Letters to Butterfield & Swire
Bound volume of copies of letters to Butterfield & Swire concerning House, China Navigation Company and Taikoo Sugar Refinery business, including the deployment of steamers, property and staff - particularly conflicts between Bois, Shanghai, and Mackintosh, Hong Kong. Also extensive corresponden...
| Order number: |
JSS Box 1178 |
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| Date(s) of creation: |
17 Apr 1891-26 Jul 1893 |
| Level: |
File |
| Format: | Archive |
| Order number: |
JSS Box 1178 |
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| Summary: |
Bound volume of copies of letters to Butterfield & Swire concerning House, China Navigation Company and Taikoo Sugar Refinery business, including the deployment of steamers, property and staff - particularly conflicts between Bois, Shanghai, and Mackintosh, Hong Kong. Also extensive correspondence with and about Holt's interests especially Conference difficulties and Straits Pool Agreements, Ocean Steamship Company organisation and management, and Shipping problems. From July - December 1891 John Samuel Swire again visited the East, London correspondence being handled by Gamwell and Scott in his absence. |
| Extent: |
1000 |
| Access status: |
Open |
| Copyright: | Copyright is owned by John Swire & Sons, Ltd, 59 Buckingham Gate, London, SW1E 6AJ |
| User restrictions: | Copying for personal research purposes is permitted. Please contact the archivist for all publication requests. |
| Language: | English |
| Finding aids: |
Paper handlist available |
| Related material: | Related MaterialFor JSS letters for that period see JSSI 3/3 |
| Format: | Archive |