Letters to Butterfield & Swire, Holt's and Scott's

Bound volume of typescript copies of letters mostly to Butterfield & Swire although a few copies of letters sent to Holt's and Scott's still included. Most non-Butterfield & Swire correspondence was filed separately by this date (see JSSI 4/8). The letters cover China Navigation Company, Tai...

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Archive & Special Collections JSS/1/1/15 Open

Order number: JSS Box 1182 (2 boxes)
Date(s) of creation: 6 Apr 1910-14 Oct 1916
Level: File
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id JSS.1.1.15
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with JSS Box 1182 (2 boxes)
callnumber JSS/1/1/15
callnumber_txt JSS/1/1/15
callnumber-sort JSS/1/1/15
scb_alt_ref_no JSSI 1/15
prefix_number 15
title Letters to Butterfield & Swire, Holt's and Scott's
scb_date_creation 6 Apr 1910-14 Oct 1916
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 923
format Archive
description Bound volume of typescript copies of letters mostly to Butterfield & Swire although a few copies of letters sent to Holt's and Scott's still included. Most non-Butterfield & Swire correspondence was filed separately by this date (see JSSI 4/8). The letters cover China Navigation Company, Taikoo Dockyard and Engineering Co, Taikoo Sugar Refinery, Tientsin Lighter Company business and finance, including the increasing competition between the Dockyard and Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Company (1911) China Navigation Company financial problems and staff difficulties (1911), local affairs, particularly the effect of the political situation on trade, the Hong Kong Defence Volunteer Force and the representation of Butterfield & Swire on the Shanghai Municipal Council and the negotiation of the Yangtze Pool (June (1912). John (Jack) Swire began to handle more of the London correspondence after 1911 and took over as `The Senior' on Scott's death in 1912. The majority of the letters (1-881) cover the period Apr 1910-Oct 1912, only a few for 1913 and 1914, chiefly concerning the formation of a Limited Company were filed in this volume, and the book was apparently officially closed by John Swire in 1914, although a few letters for 1914-16 were added.
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.001.001.0015

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