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AGASSIZ SON AND COMPANY
GB 0074 CLC/B/006 · Collection · 1769-1824;1945

Records of Agassiz, Son and Company, merchants, including partnership agreements; personal papers of Lewis Agassiz; yearly accounts and account books; bills and receipts; business letters from diverse suppliers including from Switzerland, France, Argentina, Uruguay, India, Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and Italy; and inventory of the offices.

Agassiz, Son & Co , merchants Lewis Agassiz & Co , merchants Agassiz, Grellet & Co , merchants Agassiz, Rougemont & Co , merchants Agassiz & Wilson , merchants Wilson, Agassiz & Co , merchants
ALTO PARANA DEVELOPMENT
GB 0074 CLC/B/007 · Collection · 1912-1964

Archives of Alto Parana Development, comprising constitutional documents, minutes and financial material.

Alto Parana Development x Scottish and Mercantile Investment Co Ltd La Sociedad Anonima Compania de Maderas del Alto Parana
GB 0074 CLC/B/010 · Collection · 1919-1990

Records of the Anglo-Portuguese Bank Limited, including memorandum and articles of association; Board minutes; annual reports and accounts; correspondence; financial records; manager's files; some staff files; and communications with headquarters in Portugal.

Anglo-Portuguese Colonial and Overseas Bank , 1919-1955 Anglo-Portuguese Bank Ltd , 1955-1977 AP Bank Ltd , 1977-1987 Riggs AP Bank , 1987-2005
ANGLO-THAI CORPORATION
GB 0074 CLC/B/123-01 · Collection · 1836-1979

Records of the Anglo-Thai Corporation and predecessors; including partnership deeds; agreements; articles of association; Directors' minute books; press cuttings; annual reports; papers relating to shares; financial records; correspondence, tenders; employment contracts; deeds for property and photographs.

Gillanders, Ewart and Co , traders in goods from India x Arbuthnot, Ewart and Co , traders in goods from India Ewart, Lyon and Co , traders in goods from India x Ewart, Latham and Co , traders in goods from India Anglo Siam Corporation x Anglo Thai Corporation
GB 0074 CLC/B/012 · Collection · 1683-1954

Records of Antony Gibbs and Sons Limited, merchants and foreign bankers, and their branches and subsidiaries. Records include papers relating to the Gibbs family; correspondence, letters and letter books; ledgers and other financial records; papers and correspondence of branches in Peru, Chile, Australia, the West Indies, New York, Bristol and Liverpool; memoranda; trading agreements; minutes and reports; papers relating to the guano business and papers relating to the iodine industry.

Correspondence with foreign branches will be found in a number of different points in the catalogue. A keyword search of the online catalogue by the name of the branch and 'Gibbs' is the easiest access to branch correspondence.

Antony Gibbs and Sons Ltd , merchants and foreign bankers
BCT GRAY AND SONS
GB 0074 CLC/B/023 · Collection · 1846-1906

The archives consist almost entirely of business and partnership correspondence of A.G. Wentworth Gray between 1856 and 1906. They therefore include some private and family material. The firm dealt in a wide variety of goods and cargoes. The records contain references to, inter alia: beef, pork, cocoa, flour, sugar, limes, molasses, rice and timber.

Access to Mss 21409, 21411, 21412 and 21413 is subject to special conditions: for further information please ask a member of staff.

BCT Gray and Sons , merchants
BORNEO COMPANY LIMITED
GB 0074 CLC/B/123-11 · Collection · 1856-1967

Records of the Borneo Company, as follows:
1.Deed of settlement; memorandum and articles of association: Ms 27174-7;

