Letters to Butterfield & Swire

Bound volume of typescript copies of letters to Butterfield & Swire covering China Navigation Company, House and Taikoo Sugar Refinery routine management and business, including staff problems, in particular the serious embezzlement by the Yokohama [Japan] compradore, the effects of the politica...

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Archive & Special Collections JSS/1/1/13 Open

Order number: JSS Box 1180 (2 boxes)
Date(s) of creation: 5 Aug 1898-7 Nov 1901
Level: File
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id JSS.1.1.13
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with JSS Box 1180 (2 boxes)
callnumber JSS/1/1/13
callnumber_txt JSS/1/1/13
callnumber-sort JSS/1/1/13
scb_alt_ref_no JSSI 1/13
prefix_number 13
title Letters to Butterfield & Swire
scb_date_creation 5 Aug 1898-7 Nov 1901
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 1002
format Archive
description Bound volume of typescript copies of letters to Butterfield & Swire covering China Navigation Company, House and Taikoo Sugar Refinery routine management and business, including staff problems, in particular the serious embezzlement by the Yokohama [Japan] compradore, the effects of the political situation on Chinese trade (May-Sept 1900) and the formation of the Taikoo Dockyard and Engineering Co (Nov 1900) Other subjects include Conference affairs, Hong Kong and Shanghai affairs and Australian trade problems, including the beginnings of refrigerated transport on the Australia-Manila [Philipines] line (April 1899) and the transfer of John Swire & Sons agency to G S Yuill & Company (Jan 1900). Up to November 1898 the majority of the correspondence was still hand led by John Samuel Swire himself, after his death in December 1898 the London side was taken over by J H Scott.
scb_arrangement This volume has been disbound following conservation work and is now stored in two boxes.
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
hierarchy_top_id_raw JSS
hierarchy_sequence JSS.001.001.0013

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