Janus: Jardine Matheson Archive

Manuscripts/MS JM/C contains:
C1	Letters from Robert Taylor and James Matheson
C2	Letters from Yrissari & Co.
C3	Letters from Jardine Matheson employees
C4	Private letters from William Jardine
C5	Private letters from James Matheson
C6	Private letters from Alexander Matheson
C7	Private letters from the Danish Consulate
C8	Private letters to Canton
C9	Private letters to India
C10	Letters to India
C11	Letters to Europe
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Jardine Matheson Archive

Title	Private letters from James Matheson
Reference	MS JM/C5
Covering Dates	1831–1841
Extent and Medium	7 volumes

Content and context

Fair copies of letters. C5/2-7 include indexes of recipients.

Manuscripts/MS JM/C5 contains:

Private letters from James Matheson. The recipients include B. Barretto, Macao; H.P. Hadow, Bombay; Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, Bombay; John Macvicar, London; Hugh Matheson, Calcutta; Hon. K. Murchison, Penang; John Purvis, Singapore; Charles Thomas, Singapore; Thomas Weeding, London; and John White, Calcutta.
1 volume.

Jan. 1831-Sep. 1834

Private letters from James Matheson. There is an index of recipients at the start of the volume containing the following entries:. George Armstrong; James Atherton; A.V. de R. Aggersborg; Colonel John Anderson; John Brooks; E. Boustead; David Laing Burn; Thomas Beal; B. Barretto; Henry Beveridge; R.H. Browne; John Campbell; William Connall; Dr Cleland; Cursetjee Ardaseer; Robert Wigram Crawford; Cursetjee Jamsetjee; Captain Clifton; James Duncan; M. De Vitré; Danish Ambassador; J. Davidson; W. Delano Jnr; James Ewing; E. Elmslie; James Ewing & Co.; Thomas Dyer Edwards; Captain C.S. Evans; Fox, Rawson & Co.; W.F. Fergusson; Framjee Pestonjee; Robert Garnett; J. Garnett; James Goddard; W.R. George; Alexander Grant; Captain Griffiths; Gordon & Talbot; H.P. Hadow; Captain Hine; Hormasjee Dorabjee; Thomas Heath; M.D. Hunter; Charles Hope; Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy; Andrew Johnstone; Robert Lyall; Captain Thomas Larkins; William Lyall; H.H. Lindsay; Charles Lyall; Lyall, Matheson & Co.; William Melville; William Macleod; John Macvicar; William Mathieson; George Moffatt; H. Magniac; G.G. Nicol; Captain Ovenstone; John Purvis; J.F. de Paiva; Captain Parry; Captain James Pearson; Captain James Pearl; Dr H. Rainy; Mrs Robertson; Sir Henry Russell; James Ralph; James Scott; Smith, Elder & Co.; Leo Schuster; Thomas Scott; Governor of Serampore; Mr Stanford; John Abel Smith; John Shillaber, Manila; William Scott, Singapore; M. Scott Geddes; Robert Smith; Rd. Twining; R. Turner; J.J. Ferreira Veiga; Thomas Weeding; B.C. Wilcocks; James Walkinshaw; Captain J.L. Wilson; W. Wallace; George Young; Gabriel de Yruretagoyena; and Robert Young.
1 volume.

Sep. 1834-Jan. 1838

Private letters from James Matheson. There is an index of recipients at the start of the volume containing the following entries:. James Atherton; Colonel John Anderson; Captain Burd; B. Barretto; Captain Baxter; David Laing Burn; Cursetjee Jamsetjee; W.J. Cooper; John Cullen; Cursetjee Ardaseer; W. Delano Jnr; Mrs M. Donaldson; John Davidson; L. Dent; Thomas Dyer Edwards; Captain C.S. Evans; James Ewing & Co.; J. Garnett; G.J. Gordon; James Goddard; Captain A. Grant; F.C. Green; Thomas Wingate Henderson; Lieutenant Holman; Captain John Hine; Captain Highat; Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy; A.R. Johnston; C.W. King; Harold Littledale; John Lyall; Robert Lyall; William Lyall; Lyall, Brothers & Co.; Charles Lyall; Lyall, Matheson & Co.; Captain Thomas Larkins; John Macvicar; Hugh Matheson; George Moffatt; Hollingworth Magniac; Rt Hon. James Alexander Stewart-Mackenzie; William McLeod Mackenzie; Magniac, Smiths & Co.; Colonel McInnes; Alexander Matheson; John Masson; J. Machado; John Middleton; Captain Morgan; Charles Markwick; William Mathieson; Eugenio de Otadui; John Purvis; James Peters; Alexander Robertson; O.M. Roberts; James Starkey; Thomas Scott; Thomas C. Smith; John Shillaber, Manila; John Abel Smith; Robert Smith; Smith, Elder & Co.; F. Stanford; Stanford & Marks; Charles Thomas, Calcutta; Sir John Tobin; F.H. & J. Tiers; R. Turner, etc.; Miss M.A. Thomas; and James Walkinshaw.
1 volume.

