Janus: Jardine Matheson Archive

Manuscripts/MS JM/I21 contains:
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2	Securities registers
3	Document register
4	Accounts report for 1889
5	Statement of Jardine Matheson's assets
6	Private account book
7	Private Office correspondence
8	Papers re the Rio Tinto Co. Ltd
9	Letters from the Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation
10	Papers on stock and shares
11	Papers re the Cadiz Shipworks
12	Correspondence re E.W. Bovill
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Jardine Matheson Archive

Title	Private Office correspondence
Reference	MS JM/I21/7
Covering Dates	1906–1927
Extent and Medium	2 boxes

Content and context

Manuscript and typed letters to Matheson & Co. Ltd, London, with some enclosed documents, telegrams, and copies of letters from members of the firm. The correspondents include G.L. Allardyce; Beith, Stevenson & Co. Ltd; J.J. Bell-Irving; D.G.M. Bernard; British and Chinese Corporation Ltd; A. Brooke Smith; Chabrières, Morel & Cie.; Chesnutt, Cooper & Co.; Ch. Goldrei, Foucard & Son; W.A. Cruickshank; C.W. Dickson; Duff, Watts & Co.; Freshfields & Leese; Freshfields, Leese & Munns; A.N. Frewer; Gush, Phillips, Walters & Williams; Sir R.W.B. Jardine; J.C. & A. Steuart; John Swire & Sons Ltd; Henry Keswick; C.R. Matheson; J.T. Pratt; M. Scudamore; G.W. Sheppard; and Lawrence Timpson.

I20/7/1-6 were formerly part of the Chairman's private historical papers held in Matheson & Co. Ltd's strongroom.

Manuscripts/MS JM/I21/7 contains:

Private Office correspondence. Letters regarding the conversion of Jardine, Matheson & Co. into a limited company and other matters. Many of the letters are addressed to William Keswick, but there are also letters to Henry Keswick, Sir R.W.B. Jardine and other correspondents. The principal correspondents are W.A. Cruickshank; C.W. Dickson; Duff, Watts & Co.; Freshfields & Leese; Sir R.W.B. Jardine; and James Steuart.
1 volume.

1906–1913

Private Office correspondence. Most of the letters are addressed to David Landale or Major Henry Keswick. The principal correspondents are Chabrières, Morel & Cie.; Chesnutt, Cooper & Co.; Freshfields & Leese; A.N. Frewer; Gush, Phillips, Walters & Williams; J.C. & A. Steuart; and C.R. Matheson.
1 envelope.

1920

Private Office correspondence. Most of the letters are addressed to David Landale or L.N. Leefe. The principal correspondents are Beith, Stevenson & Co. Ltd; Chalmers & Watson; Freshfields & Leese; A.N. Frewer; Gush, Phillips, Walters & Williams; and J.C. & A. Steuart.
1 envelope.

1921

Private Office correspondence. Most of the letters are addressed to David Landale or L.N. Leefe. The principal correspondents are Beith, Stevenson & Co. Ltd; Gush, Phillips, Walters & Williams; Henry Keswick; and J.C. & A. Steuart.
1 envelope.

1922

Private Office correspondence. Most of the letters are addressed to David Landale or L.N. Leefe. The principal correspondents are Beith, Stevenson & Co. Ltd; J.J. Bell-Irving; British and Chinese Corporation Ltd; C.W. Dickson; Freshfields, Leese & Munns; Gush, Phillips, Walters & Williams; Henry Keswick; J.C. & A. Steuart. The correspondence includes letters from Landale to Leefe.
1 envelope.

1923

Private Office correspondence. Most of the letters are addressed to David Landale or L.N. Leefe. The principal correspondents are D.G.M. Bernard; Ch. Goldrei, Foucard & Son; Freshfields, Leese & Munns; J.C. & A. Steuart; Henry Keswick; and Lawrence Timpson.
1 envelope.

1924

Private Office correspondence. Most of the letters are addressed to David Landale or L.N. Leefe. The principal correspondents are J.J. Bell-Irving; A. Brooke Smith; Ch. Goldrei, Foucard & Son; C.W. Dickson; J.C. & A. Steuart; John Swire & Sons Ltd; Henry Keswick; and David Landale.
1 envelope.

1925

Private Office correspondence. Most of the letters are addressed to David Landale or L.N. Leefe. The principal correspondents are Henry Keswick and J.C. & A. Steuart. The correspondence includes many copies (and some original) letters from Landale to various correspondents.
1 envelope.

1926

Private Office correspondence. Most of the letters are addressed to David Landale or L.N. Leefe. The principal correspondents are G.L. Allardyce, A. Brooke Smith, Henry Keswick, J.T. Pratt, M. Scudamore and G.W. Sheppard. The correspondence includes copies of letters from Landale and Leefe to various correspondents.
1 envelope.

1927