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...

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Archive & Special Collections JSS/1/1/10 Open

Order number: JSS Box 1178
Date(s) of creation: 17 Apr 1891-26 Jul 1893
Level: File
Format: Archive           

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scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with JSS Box 1178
callnumber JSS/1/1/10
callnumber_txt JSS/1/1/10
callnumber-sort JSS/1/1/10
scb_alt_ref_no JSSI 1/10
prefix_number 10
title Letters to Butterfield & Swire
scb_date_creation 17 Apr 1891-26 Jul 1893
scb_level File
level_sort 7/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File
scb_extent 1000
format Archive
description 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.
scb_access_status Open
scb_copyright Copyright is owned by John Swire & Sons, Ltd, 59 Buckingham Gate, London, SW1E 6AJ
scb_use_restrictions Copying for personal research purposes is permitted. Please contact the archivist for all publication requests.
language English
language_search English
scb_finding_aids Paper handlist available
scb_related_material Related MaterialFor JSS letters for that period see JSSI 3/3
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hierarchy_sequence JSS.001.001.0010

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