Nov. 1836-Nov. 1839

Private letters from James Matheson. There is an index of recipients at the start of the volume containing the following entries:. J.H. Astell; Thomas Allport; John Anderson; George Armstrong; Boyd & Co.; J. Brooke; David Laing Burn; Cursetjee Ardaseer; Captain William Clarke; Robert Wigram Crawford; Dadabhoy Rustomjee; Mrs Davidson; John Davidson; G.F. Davidson; Thomas Dyer Edwards; Captain Elliot; Edwards & Hunter; Robert Bennet Forbes; J.C. Green; Alexander Grant; Thomas Wingate Henderson; Henry W. Hubbell; Henry Holgate; Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy; William Jardine; C.W. King; Charles Lyall; William Lyall; Lyall Brothers; W.P. Livingston; Memorandum; Alexander Matheson; John Middleton; Magniac, Smiths & Co.; Merwanjee Jejeebhoy; Alexander Campbell Maclean; Hugh Matheson; William Matheson; Charles Markwick; Lady Napier; Eugenio de Otadui; Captain Parry; Captain Pearson; John Purvis; James Ryan; John Abel Smith; John Shillaber; James Adam Smith; James Starkey; T.C. Smith; Thomas Scott; Turner & Co.; Mrs Turner; William Thompson; Dr Treacher; Wetmore & Co.; W. Wallace; and James Walkinshaw.
1 volume.

Mar. 1839-Dec. 1839

Private letters from James Matheson. There is an index of recipients at the start of the volume containing the following entries:. Cursetjee Ardaseer; John Anderson; C.L. Burn; B. Barretto; Joseph Coolidge; Captain William Clifton; M. De Vitré; Dadabhoy Rustomjee; W. Delano Jnr; Thomas Dyer Edwards; Furdonjee Eduljee; Robert Bennet Forbes; Revd Charles Gutzlaff; Alexander Grant; W.H. Hughes; Thomas Wingate Henderson; Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy; William Jardine/A. Matheson; William Jardine; Andrew Jardine; James Innes; Andrew Johnstone; C.W. King; William Lyall; Charles Lyall; Lyall, Brothers & Co.; J.A. Mercer; William Matheson; Magniac, Smiths & Co.; Otadui & Co.; F.J. de Paiva; John Purvis; Alexander Robertson; Edmund Read; John Abel Smith; James Adam Smith; John Stark; Thomas Scott; Sorabjee Tamooljee Khoody; Charles Spottiswoode; William Thomson; Mrs R. Turner; and John Thacker.
1 volume.

Jan. 1840-Nov. 1840

Private letters from James Matheson. There is an index of recipients at the start of the volume containing the following entries:. Cursetjee Ardaseer; John Anderson; George Armstrong; Thomas Beale; G.I. Browne; Eustace Barron; Captain John Burd; David Laing Burn; B. Barretto; Captain Boulton; Crawford, Colvin & Co.; Joseph Coolidge; James Ewing & Co.; Thomas Dyer Edwards; Forbes, Forbes & Co.; Captain A. Grant; Thomas Wingate Henderson; Hyde, Lenox & Co.; Archibald Hastie; Captain J. Hine; M.D. Hunber & Co.; M.D. Hunter; Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy; W. Jardine; Jehangir Cursetjee; Charles Lyall; Larkins & Co.; Lyall, Brothers & Co.; John C. Lyall; Magniac, Smith & Co.; Captain Macqueen; J.N. & J. Murphy; Manning & Anderdon; James Alexander Stewart-Mackenzie; William H. Morss; William Mathieson; Otadui & Co.; John Purvis; Rothschild & Sons; Thomas Ripley; A. Robertson; John Abel Smith; James Adam Smith; Gilbert Smith; Michell Scobie; Thompson, Anderdon & Co.; His Excellency Don Luis de Urrejola; Walkinshaw & Co.; and Captain Watt (of the 'Herald').
1 volume.

Nov. 1840-May 1841

Private letters from James Matheson. There is an index of recipients at the start of the volume containing the following entries:. W.H. Aspinwall; J.L. Anderdon; Archibald Boyd; B. Barretto; David Laing Burn; G.T. Braine; W. Blenkin; J.R. Bird; Captain Baker and other captains at Whampoa; Cursetjee Ardaseer; Robert Wigram Crawford; Joseph Coolidge and James Ryan; Joseph Coolidge; George Cameron; Captain De Lange; George James Gordon; Joaõ Baptista Gomes; Thomas Wingate Henderson; William Haylett; H. Holgate; Heerjeebhoy Rustomjee; W.H. Hughes; M.D. Hunter & Co.; Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy; William Jardine; James Innes; Cosmo Innes; Charles Lyall; Lyall, Matheson & Co.; W. Leslie; Magniac, Smiths & Co.; William Mathieson; William H. Morss; John Mackay; W.R. Merritt; Mrs Noble; Captain Nias R.N.; Eugenio de Otadui; John Purvis; P.F. Robertson; James Ryan; James Ryan and Joseph Coolidge; Smith, Elder & Co.; John Abel Smith; James Adam Smith; Dr O. Sullivan; John Thacker; Miss Ullman; and J.H. Zobel.
1 volume.

May 1841-Dec. 1841