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GB 141 RP - Rathbone Papers

File of correspondence 1865 (1865)

Reference RP XXIV.2.22
Physical Description 92 letters

Scope and Content

Letters to Rathbone Brothers' Liverpool office from J.R. Busk, New York, relating to work of Rathbone Brothers' New York agency, including reports on gold, rice, tallow, cotton, grain and breadstuffs markets, tea, coffee, sugar and hemp imports, news of American firms and business associates, financial affairs, notes on American politics including effects of civil war, copy of instructions given by Busk to Howard Clarkson concerning running of the agency during Busk's absence in Europe, with some letters from Clarkson (RP XXIV.2.22.62-67), etc


File of correspondence 1866. (1866)

Reference RP XXIV.2.23
Physical Description 79 letters

Scope and Content

Letters to Rathbone Brothers' Liverpool office from J.R. Busk, New York, relating to work of Rathbone Brothers' New York agency, including reports on gold, rice, cotton, grain and breadstuffs markets, tea, coffee, sugar and hemp imports, news of American firms and business associates, financial affairs, shipping management; notes on American politics , etc


File of correspondence. New York; 1866. (1866)

Reference RP XXIV.2.24
Physical Description 69 letters

Scope and Content

Letters to Rathbone Brothers' Liverpool office from J.R. Busk, New York, relating to work of Rathbone Brothers' New York agency, including reports on gold, cotton, corn and grain markets, tea, coffee and sugar imports, news of American firms and business associates, financial affairs, shipping management, discussions concerning use of code for telegrams, etc


File of correspondence Jan-Jun 1867. (Jan-Jun 1867)

Reference RP XXIV.2.25
Physical Description 86 letters

Scope and Content

Letters to Rathbone Brothers' Liverpool office from J.R. Busk, New York, relating to work of Rathbone Brothers' New York agency, including reports on gold, cotton, corn and grain markets, tea and sugar imports, news of American firms and business associates, financial affairs, shipping management, discussions concerning use of code for telegrams, etc; with some letters from other American correspondents (RP XXIV.2.25.1-16)


File of correspondence Jul-Dec 1867 (Jul-Dec 1867)

Reference RP XXIV.2.26
Physical Description 71 letters

Scope and Content

Letters to Rathbone Brothers' Liverpool office from J.R. Busk and Thomas E. Jevons, New York, relating to work of Busk and Jevons, Rathbone Brothers' New York agency, including reports on gold, cotton, corn and grain markets, coffee imports, news of American firms and business associates, financial affairs, shipping management, discussions concerning use of code for telegrams, etc


File of correspondence 1868. (1868)

Reference RP XXIV.2.27
Physical Description 138 letters

Scope and Content

Letters to Rathbone Brothers' Liverpool office from J.R. Busk and Thomas E. Jevons, New York, relating to work of Busk and Jevons, Rathbone Brothers' New York agency, including reports on gold, cotton, rice, corn and grain markets, coffee imports, news of American firms and business associates, financial affairs, shipping management, etc; with some letters from other American correspondents (RP XXIV.2.27.1-15)


File of correspondence 1869 (1869)

Reference RP XXIV.2.28
Physical Description 89 letters

Scope and Content

Letters to Rathbone Brothers' Liverpool office from J.R. Busk and Thomas E. Jevons, New York, relating to work of Busk and Jevons, Rathbone Brothers' New York agency, including reports on gold, cotton, corn and grain markets, coffee imports, news of American firms and business associates, financial affairs, shipping management, etc


File of correspondence 1870. (1870)

Reference RP XXIV.2.29
Physical Description 62 letters

Scope and Content

Letters to Rathbone Brothers' Liverpool office from J.R. Busk and Thomas E. Jevons, New York, relating to work of Busk and Jevons, Rathbone Brothers' New York agency, including reports on cotton and grain markets, coffee imports, news of American firms and business associates, financial affairs, shipping management,discussion of use of codes for telegrams etc; with some letters from other American correspondents (RP XXIV.2.29.52-60)


File of correspondence 1871 (1871)

Reference RP XXIV.2.30
Physical Description 41 letters

Scope and Content

Letters to Rathbone Brothers' Liverpool office from J.R. Busk and Thomas E. Jevons, New York, relating to work of Busk and Jevons, Rathbone Brothers' New York agency, including reports on cotton market, teas and coffee imports, news of American firms and business associates, financial affairs, shipping management, etc; with some letters from other American correspondents (RP XXIV.2.30.1-7)


File of correspondence 1872. (1872)

Reference RP XXIV.2.31
Physical Description 55 letters

Scope and Content

Letters to Rathbone Brothers' Liverpool office from J.R. Busk and Thomas E. Jevons, New York, relating to work of Busk and Jevons, Rathbone Brothers' New York agency, including reports on teas and coffee imports, news of American firms and business associates, financial affairs, including several letters concerning banking account and account with the Mercantile Mutual Insurance Company etc; with some letters from other American correspondents (RP XXIV.2.48-55), including letters from C.D. Hubbard with statistics of cotton crops and coffee imports