  1. Board, AGM and committee minutes; annual reports and accounts: Ms 27178-90;
  2. Secretary's papers: Ms 27191-8;
  3. Accounts: Ms 27199-231;
  4. Overseas operations records:-
    Agency and general agreements-Ms 27232-43;
    Java and Sumatra-Ms 27244-58;
    Malaya and Singapore-Ms 27259-76;
    Philippines-Ms 27277;
    Sarawak, North Borneo and Brunei-Ms 27278-304;
    Siam-Ms 27305-29;
  5. Investments, takeovers and subsidiary company papers:-
    Australia-Ms 27330-45;
    Canada -Ms 27346-50;
    Hong Kong-Ms 27351;
    Colombia-Ms 27352;
    Cuba-Ms 27353;
    India-Ms 27354-5;
    Java and Sumatra-Ms 27356-9;
    Malaya and Singapore-Ms 27360-400;
    Netherlands-Ms 27401-2;
    Sarawak, North Borneo and Brunei-Ms 27403-19;
    Siam-Ms 27420;
    United Kingdom-Ms 27421-3;
  6. Publicity and sales material: Ms 27424-6;
  7. Staff records: Ms 27427-43;
  8. Property records (London only): Ms 27430-6;
  9. Centenary celebrations and notes for centenary history: Ms 27437-43;
  10. Photographs: Ms 27444-66;
  11. Branch records:-
    Sarawak: Kuching-Ms 27467-70;
    Siam: Bangkok -Ms 27471-4.
Borneo Company x Borneo Co Ltd
BOWREY, Thomas (d 1713)
GB 0074 CLC/427 · Collection · 1666-1714

Papers of Thomas Bowrey, sea captain and merchant, including ledger; correspondence; diaries; drawings; charts; and maps; relating to travel and trade in India, Africa, Holland, France, Batavia (Jakarta) and Persia (Iran); the "Coffree" language of Delagoa and the Telenga language; shipping insurance and Lloyd's coffee house; whaling; and piracy.

Bowrey , Thomas , d 1713 , sea captain and merchant
GB 0097 COLL MISC 0994 · Collection · 1900-1923

Papers concerning relations between Britain and Russia 1922-1923, with particular reference to the recognition of the USSR by the United Kingdom, trade relations and famine relief, collected by Charles Roden Buxton MP. The include circulars by the Union of Democratic Control, including ED Morel's reports on his visit to Russia and of the National "Hands off Russia" Committee.

Buxton, Charles Roden, 1875-1942, politician
CHARLES LESTER AND COMPANY
GB 0074 CLC/B/112-033 · Collection · 1974-1986

Records of Charles Lester and Company Limited, general traders, comprising board and general meeting minutes.

Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Charles Lester and Co Ltd , general traders
GB 0074 CLC/B/123-18 · Collection · 1946-1961

Records of Child, Macfarland and Company, export agents, comprising private ledger and sales ledger.

Child, Macfarland and Co Ltd , export agents
COURAGE (EXPORT)
GB 0074 ACC/2305/12 · Collection · 1962-1968

Records of Courage (Export) Limited, brewers, comprising board meeting minutes.

Courage (Export) Ltd , brewers
DAVIS AND SOPER LIMITED
GB 0074 CLC/B/036-05 · Collection · 1915-1960

The records of Davis and Soper Limited, export merchants, comprise minutes, details of overseas staff appointments, and a volume of contracts of sales.

Davis and Soper Ltd , export merchants
GB 0074 CLC/B/112-042 · Collection · 1911-1988

Records of Deli Estates Engineering and General Union Limited, including articles of association; minute books; annual reports; circulars to shareholders and a ledger.

Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Deli Estates Engineering and General Union Ltd
DODWELL AND COMPANY LIMITED
GB 0074 CLC/B/123-22 · Collection · 1855-1978

Records of Dodwell and Company Limited, importers, exporters and shipping agents, including board minutes; register of directors; annual reports; financial accounts; private notebooks of George Benjamin Dodwell (relating to the business); correspondence; company handbook; publicity material; newspaper cuttings; photographs; and personal papers of George Benjamin Dodwell.

Dodwell and Co Ltd , exporters of Chinese and Japanese produce
GB 0074 CLC/B/123-23 · Collection · 1870-1974

Records of Duncan Macneill and Company, including partnership deeds; correspondence; financial accounts; annual reports; agreements; and valuations of tea companies managed by the company.

Records of J. B. Barry and Son, including partnership deeds, correspondence and financial accounts.

Records of both companies including articles of association; annual reports; financial accounts; maps of tea gardens; goods ledger; produce ledger; tea companies' ledger; correspondence and legal papers.

