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- 1864-1874; [1989] (Produção)
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2 production units.
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This company was formed as a limited company in 1864 to buy and work coffee plantations in Ceylon. It gradually changed over to tea production from the 1870s when the coffee industry was devastated by a fungus. In 1908 it reformed as Ouvah Ceylon Estates Limited. It had offices successively at 79 Cannon Street; 34 Cannon Street; 31 Lombard Street; 5 Dowgate Hill; Thames House, Queen Street Place; and 21 Mincing Lane.
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The cash book is the only record of the company known to have survived liquidation in the 1960s.
GB 0074 CLC/B/227-141 1864-1874; [1989] Collection 2 production units. Ouvah Coffee Co Ltd
This company was formed as a limited company in 1864 to buy and work coffee plantations in Ceylon. It gradually changed over to tea production from the 1870s when the coffee industry was devastated by a fungus. In 1908 it reformed as Ouvah Ceylon Estates Limited. It had offices successively at 79 Cannon Street; 34 Cannon Street; 31 Lombard Street; 5 Dowgate Hill; Thames House, Queen Street Place; and 21 Mincing Lane.
The cash book is the only record of the company known to have survived liquidation in the 1960s.
Presented to the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1989. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Records of the Ouvah Coffee Company Limited, comprising a cash book and notes on the history of the company and of coffee planting in Ceylon.
One volume, and 6 sheets in an envelope.
Available for general access.
Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.
English
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
January to May 2011. Beverage industry Coffee industry Tea trade Agricultural land Plantations Tea Trade (practice) Food trade Coffee trade Information sources Documents Plantation records Agricultural products Plant products Coffee Food industry Manufacturing industry Industry Business records Ouvah Coffee Co Ltd Sri Lanka South Asia
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Presented to the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1989. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
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Records of the Ouvah Coffee Company Limited, comprising a cash book and notes on the history of the company and of coffee planting in Ceylon.
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Sistema de arranjo
One volume, and 6 sheets in an envelope.
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Available for general access.
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Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.
Idioma do material
- inglês
Sistema de escrita do material
- latim
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English
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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- inglês