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C15	Letters re insurance
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Jardine Matheson Archive

Title	Private letters from Alexander Matheson
Reference	MS JM/C6
Covering Dates	1841–1846
Extent and Medium	4 volumes

Content and context

Sir Alexander Matheson (1805-1886) was the nephew of James Matheson, and a partner in Jardine, Matheson & Co., 1835-1852.

Fair copies of letters, including indexes of recipients.

Index Terms

Matheson, Sir Alexander (1805-1886) 1st Baronet, merchant and banker

Manuscripts/MS JM/C6 contains:

Private letters from Alexander Matheson. Copies of letters of August-November 1841 and February 1842. There is an index of recipients at the start of the volume containing the following entries: Henry Gribble; John Lyall; Eugenio de Otadui & Co.; John Abel Smith; and T.C. Smith.
1 volume.

Aug. 1841-Feb. 1842

Private letters from Alexander Matheson. There is an index of recipients at the start of the volume containing the following entries:. Captain John Burd; E. Barron; S.R. Brown; David Laing Burn; George Thomas Braine; W.S. Boyd; Robert Wigram Crawford; Captain W.W. Davidson; Robert Edwards; Captain W.H. Erskine; James Goddard; C.P. Gillespie; Captain Thomas Green; Lieutenant-General Sir Hugh Gough; Heerjeebhoy Rustomjee; M.D. Hunter; Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy; A.R. Johnston; William Jardine; John Lyall; William Lyall; Magniac, Smiths & Co.; Captain Morgan; J.R. Morrison; Hollingworth Magniac; Farquhar Macqueen; Eugenio de Otadui & Co.; Eugenio de Otadui & Co.; Eugenio de Otadui & Co. & James Abel Smith; Captain Ouchterlony; John Purvis; Captain Page; G.D. Penny; Rustomjee Jamsetjee; Captain Ramsey; Lieutenant J.A. Roepstorff; Captain Patrick Rough; James Adam Smith; Thomas Charles Smith; F.A. de Seabra; John Abel Smith; Miss A. Thomas; John Thacker; Major Wilson; and Captain Wright.
1 volume.

Jan. 1842-June 1842

Private letters from Alexander Matheson. There is an index of recipients at the start of the volume containing the following entries:. Captain Baker; George Thomas Braine; Luis Barretto; Bomanjee Hormasjee; Robert Wigram Crawford; Joseph Coolidge & James Ryan, Canton; G. Chinnery; Cursetjee Ardaseer; Cursetjee Jamsetjee; W. Cragg; John Carr (Editor of the 'Friend of China'); P. Dudgeon; G.F. Davidson; Alexander Grant Dallas; Executors in England of the late James Innes (William Jardine & James Matheson); James Ewing & Co.; Angus Fletcher, Macao; Henry Fawcett; A. Gordon; G.J. Gordon; A. Howell; James Remington Hadow; Cosmo Innes; Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy; Jehangir Cursetjee; Robert Jackson; David Jardine; John Lyall, Calcutta; P. Loureiro, Macao; W.A. Laurence, Canton; W. Leslie, Macao; H.J. Leighton; Mrs Langer; Magniac, Jardine & Co.; A.A. de Mello; Captain Methven; William Mathieson; Captain Farquhar Macqueen; Captain Morgan; Lieutenant Colonel Malcolm; Mrs Morgan; John Purvis, Singapore; Captain Ramsay; George Roope; Robert Holmested Rolfe; J.A. Smith; J.A. Smith, Manila; R. Sturgis; Thomas Scott; T.C. Smith; John Templeton; Captain John Vaux; Luis de Urrejola; and Richard Woosnam.
1 volume.

July 1842-Jan. 1845

Private letters from Alexander Matheson. There is an index of recipients at the start of the volume containing the following entries:. Captain Burley; Robert Wigram Crawford; Charles St George Cleverly; William Fraser; Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy; David Jardine; John Lyall; Malcolm Anderson Macleod; Francis C. Macgregor; William Thomas Mercer; Eugenio de Otadui & Co.; John Purvis; John Abel Smith; Charles Skinner; Robert Strachan; and Sir Edward Thomason.
1 volume.

Dec. 1844-Jan. 1846