Also records of John Mackinnon's trusts and Duncan Macneill's trusts.

Duncan Macneill and Co Ltd , general managers and agents J B Barry and Son , traders
GB 0074 CLC/B/082 · Collection · 1911-1975

Records of the Federation of Commonwealth Chambers of Commerce, which comprise annual reports, minutes and reports of conferences.

Federation of Commonwealth Chambers of Commerce
CLA/012 · Collection · 1864-1988

Records of the Foreign Cattle Market at Deptford, 1864-1988, including general administrative papers (letter books, committee papers, petitions, reports); printed copies of bye-laws, privy council orders and reports; machinery and equipment catalogues and inventories; posters; plans, drawings and maps; general financial papers (tenancy and rental agreements, rent ledgers, statements of income and expenditure, accounts, cash books, acquittance books). Also articles regarding the use of railways at the Market, particularly the Grove Street Tramway.

Corporation of London
Furness Withy & Co Ltd
GB 0064 FWS · Collection · [1896-1968]

Records of Furness Withy and Co Ltd. For the parent company the records in the Museum include: ship files from the Naval Architect's Department, 1941 to 1961; building and service files from the Superintendent's Department, 1947 to 1964; movement books, 1946 to 1966; Charter Parties arranged by the Charter Department, 1917 to 1965; financial records, including wages and salaries, 1911 to 1958; one volume of commission accounts (mainly North American berths and the Danube), 1896 to 1952. There are papers for the three companies concerned in the South American trade: the Argentine Cargo Line Limited, minutes, 1908 to 1918; freight agreements, mainly 1908 to 1910 and printed reports, 1909 to 1917; the British and Argentine Steam Navigation Co Ltd, minutes, 1911 to 1934; meat contracts, 1914 to 1915; Furness-Houlder Argentine Lines, freight agreements (including Brazilian fruit and meat), 1914 to 1921; balance sheets and profit and loss accounts, 1940 to 1946. For the Prince Line (including the Rio Cape Line) there are reports of meetings, 1921 to 1949; files on oil prices and contracts, 1953 to 1958; and some notes on the Far East-U.S.A. Conference, 1919 to 1968. There are also the following records for other subsidiary companies: River Syndicate Ltd, minutes and accounts, 1920 to 1968; Compagnie Furness (France), accounts, 1923 to 1939; Furness (Montreal) Ltd, minutes, 1954 to 1964; Watson and Youell, cashbook for London, Bucharest and Galatz, 1919 to 1923. (Section 3: FWS/: 36ft: 1,097cm) Ships' Plans: the plans were presented in 1970. They consist mostly of prints of details of a few ships of the late 1940s and early 1950s. There are also two data books.

Furness Withy & Co Ltd
GB 0074 CLC/B/092 · Collection · 1760-1952

Records of Gabriel, Wade and English Limited, timber importers and merchants, including annual reports, financial accounts, sales ledgers and daybook, records of timber imported, property deeds, and photographs of tree-felling, logging and timber constructions.

Gabriel, Wade and English Ltd , timber importers and merchants
GB 0074 CLC/B/123-24 · Collection · 1916-1963

Records of Ganges Transport and Trading Company Limited, including memorandum and articles of association; annual statements of account; and half-yearly accounts.

Ganges Transport and Trading Co Ltd
GIBB, LIVINGSTON AND COMPANY
GB 0074 CLC/B/123-26 · Collection · 1844-1847; 1920-1963

Records of Gibb, Livingston and Company, merchants and agents, including articles of association, minutes of meetings, and financial records.

Gibb, Livingston and Co , merchants and agents
GILMAN (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
GB 0074 CLC/B/123-27 · Collection · 1963

Records of Gilman (Holdings) Limited, comprising memoranda and agendas for meetings.

Gilman (Holdings) Ltd , general agents and merchants
GOSCHENS AND CUNLIFFE
GB 0074 CLC/B/102 · Collection · 1903-1941

Records of Goschens and Cunliffe, merchants and bankers, comprising out-letter books, telegram books and register of policies. Also records of predecessor Fruhling, Goschens and Company, comprising letters to their agent in Germany.

