of Jardine Matheson's staff. A table of Jardine, Matheson & Co.'s staff in Hong Kong, Swatow, Amoy, Taipeh, Foochow, Shanghai, Chinkiang, Kiukiang, Hankow, Tientsin, Canton, Yokohama, Kobe, Nagasaki , Shimonoseki, New York and Chicago, recording name, department, salary, date of joining and remarks, Hong Kong, 9 April 1903, 6 pages.
1 folder. |
1903 |
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149/10
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Schedules of assets. Manuscript schedules of Jardine Assets and Matheson Assets covering the years 1895-1913, mostly undated, with a typescript of the Jardine Assets in various companies at 31 December 1913.
1 folder. |
1905-circa 1913 |
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149/11
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Papers on business with constituents. A bundle of typescript documents regarding the business of agencies, offices and departments of Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd with constituents. The documents include a memorandum of firms with whom the Engineering Department does business; a list of constituents of the China Sugar Refining Co. Ltd; a table of the Hong Kong Import Department suppliers and constituents; a statement of firms who deal with the Sundries Department; a table of Hong Kong Engineering Department suppliers; a list of Hong Kong Engineering Department agencies; a statement showing particulars of agency business in raw silk and waste silk; a report on China produce; a memorandum of firms with whom the Foochow Agency has transacted business during the past tea season; a reference memorandum of the Foochow Agency on imports, exports, finance, insurance and shipping; a memorandum of firms dealt with by the Hankow Agency and of the terms of business; a table of the Tientsin Import Department constituents and correspondents; a table on Tientsin Export Department business with other firms; a table on the Yokohama Agency's imports and exports; a table of imports and exports for Kobe; a table of imports and exports for Shimonoseki; a list of correspondents and commodities for Nagasaki and of the terms of this business; a memorandum of firms with whom the New York Office does business; a list of business connections of the Raw Cotton Department, Shanghai, for cotton imports and exports; and a list of tea constituents of Jardine Matheson, Shanghai. Some of the documents are accompanied by related correspondence.
1 envelope. |
1912 |
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149/12
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List of Henry Keswick's share certificates. A typescript list of share certificates, etc., of Henry Keswick handed to Matheson & Co. Ltd for safe custody. The list is undated, but the latest certificate is dated 1915.
1 folder. |
circa 1915 |
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149/13
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Account of Shanghai & Hongkew Wharf Co. A graph of the balance of the working account of the Shanghai & Hongkew Wharf Co. Ltd, 1870-1900, including details of the property account.
1 item. |
1918 |
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149/14
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Tables of property values. Tables recording the values of Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd's properties in Hong Kong, Kobe, Shidzuoka, Nagasaki, Daitotei, Tamsui, Amoy, Swatow, Kakchioh, Canton, Shanghai, Soochow, Hangchow, Hankow, Wuchang, Changsha, Siangtan, Shasi, Wuhu, Ichang, Chungking, Nanking, Chinkiang, Tientsin, Tongku, Peking and Tsingtau. The tables record name of property, description, actual value of land and buildings, total book value, new book value of land and buildings, credit to property reserve, debit to property reserve, and annual depreciation. There is a summary at the end.
1 folder. |
circa 1921 |
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149/15
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Tables of shipments. A set of tables of shipments made by Jardine Matheson, Tientsin, in the years 1917 to 1938, listing the amount of certain commodities sent to Europe, the United States and Australia, and their values, and a set of tables of shipments made by competitors from Tientsin during the years 1931 to 1938, listing commodities sent to Europe, the United States, Australia and Africa.
1 folder. |
circa 1939 |
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149/16
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Business records from China and Hong Kong. Miscellaneous business records from China and Hong Kong of Jardine, Matheson & Co. and other companies, including a list of papers, bonds, etc., in an iron box belonging to H. Magniac, 12 December 1825; a note in William Jardine's hand giving instructions for the period of his absence from Canton, dated Canton, 20 May 1831; a memorandum prepared by James Matheson for Mr Ryan on Jardine, Matheson & Co.'s financial relations with the Hong merchants, Hong Kong, 23 September 1839; a notice by Augustine Heard & Co. of the despatch of the S.S. 'Lotus' to Shanghai, inviting applications for opium freight or cabin passage, with a list of signatories below, Hong Kong, 30 August 1862; a table by Milisch & Co. of the return of opium imported at Tamsui and Keeling during 1867, dated Tamsui, 31 December 1867; a statement by Milisch & Co. of estimated sales and stocks of Benares opium, Tamsui, 4 May 1868; a valuation of Marine Lot No. 40, Praya East, Hong Kong, dated Hong Kong, 19 February 1872; a press copy of a proposal for an Anglo-Chinese Bank, Shanghai, 7 August 1883; a cash account and balance sheet of the Lee Yuen Sugar Refinery Co. Ltd, Hong Kong, 3 March 1884; a table of comparative receipts of the Canton Insurance Office Ltd for 1883-1884, dated Hong Kong, 16 February 1885; a memorandum on the Canton Condition House Company by Alfred Rowe, Honorary Secretary, Canton, 21 July 1890; a list of works to be done by the Dock Company on S.S. 'Chelydra', Hong Kong, 20 May 1891; a delivery note for 200 cases of kerosene oil delivered by Jardine, Matheson & Co. to Hung Kee, dated Wanchai, 23 September 1905; a table recording the export of white and yellow silks from Shanghai from 1881-1882 to 1906-1907; a memorandum on waste silk, Shanghai, 5 March 1912; a list of the comparative loss in weight of three parcels of Canton silk, by Jardine, Matheson & Co., Hong Kong, undated; and a memorandum on the proposed sale of a house at Macao belonging to Sai Alloy, undated. There are also three notices from agents in Hong Kong to consignees reporting the arrivals of vessels and requesting that they take delivery of their goods: David Sassoon, Sons & Co. regarding S.S. 'Hindustan' from Calcutta, Penang and Singapore, 9 April 1875; Arnhold Karberg & Co. on the 'Solent' from London, 1 September 1875; and Jardine, Matheson & Co. on S.S. 'Glenartney' from Singapore and London, 6 September 1875.
