Shanghai General Letters

Correspondence between John Swire & Sons and Butterfield & Swire, Shanghai, regarding the routine management of the China Navigation Company. The letters cover the following areas in particular: casualties; piracy; SS Wanhsien incident; Canton boycott; freight rates; tonnage acquisition, ma...

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Order number: JSS Box 2734 A & B
Date(s) of creation: 1926
Level: File
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id JSS.3.2.8
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with JSS Box 2734 A & B
callnumber JSS/3/2/8
callnumber_txt JSS/3/2/8
callnumber-sort JSS/3/2/8
scb_alt_ref_no JSSIII 2/8
prefix_number 8
scb_previous_numbers CNCO 1
title Shanghai General Letters
scb_date_creation 1926
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 1 box
format Archive
description Correspondence between John Swire & Sons and Butterfield & Swire, Shanghai, regarding the routine management of the China Navigation Company. The letters cover the following areas in particular: casualties; piracy; SS Wanhsien incident; Canton boycott; freight rates; tonnage acquisition, maintenance and disposition. Includes index Box A January - June letters Box B July - December
scb_arrangement Letters are arranged chronologically by sending office
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.003.002.008