Goschens and Cunliffe , merchants and bankers Fruhling, Goschens and Co , merchants and bankers
GRAHAMS TRADING COMPANY
GB 0074 CLC/B/036-07 · Collection · 1881-1962

The records of Grahams Trading Company Limited consist of constitutional documents, minutes of the Board, executive committee, and annual general meetings, annual reports and accounts, financial material, register of directors, press cuttings and title deeds. This collection is held offsite and requires 24 hours notice for access.

Grahams Trading Co Ltd , general merchants and manufacturers
GB 0074 CLC/B/112-001 · Collection · 1840-1982

Financial records of Harrisons and Crosfield Limited, including ledgers, statements of account, journals, bills books. The records relate to sales, imports and exports, purchases, profits and losses, debts, investments and taxes. Tea, coffee, silk and rubber are particularly mentioned.

Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Harrisons and Crosfield Ltd , traders in tea, coffee, rubber, timber, chemicals, and other agricultural products
GB 0074 CLC/B/112-066 · Collection · 1916-1976

Records of Harrisons and Crosfield (Borneo) Limited; including minutes and agendas; correspondence with head office; papers regarding operations in Brunei; financial accounts; memoranda; correspondence concerning the general trading of the Company, the work of secretarial and agency companies in Borneo and the work of the Engineering Department; papers relating to political news in Borneo; and financial accounts of sub-branches.

Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Harrisons and Crosfield (Borneo) Ltd
GB 0074 CLC/B/112-069 · Collection · 1950-1961

Records of Harrisons and Crosfield (Holland) N.V., including articles of association; correspondence and memoranda; financial accounts; and papers concerning the liquidation of the company.

Access to records less than 70 years old which relate to staff should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Harrisons and Crosfield (Holland) N.V.
GB 0074 CLC/B/112 · Collection · 1844-1995

Records of Harrisons and Crosfield Limited, traders in tea, coffee, rubber, timber, chemicals, and other agricultural products. The catalogue includes: corporate records (including articles of association, agreements, minutes and annual reports and accounts); share records; internal administration records (including directories of operations, directors' and general letter books); accounting records; operational records (including reports on estates); branch records (including correspondence and accounts); insurance department records; papers concerning the careers of directors; staff records; premises and property records; historical notes, photographs and plans; records of subsidiary companies, and companies for which Harrisons and Crosfield acted as secretaries and/or agents.

The archive includes records relating to Harrisons and Crosfield's activities as secretaries and/or agents for other companies. As these records were generated as part of Harrisons and Crosfield's role as secretaries and/or agents for another company, they have been catalogued as records of that particular company. However, they comprise correspondence and other papers of the head office of Harrisons and Crosfield, and supporting papers acquired by Harrisons and Crosfield (e.g. memoranda and articles of association, and annual reports and accounts) to assist in that role. The records of the companies for which Harrisons and Crosfield acted as secretaries and/or agents are arranged so that each company is followed by its subsidiary companies (if any).

Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Harrisons and Crosfield Ltd , traders in tea, coffee, rubber, timber, chemicals, and other agricultural products
INCHCAPE GROUP
GB 0074 CLC/B/123 · Collection · 1836-2010

Records of the companies making up the Inchcape Group, including:

