| Manuscripts/MS JM/A8 contains: |
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| 123/13 |
Papers on relations between Chinese and foreigners |
| 123/14 |
Letters from 'S. Thomasen' |
| 123/15 |
Memo. of correspondence with James Matheson |
| 124 |
Memoranda and accounts: India |
| 125 |
Registers of sales of produce |
| 126 |
Memoranda and accounts: Great Britain |
| 127/1 |
Memoranda of costs of goods: Canton |
| 127/2 |
Schedules of drafts |
| 127/3 |
Returns for opium and specie |
| 127/4 |
Memoranda of cargo landed at Hong Kong |
| 127/5 |
Memorandum on damaged cotton |
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Jardine Matheson Archive
| Title |
Memoranda and accounts: Great Britain |
| Reference |
MS JM/A8/126 |
| Covering Dates |
1830–1899 (mostly 1860s and 1870s) |
| Extent and Medium |
c. 850 items; Fair condition, but a small number of items have some damage from the ink or by insects. |
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| Content and context |
Memoranda and accounts for many different types of goods, including (among others) memoranda of prices and valuations in Great Britain and China; memoranda and accounts of sales in Great Britain; reports on British markets and statements regarding trade; statements of imports and deliveries; memoranda of charges, discounts and commissions regarding shipments of goods; and memoranda regarding insurance. The documents are predominantly from London, and include many items that do not specify location, but which are probably also from London. |
| Index Terms |
| Great Britain |
| Manuscripts/MS JM/A8/126 contains: |
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1
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Memoranda and accounts from London.
11 bundles. |
1830–1899 |
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2
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Memoranda and accounts from other places. Documents from Belfast (1), Birmingham (1), Bradford (2), Bristol (8), Clyde (1), Dumbarton (2), Falmouth (1), Glasgow (2), Halifax (32), Leith (2), Liverpool (12), Manchester (20), Portsmouth (1) and Walton-le-Dale (1). The material include a memorandum regarding Chinese coins, Birmingham, 25 January 1870; a price list from Kell & Co., Bradford, 14 January 1880; particulars of tea sold by Alexander Robertson on account of Jardine, Matheson & Co., dated Bristol, 1847-1852; an undated notice of a screw steamer for sale, currently under construction by Napier & Sons, Clyde; specifications of the 'Peiho' by Wm. Denny & Brothers, iron ship-builders, Dumbarton, 1 October 1870; memorandum of piece goods shipped from China and Japan, dated Halifax, 1873-1878; particulars of the new steamship 'Flamingo', Leith, 24 December 1874; reports by D.C. Buchanan & Son and T. & H. Littledale, Liverpool, on cotton shipped from China, 1865; and a ticket for a draw in aid of the Third Hants Artillery Volunteers (Portsmouth Dock-yard), 1864.
1 bundle. |
1845–1880 |
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3
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Memoranda and accounts from no specified place.
3 bundles. |
1831–1881 |
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