Letters to Butterfield & Swire
Soft bound volume of typescript copies of letters, many blurred and illegible, and very fragile, the majority to Butterfield & Swire and concerning John Swire & Sons affairs, including partnership changes on the death of Edwin Mackintosh (1904) and the suggestion of forming a limited company...
| Order number: |
JSS Box 1092 (Box 1, 2) |
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| Date(s) of creation: |
15 Nov 1904-6 Apr 1910 |
| Level: |
File |
| Format: | Archive |
| Order number: |
JSS Box 1092 (Box 1, 2) |
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| Summary: |
Soft bound volume of typescript copies of letters, many blurred and illegible, and very fragile, the majority to Butterfield & Swire and concerning John Swire & Sons affairs, including partnership changes on the death of Edwin Mackintosh (1904) and the suggestion of forming a limited company (1905); management of House, insurance, Taikoo Dockyard and Engineering Co, Tientsin Lighter Company and Taikoo Sugar Refinery business, particularly Dockyard development (Sept 1907) and the problems of sugar prices (March 1908); the construction of Holt's Wharf, Shanghai, and local Chinese affairs including the general question of the membership of Butterfield & Swire staff on the Shanghai Municipal Council and the foundation of Hong Kong University (1909) |
| Extent: |
988 |
| Arrangement: | This volume has been disbound following conservation work |
| 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 |
| Format: | Archive |