  • Adamson, Bell and Company: see Dodwell and Company;
    • Adamson (W. R.) and Company: see Dodwell and Company;
    • African Marine and General Engineering Company: see Smith, Mackenzie and Company;
    • African Wharfage Company: see Smith, Mackenzie and Company;
    • Alexandra Brickworks Limited: see Borneo Company;
    • Anglo Siam Corporation: see Anglo Thai Corporation;
    • Anglo Thai Corporation: Ms 27001-034;
    • Arbuthnot, Ewart and Company: see Anglo Thai Corporation;
    • Argonauts Investments Limited: see Assam and African Investments Limited;
    • Assam and African Holdings Limited: see Assam and African Investments Limited;
    • Assam and African Investments Limited: Ms 27035-45;
    • Assam Company Limited: Ms 8794-8803; 9924-9936; 11497-504; 23723-5 and 27046-103;
    • Assam Estates Limited: Ms 27104-7;
    • Australasian United Steam Navigation Company: 27108-45;
    • Baghdad Light and Power Company: 27146-7;
    • Bahrein Slipway Company: see Gray, Mackenzie and Company;
    • Bally Paper Mills Company: see Borneo Company;
    • Bangalore Woollen, Cotton and Silk Mills Company: see Binny and Company;
    • Barnagore Jute Factory Company: see Borneo Company;
    • Barry and Company: see Macneill and Barry;
    • Barry, J. B. and Son: see Duncan Macneill and Company;
    • Bhooteachang Tea Company: Ms 27148;
    • Binny and Company: Ms 27149-73;
    • Borneo Agencies Limited: see Borneo Company;
    • Borneo Company: Ms 27174-474;
    • Borneo Motors Limited: see Borneo Company;
    • Brae and Chingoor Tea Estates Limited: Ms 27475-7;
    • British India and Queensland Agency Company: Ms 27478-9;
    • British India Associated Steamers Limited: Ms 27480-6;
    • Bruseh Tin and Rubber Estates Limited: see Borneo Company;
    • Bulkships Limited: Ms 27487;
    • Cawnpore Electric Supply Corporation: Ms 27488;
    • Cheerie Valley Tea Company: Ms 27489;
    • Child, Macfarland and Company: Ms 27490-1;
    • Dalhousie Jute Company: Ms 27492;
    • Delmege, Allen and Company: Ms 27493-4;
    • Delmege, Forsyth and Company: 27495-7;
    • Dilmun Navigation Company: see Gray, Mackenzie and Company;
    • Dodwell and Company: Ms 27498-526;
    • Dodwell, Carlill and Company: see Dodwell and Company;
    • Dodwell Motors Limited: see Dodwell and Company;
    • Duncan Macneill and Company: Ms 27527-90;
    • Eastern and Australian Steampship Company: see Australasian United Steam Navigation Company;
    • Ewart, Latham and Company: see Anglo Thai Corporation;
    • Ewart, Lyon and Company: see Anglo Thai Corporation;
    • Ewart, Ryrie and Company: see Anglo Thai Corporation;
    • Ganges Transport and Trading Company: Ms 27591-2;
    • Garden Reach Spinning and Manufacturing Company: Ms 27592A;
    • Garden Reach Workshops Limited: see Rivers Steam Navigation Company;
    • Gibb, Livingston and Company: Ms 27593-6;
    • Gillanders, Ewart and Company: see Anglo Thai Corporation;
    • Gilman (Holdings) Limited: Ms 27597;
    • Gourepore Company: Ms 27598;
    • Gourepore Electric Supply Company: Ms 27599;
    • Gray, Dawes and Company: Ms 27600-87;
    • Gray, Mackenzie and Company: Ms 27688-745;
    • Gray, Paul and Company: see Gray, Mackenzie and Company;
    • Greenwood Tea Company: Ms 27746-52;
    • Haboko Tea Company: see Borneo Company;
    • Hain (Edward) and Son: see St Mary Axe Securities Limited;
    • India General Navigation and Railway Company: Ms 27753-65;
    • India General Steam Navigation Company: see India General Navigation and Railway Company;
    • India Rivers Steam Navigation Company: see Rivers Steam Navigation Company;
    • Islay, Kerr and Company: Ms 27766-9;
    • Java Agency Company: Ms 27770;
    • Kalline Tea Company: Ms 27771-4;
    • Kenya Landing and Shipping Company: see Smith, Mackenzie and Company;
  • Kilburn and Company: see Macneill and Barry Limited;
    • Kilburn, Brown and Company: Ms 27775-82;
    • Koyah Tea Company: Ms 27783;
    • Macdonald, Hamilton and Company: Ms 27784-7;
    • Mackay and Company: Ms 27788-92;
    • Mackay, Lynch and Company: see Mackay and Company;
    • Mackinnon, Mackenzie and Company: Ms 27793-848;
    • Mackinnon (W.) and Company: Ms 27849-50;
    • Macneill and Barry Limited: Ms 27851-94;
    • Macneill and Company: see Macneill and Barry Limited;
    • Macneill and Kilburn Limited: see Macneill and Barry Limited;
    • Macneill and Magor Limited: see Macneill and Barry Limited;
    • Macneill, Barry and Company: see Duncan Macneill and Company;
    • Majagram Tea Company: Ms 27895;
    • Mediterranean Transport Company: Ms 27896-902;
    • Mesopotamia Persia Corporation: see Gray, Mackenzie and Company;
    • Metro-Dodwell Motors Limited: see Dodwell and Company;
    • New Rivers Company: see Rivers Steam Navigation Company;
    • Ngambo Limited: see Assam and African Investments Limited;
    • Northern Dooars Tea Company: Ms 27903-8;
    • Nuddea Mills Company: Ms 27909;
    • Pahang Consolidated Company: see Borneo Company;
    • Pakistan River Steamers Limited: see Rivers Steam Navigation Company;
    • Pakistan Rivers Steam Navigation Company: see Rivers Steam Navigation Company;
    • Rejang Agencies Limited: see Borneo Company;
    • River Steamers Company: see Rivers Steam Navigation Company;
    • Rivers Steam Navigation Company: Ms 27910-28101;
    • St Mary Axe Securities Limited: Ms 28102-5;
    • Salonah Tea Company: Ms 28106-11;
    • Sarawak Rubber Estates Limited: see Borneo Company;
    • Sarawak Steamship Company: see Borneo Company;
    • Scottish Assam Tea Company: Ms 28112-16;
    • Siam Forest Company: see Anglo Thai Corporation;
    • Silonibari Tea Company: Ms 28117;
    • Singapore Plywood Company: see Borneo Company;
    • Smith, Mackenzie and Company: Ms 28118-53;
    • Tanganyika Landing and Shipping Company: see Smith, Mackenzie and Company;
    • Tarrapore Tea Company: Ms 28154-5;
    • Thanai Tea Company: Ms 28156-62;
    • Upper Assam Tea Company: Ms 28162A;
    • Western Cachar Company: Ms 28169-73.

