Letters to Butterfield & Swire

Bound volume containing copies of letters to Butterfield & Swire regarding insurance, China Navigation Company and Taikoo Sugar Refinery affairs, staff and management problems; other subjects include general trade and competition in the East and the organisation of the China-Australian trade rou...

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Order number: JSS Box 1089 (Box 1, 2, 3)
Date(s) of creation: 5 Jun 1884-22 Apr 1887
Level: File
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id JSS.1.1.7
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with JSS Box 1089 (Box 1, 2, 3)
callnumber JSS/1/1/7
callnumber_txt JSS/1/1/7
callnumber-sort JSS/1/1/7
scb_alt_ref_no JSSI 1/7
prefix_number 7
title Letters to Butterfield & Swire
scb_date_creation 5 Jun 1884-22 Apr 1887
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 1494
format Archive
description Bound volume containing copies of letters to Butterfield & Swire regarding insurance, China Navigation Company and Taikoo Sugar Refinery affairs, staff and management problems; other subjects include general trade and competition in the East and the organisation of the China-Australian trade routes. Indexes for each year list letters by correspondent and subject alongside brief notes relating to the contents of the letters. The volume has been disbound following conservation work and is now housed in three 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.001.001.007