Janus: Jardine Matheson Archive

Manuscripts/MS JM/K contains:
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K19	Letters from John Dodd and Crawford D. Kerr
K20	Correspondence re Sir W.G. Armstrong, Mitchell & Co.
K21	Letter from F.B. Johnson
K22	Correspondence with Camillo de Souza
K23	Letter from John M. Macdonald
K24	Letter on the Mines of Rio Tinto
K25	Correspondence of partners
K26	Correspondence on the Rawang Tin Mining Co. Ltd
K27	Extracts from business correspondence
K28	Letters from Yokohama
K29	Letter from Alexander Michie
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Jardine Matheson Archive

Title	Letter on the Mines of Rio Tinto
Reference	MS JM/K24
Covering Dates	1880
Extent and Medium	1 envelope

Content and context

In 1873 a syndicate led by Hugh Matheson (1821-1898) purchased the Rio Tinto mines in Spain. The syndicate launched the Rio Tinto Co. Ltd the same year, with Hugh Matheson as President and Matheson & Co. Ltd as agents.

The document is a manuscript copy of a letter from A.G. Dallas, Deputy Chairman, Hugh M. Matheson, Chairman, and Henry Doetsch, Director, of the Mines of Rio Tinto, to Charles T. Prebble, regarding the quantity of minerals required for 1881 and the plans to be followed for developing the mines, 24 November 1880, 11 pages. The envelope is numbered 15.

Index Terms

Dallas, Alexander Grant (1816-1882) merchant

Matheson, Hugh Mackay (1821-1898) merchant

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