Also published history 'Pioneering Spirit: The story behind Inchcape's remarkable journey', 2010.

Records of Inchcape and Company Limited (1939-2010), including subject files belonging to Kenneth James William Mackay (third Earl of Inchcape) and other directors and seniors. Files concern the formation of the holding company in 1958 and also individual companies within the group.

Inchcape and Co Ltd
GB 0064 IPC · Collection · 1885-1994

Papers of the India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Ceylon Conferences. They include Minute Books (1885-1990), Annual Reports (1964-1972), Letterbooks (1952-1994), Visits of Conference Delegates (1967-1986) and Freight Tariffs (1915-1985) from various Conferences held between 1885 and 1994.

India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Ceylon Conferences
GB 0074 CLC/B/227-105 · Collection · 1815

Business papers of merchant Abraham Jalfon, including various accounts, invoices and receipts, accounts of packing charges on bales and cases, and annotated catalogues of sales at East India House of spices and textiles.

Jalfon , Abraham , fl 1807-1820 , general merchant
JOHN HUBBARD AND COMPANY
GB 0074 CLC/B/227-109 · Collection · 1874-1900

Papers of merchants John Hubbard and Company, including correspondence, reports and financial accounts.

John Hubbard and Co , Russia merchants
JOHN MOTTEUX AND COMPANY
GB 0074 CLC/B/227-110 · Collection · 1772-1775

Papers of John Motteux and Company, merchants, comprising letters from the company's agent in L'Orient (Brittany) and Paris.

John Motteux and Co , merchants
LONDON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
GB 0074 CLC/B/150 · Collection · 1882-1972

Records of the London Chamber of Commerce including records of constitution, membership, administration, finances and so on; records of sections and committees relating to places, arranged alphabetically by place; records of sections and committees relating to subjects, arranged alphabetically by subject of substance. Included in this category are 'General' and 'Special' minute books which contain minutes of sections and committees relating to both places and subjects. Ask a member of staff for an index of the sections and committees whose minutes are contained in the 'General' and 'Special' minute books.