1 envelope. |
circa 1820-circa 1926 |
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Business records from Japan. Miscellaneous business records from Japan of Jardine, Matheson & Co. and other companies, including many press copies. The papers include documents regarding silk, including lists of shippers of Japan silk, 1869-1870; papers concerning the Takasima Colliery, including a two statements of sales and deliveries in Nagasaki of Takasima coals received from Goto Tankosha, Nagasaki, 6 August 1880 and 8 October 1880; a list of properties destroyed in house godowns by a fire at Yokohama, 26 November 1866; a list of estimated stocks and future supplies of rice by Herbert Smith of Jardine, Matheson & Co., Yokohama, 16 May 1870; a statement of outturn of weight on Japan rice shipped to Hong Kong, dated Kobe, 1 August 1872; and a table of particulars of the cargo of coal of the 'Ocean', 1880.
1 envelope. |
circa 1866-circa 1887 |
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Business papers from South and South-east Asia. Eleven business documents from Bangkok, Ceylon, Formosa, India, Penang, and the Philippines, including an extract from the 'Calcutta Trade Index' on the export of silk from Calcutta in July 1847 and 1848; a notice of the scale of charges for transmission of messages through the Indo-European Line, Colombo, 4 March 1865; a notice concerning the Reuters Agent responsible for telegraph messages to Europe, etc., by the Indo-European Line, Galle, 3 April 1865; a note on lay days used for loading the 'Champion', Bangkok, 14 March 1870; a table of raw sugar purchased by the Luzon Sugar Refinery in November 1881; a list of shareholders in the Indo-China Steam Navigation Co. Ltd, Manila, 1882; and a list of cargo short landed at Penang per 'Statesman', undated.
1 envelope. |
1838–1881 |
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Business papers from Great Britain. Miscellaneous business papers from Great Britain, including a notice of the voyage of the barque 'Sovereign' from Glasgow to Batavia, Manila and China, dated Glasgow, 14 August 1834; the landing account for rum from the 'Zemindar' from Calcutta, entered by Magniac, Jardine & Co, London, 15 July 1842; particulars of remittances made to Matheson & Co., London, 6 March 1861; an adjustment by Matheson & Co. of the charter party of the 'Queensbury' from Kanagawa, dated London, 22 December 1862; two warrants for bags of coffee imported from Colombo, entered by Matheson & Co., and deliverable to W. Broadhurst & Co., dated St Katharine Docks, 7 May 1864 and 21 December 1865; and particulars of the screw steamer 'Peiho', Dumbarton, 1 October 1870.
1 envelope. |
1834–1902 |
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Business records from France. A small set documents from France, mainly regarding the silk trade, including some items in French. The papers include fragments of a sketch of Jardine, Matheson & Co.'s consignment account to Milsom & F. Poy, Lyon, 1859; a table of imports of foreign silks to France during 1848-1860; and a table of the approximate total production of silk for the seasons 1872-1873 to 1879-1880 by Chapuisat & Milsom, Lyon, 22 June 1880.
1 envelope. |
circa 1857-circa 1880 |
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Business records from North and Central America. Five documents, including a list of quicksilver per S.S. 'Oceanic' by Parrott & Co., San Francisco, 19 March 1878; a memorandum by E. Pavenstedt & Co. on investment in tea at Shanghai, dated New York, 21 April 1879; and an undated table of workers required by estates in Jamaica.
1 envelope. |
circa 1876-circa 1879 |
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Miscellaneous business papers. Notes, memoranda and other items from unspecified places. The documents include a list of silk shippers to Europe using S.S. 'Madras', 11 August 1869; a table of Jardine, Matheson & Co's unsold parcels on 30 June 1876; a list by Augustine Heard & Co. of properties for sale in China, Hong Kong and Japan under arrangements with Benecke Souchay & Co. and Baring Bros & Co., undated; a list of Jardine, Matheson & Co.'s unsold cloths, undated; a list of duties to be paid on goods imported from the East Indies and elsewhere by French vessels, undated; and a company logo of Jardine, Matheson & Co. The remaining papers are mainly untitled, and often undated, memoranda, notes and fragments.
1 envelope; Fair to poor condition.. |
circa 1856-circa 1933 |
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150
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Memorandum and silk samples. A memorandum by Frederick W. Coles listing silk musters sent to F.G. Horne, London, dated Canton, 28 October 1873, accompanied by three samples of embroidered crape shawls listed in the memorandum as D-F. There are also three pieces of papers which were used as wrappers for the samples and include markings left by them. Samples A-C, which are missing, are listed in the memorandum as netted silk sashes.
1 portfolio; Fair condition, but slight damage by insects.. |
1873 |
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