Butterfield and Swire Legal Documents

These include a wide range of papers mostly of a legal nature, including leases on Butterfield & Swire property and agreements of various types relating to commercial transactions. One interesting series originated from Butterfield & Swire Swatow and covers the range of that office's busines...

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Date(s) of creation: 1872-1965
Level: Series
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id JSS.2.8
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber JSS/2/8
callnumber_txt JSS/2/8
callnumber-sort JSS/2/8
scb_alt_ref_no JSSII 8
prefix_number 8
scb_previous_numbers JSSII 8
title Butterfield and Swire Legal Documents
scb_date_creation 1872-1965
scb_level Series
level_sort 4/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/
scb_extent 14 boxes; 25 files
format Archive
description These include a wide range of papers mostly of a legal nature, including leases on Butterfield & Swire property and agreements of various types relating to commercial transactions. One interesting series originated from Butterfield & Swire Swatow and covers the range of that office's business organisation during the late Nineteenth century.
scb_place_code 1819730
1814991
2643743
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.002.008