London Chamber of Commerce x London Chamber of Commerce and Industry
MARCH, John (d 1774)
GB 0074 CLC/B/227-128 · Collection · 1768-1788

Outgoing letters of John March, merchant trading with Turkey.

March , John , d 1774 , merchant
MARCH, Thomas (fl 1779-1797)
GB 0074 CLC/B/227-129 · Collection · 1779-1780;1796-1797

Outgoing letter book of Thomas March, merchant trading with Turkey. This is a photocopy made in 1968; the original letter-book was in the possession of Squire de Lisle in 1968. Contains copies of letters concerning general financial matters and his estates at Garendon, Leicestershire.

March , John , fl 1779-1797 , merchant
MATTHEW CLARK AND SONS
GB 0074 CLC/B/158 · Collection · 1804-2005

Records of Matthew Clark and Sons, wine and spirit brokers, comprising partnership agreements, 1887-1923; annual reports and accounts, 1948-98; correspondence and other administrative papers, 1804-1992; memoranda books, 1861-c 1930; accounts, 1810-1945; sale catalogues and price lists, 1821-1995; papers concerning operations, 1849-1995; accounts of the directors of the firm, 1888-1970; photographs; staff list; leases and histories of the company, 1847-2005.

Matthew Clark and Sons , wine and spirit brokers
MICHIE, John (d 1788)
GB 0074 CLC/B/160 · Collection · 1759-1803

Papers of John Michie, director of the East India Company, and Jonathan Michie, wine merchant, comprising personal and East India Company papers, including correspondence, accounts, receipts and memoranda.

Michie , John , d 1788 , director of the East India Company Michie , Jonathan , d 1802 , wine merchant
GB 0074 ACC/2066 · Collection · 1871-1923

Business papers of Christopher Müller and son, dealers in furs and pelts, 1871-1923, including testimonials, correspondence and letter books, financial accounts, stock books, tax returns and property lease.

Müller , Christopher , d 1915 , Commission Agent, dealer in furs and pelts
NORRIS AND COLLET
GB 0074 CLC/B/227-137 · Collection · 1701

Letters from Norris and Collet, merchants, to their factor Henry Norris in Sweden.

Norris and Collet , merchants trading with Sweden
OLDBURY, John (fl 1669-1678)
GB 0074 CLC/B/227-139 · Collection · 1669-1678

Out-letter book of John Oldbury and Henry Stanley, merchants, containing copies of letters to ships' masters, agents, contacts and consignees, relating to business and private affairs.

Please note these are photostat copies; the whereabouts of the original is unknown.

Oldbury , John , fl 1669-1678 , merchant
P. B. BURGOYNE AND COMPANY
GB 0074 CLC/B/227-143 · Collection · 1884-1886

Outgoing letter book of Peter Bond Burgoyne and Company, wine importers.

Peter Bond Burgoyne and Co , wine importers
GB 0074 CLC/B/227-148 · Collection · 1689-1695

Daybooks of Sir Charles Peers, relating to his business as London partner of William Morley and Company, of Malaga, merchants and importers.

Peers , Sir , Charles , 1661-1737 , Lord Mayor of London
PENGELLY, Thomas (d 1696)
GB 0074 CLC/B/227-150 · Collection · 1656

Particulars of expenses incurred on the account of Thomas Pengelly, merchant of London, by the purchase of broadcloths at Aleppo [Syria], 8 Dec 1656.

Pengelly , Thomas , d 1696 , merchant
Phillipps collection
GB 0064 PLA · Collection · 1603-1672

