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 , merchantsArchives 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 ParanaRecords 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 , 1987-2005Records 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 CorporationRecords 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 bankersRecords of Arnhold and Company Limited including a profit and loss book, ledgers mainly relating to the business in China, journals and cash books.
Arnhold and Company Limited xx Arnhold Karberg and Company xx Arnhold Holdings LimitedThe 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 , merchantsRecords of the Borneo Company, as follows:
1.Deed of settlement; memorandum and articles of association: Ms 27174-7;
- Board, AGM and committee minutes; annual reports and accounts: Ms 27178-90;
- Secretary's papers: Ms 27191-8;
- Accounts: Ms 27199-231;
- 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; - 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; - Publicity and sales material: Ms 27424-6;
- Staff records: Ms 27427-43;
- Property records (London only): Ms 27430-6;
- Centenary celebrations and notes for centenary history: Ms 27437-43;
- Photographs: Ms 27444-66;
- Branch records:-
Sarawak: Kuching-Ms 27467-70;
Siam: Bangkok -Ms 27471-4.
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 merchantRecords 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 tradersRecords of Child, Macfarland and Company, export agents, comprising private ledger and sales ledger.
Child, Macfarland and Co Ltd , export agentsRecords of Courage (Export) Limited, brewers, comprising board meeting minutes.
Courage (Export) Ltd , brewersThe 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 merchantsRecords 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 LtdRecords 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 produceRecords 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 , tradersRecords of E D Sassoon and Company Limited including accounts, balance sheets and reports.
E D Sassoon and Company Limited xx D K Investments (Crosby Square) LimitedRecords of E D Sassoon and Company Limited including correspondence files relating to business links and investment in South Africa; and copy judgement.
E D Sassoon and Company Limited xx D K Investments (Crosby Square) LimitedRecords of E D Sassoon and Company Limited including records relating to the foundation of the company such as memoranda and articles of association, certificates of incorporation and special resolutions; a board minute book and power of attorney.
E D Sassoon and Company Limited xx D K Investments (Crosby Square) LimitedRecords of E D Sassoon and Company Limited including combined register of shares.
E D Sassoon and Company Limited xx D K Investments (Crosby Square) LimitedRecords of the Federation of Commonwealth Chambers of Commerce, which comprise annual reports, minutes and reports of conferences.
Federation of Commonwealth Chambers of CommerceRecords 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 LondonRecords 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 merchantsRecords 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 LtdRecords of Gibb, Livingston and Company, merchants and agents, including articles of association, minutes of meetings, and financial records.
Gibb, Livingston and Co , merchants and agentsRecords of Gilman (Holdings) Limited, comprising memoranda and agendas for meetings.
Gilman (Holdings) Ltd , general agents and merchantsRecords 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 bankersThe 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 manufacturersFinancial 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 productsRecords 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) LtdRecords 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.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 productsLetters to William Hurt from Thomas Rogers, writing from Surrat (Surat), Mesulapatam (Masulipatam) and Gulcondah (Golconda, now Hyderabad).
Various.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 LtdBusiness 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 merchantPapers of merchants John Hubbard and Company, including correspondence, reports and financial accounts.
John Hubbard and Co , Russia merchantsPapers of John Motteux and Company, merchants, comprising letters from the company's agent in L'Orient (Brittany) and Paris.
John Motteux and Co , merchantsAccounts ledger of Lewis and Baily, merchants and shippers, 1711-12; with accounts of John Pope, merchant, 1716-17.
Lewis and Baily , merchants and shippersRecords 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 IndustryOutgoing letters of John March, merchant trading with Turkey.
March , John , d 1774 , merchantOutgoing 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 , merchantRecords 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 brokersPapers 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 merchantBusiness 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 peltsLetters from Norris and Collet, merchants, to their factor Henry Norris in Sweden.
Norris and Collet , merchants trading with SwedenOut-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 , merchantOutgoing letter book of Peter Bond Burgoyne and Company, wine importers.
Peter Bond Burgoyne and Co , wine importersDaybooks 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 LondonParticulars 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 , merchantThe 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.