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- 1884-1942 (Creation)
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1 box
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Edward Johnston & Company Ltd was a Brazilian coffee exporting house based in Santos. It was founded in 1842 by Edward Johnston who had an expert knowledge of Brazil. It became one of the leading firms in the coffee trade and is now Brazilian owned.
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GB 0103 JOHNSTON 1884-1942 Collection (fonds) 1 box Edward Johnston & Company Ltd , coffee traders
Edward Johnston & Company Ltd was a Brazilian coffee exporting house based in Santos. It was founded in 1842 by Edward Johnston who had an expert knowledge of Brazil. It became one of the leading firms in the coffee trade and is now Brazilian owned.
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Records of Edward Johnston & Company Ltd, 1884-1942, comprising private letter copy-books from Santos to London, 1892-1904; printed parity tables relating to the coffee trade, 1884-1903; and a volume, One hundred years of coffee (privately printed, London, 1942).
Open. The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.
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Handlist. See also A Guide to Manuscript Sources for the History of Latin America and the Caribbean in the British Isles, ed Peter Walne (Oxford University Press, London, 1973).
1999 Agricultural products Beverages Brazil Coffee Edward Johnston & Company Ltd , coffee traders Enterprises Exports/imports Food International trade Plant products Private enterprises South America Trade Trade (practice)
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Records of Edward Johnston & Company Ltd, 1884-1942, comprising private letter copy-books from Santos to London, 1892-1904; printed parity tables relating to the coffee trade, 1884-1903; and a volume, One hundred years of coffee (privately printed, London, 1942).
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Open. The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
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Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.
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- English
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- Latin
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Handlist. See also A Guide to Manuscript Sources for the History of Latin America and the Caribbean in the British Isles, ed Peter Walne (Oxford University Press, London, 1973).
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- English