General Records: This group contains a large vellum-bound volume of Spanish diplomatic papers, mainly dating between 1603 and 1672, but with a section dealing with the Armada, 1587 to 1588; two English documents relating to the expedition to Cadiz, 1596; an enquiry into the loss of ships in the convoy guarded by Sir George Rooke (1650-1709) and the Streights Squadron, 1693; a gathering of Italian papers relating to the capitulation of Malta, 1799 to 1807. There are also a number of items relating to Lord Nelson and his family, 1805 to 1845. (PHB/: PHB/P: 2 vols: 3 items) Merchant Shipping Records: relating to merchant shipping, including the journal of the Blackham on a voyage to Constantinople, 1696 to 1698; the log of H.E.I.C.S. Ceres, 1743 to 1745; of H.E.I.C.S. Wager, 1745 to 1746; and an account in verse of H.E.I.C.S. Ceres, 1812 to 1814, on a voyage to China. There is also a memorial of 1774 by a Harwich pilot to the Treasury, seeking to establish an excise cutter there. Among the documents are Bills of Sale, 1651, 1695, 1775; Letters of Marque, 1780, 1799. (PHB/: PLA/P: 4 vols: 12 items) Royal Navy: Administration: This group consists of nineteen volumes and four documents relating to the administration of the Navy. It includes the naval accounts from 1422 to 1427 of William Soper (fl.1410-1459), Clerk of the King<sup>1</sup>s ships; a list of ships' stores 'wasted' in the Prymrose after the Rochelle expedition, 1573; a volume of the records collected by Sir Robert Cotton (1571-1631), the antiquarian and collector, containing summaries of papers on naval matters and defence from the time of Henry III to Elizabeth I; a copy, dated 1638, of the first 'Discourse of the Navy of England' by John Hollond (fl 1624-1659); regulations for the Ordnance Office, 1683; an account, written by a clerk, of the dispute between Samuel Pepys and Colonel Middleton (d 1672) about the importation of cottons and kerseys, 1667 to 1668; two lists of official documents transferred by Pepys to his successor on leaving the Admiralty, 1689; two volumes of Navy Board orders to Deptford and Woolwich dockyards, 1644 to 1722; and eleven volumes of papers, bound by Phillipps in no particular order, relating to general administrative matters, including sea-men's pay, 1711 to 1790; however, among these papers are three letters from Vice-Admiral Benbow (1653-1702) written from Jamaica, 1699. Finally, there are a number of lists; of Admiralty Commissioners, 1673 to 1782; of ships, 1625 to 1636, 1705, 1706 to 1745, and of foreign navies, 1755 to 1778 (PLA/: PLA/P: 2 1/2ft: 76cm) Royal Navy: Law and Prize Money: This group consists of a volume, 1658 to 1673, containing a collection of sentences and decrees made at the Court of Admiralty; a volume of 1685 chiefly concerning the powers and rights of the Lord High Admiral, with an abstract of the judgements of Oleron, translated from the French; a further seventeenth-century volume concerning maritime customs and law from the time of Henry III; a French treatise of maritime law, 1690; a volume containing bound letters from senior naval officers expressing their opinion on the prize money dispute between Lord Nelson (q.v.) and Lord St Vincent (q.v.), 1801 to 1802; vindication of the conduct of Surgeon D.T. McCarthy, court-martialled 2 lines 1 field in 1804.

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P.W. FLOWER AND SONS
GB 0074 CLC/B/173 · Collection · 1826-1980

The records of PW Flower and Sons, merchants, concern the company's trading interests and property investments, and the affairs and investments of the Flower family (see CLC/B/173/MS19469 for a Flower family tree) and of other families with shared or related interests; they include the papers of various trustees by whom some family and business activities were administered.

The records include:

  • Mss 19338-55: business records: general, or relating to more than one country;
  • Mss 19356-78: business records: Australia, including some Salting family papers (see also Mss 19470-89);
  • Mss 19379-93: business records: India, including some Pearse family papers;
  • Mss 19394-99: estate records: general or relating to more than one estate;
  • Mss 19400-9: estate records: individual estates or properties (except Park Town);
  • Mss 19410-38: estate records: Park Town, except maps and plans which are catalogued in the Print and Maps Section;
  • Mss 19439-46: family records: executors of P.W. Flower, including references to business and estate matters;
  • Mss 19447-69: family records: general, including references to business and estate matters;
  • Mss 19470-89: Papers relating to the Salting family of Australia (with which the Flower family had business connections; see also Mss 19356-78) and in particular to George Salting (d 1909) art collector and benefactor to public art galleries.
P W Flower and Sons , merchants