File of correspondence 1873. (1873)

Reference RP XXIV.2.32
Physical Description 83 letters

Scope and Content

Letters to Rathbone Brothers' Liverpool office from J.R. Busk and Thomas E. Jevons, New York, relating to work of Busk and Jevons, Rathbone Brothers' New York agency, chiefly concerning financial affairs, including letters concerning banking account and account with the Mercantile Mutual Insurance Company; financial crisis in America, with record of coded telegram messages sent and their translation (RP XXIV.2.32.62-69)etc


Letter to William Rathbone VI from J. R. Busk, New York; 20 Feb 1877. (20 Feb 1877)

Reference RP XXIV.2.33
Physical Description 1 letter

Scope and Content

Letter from Rathbone Brother's New York agent, J.R. Busk, concerning the future of business in America; with abstract of commission account for 1876


Copy letters from New York 1856//19 Aug 1861-19 Sep 1863. (1856//19 Aug 1861-19 Sep 1863)

Reference RP XXIV.2.34
Physical Description 22 letters

Scope and Content

Typescript copies of letters sent by William Lidderdale from Rathbone Brother's New York agency to their Liverpool office chiefly news and discussions concerning American Civil War; N.B. originals are not held elsewhere in this collection; with one copy of letter from Henry W. Gair, New York, 1856, concerning visit of Judge Jay to Engalnd.


File of correspondence from Canada. Quebec//Montreal; 1855-1872. (1855-1872)

Reference RP XXIV.2.35
Physical Description 45 letters

Scope and Content

Letters chiefly from Walker and Berry of Quebec and McCulloch Brothers of Montreal to Rathbone Brother's Liverpool office mainly concerning Canadian grain market


File of correspondence from South America Montevideo, etc; 1853-1872. (1853-1872)

Reference RP XXIV.2.36
Physical Description 125 letters

Scope and Content

Letters to Rathbone Brothers' Liverpool office from South American business associates; chiefly from John D. Jackson of Montevideo with notes on wool trade, general state of Montevideo, discussions of possibility of exporting salt beef to England (RP XXIV.2.36.77-79, 84-86 etc); also with several personal letters from Jackson and members of his family, including notes on progress of Pedro Jackson, and instructions/lists concerning furnishing of Jackson's new house; letters from Wilfred Latham and Co. concerning imports from China; letters from Alfred M. Kinnell of Rio de Janeiro concerning coffee trade (RP XXIV.2.36.99-102); grants of powers of attorney to James Goulding and John Hart of Brownells Grey and Co, Buenos Aires by Rathbone Brothers in relation to their business in Buenos Aires and Montevideo (RP XXIV.2.36.5-6); letters/account sheets concerning transactions between Rathbone Brothers and the Banco Comercial of Montevideo (RP XXIV.2.36.113-125)


Letter to Rathbone Brothers and Co. from Bernard Hume and Co. Trinidad; 24 Feb 1860. (24 Feb 1860)

Reference RP XXIV.2.37
Physical Description 1 letter

Scope and Content

Report concerning Captain Jameson


China (1843-1872)

Reference RP XXIV.3
Physical Description 963 items

Note

Related Material

See also correspondence and papers in group RP XXIV.1 - General business records


Account sheets and related papers. Shanghai//Canton; 1843-1855. (1843-1855)

Reference RP XXIV.3.1
Physical Description 148 items

Scope and Content

Various account sheets and notes concerning financial affairs of Rathbone Brothers' Chinese branch houses in Shanghai and Canton operated by Rathbone, Worthington and Co.; also includes prospectus of the Chinese Coasting Steam Navigation Company (RP XXIV.3.1.5); plan of 'foreign residences' in Shanghai, 1849, showing residences/business premises of foreigners in Shanghai (RP XXIV.3.1.10) plans of the Le Tsune Packhouse (RP XXIV.3.1.11-13); notes concerning the manufacture of glass cloth (RP XXIV.3.1.14)


File of correspondence. Canton//Shanghai; 28 Aug 1844-11 Sep 1846. ( 28 Aug 1844-11 Sep 1846)

Reference RP XXIV.3.2
Physical Description 20 letters

Scope and Content

Letters from James Worthington and Samuel Greg Rathbone to Rathbone Brothers' Liverpool offices concerning the work of Rathbone, Worthington and Co. [operators of Rathbone Brothers' Chinese branch houses in Canton and Shanghai]; including letters concerning Chinese trade in silks and teas and imported manufactured cloths; financial affairs; with some letters from Thomas Moncrieff, Shanghai office, to James Worthington


File of correspondence. Shanghai; 1 Mar 1847-27 Dec 1848. (1 Mar 1847-27 Dec 1848)

Reference RP XXIV.3.3
Physical Description 42 letters

Scope and Content

Letters from Thomas Moncrieff, from Shanghai branch of Rathbone, Worthington and Co. [operators of Rathbone Brothers' Chinese branch houses] to James Worthington at the Canton branch, concerning the work of the Shanghai branch house; including letters concerning Chinese markets in silks, teasand imported manufactured cloths; notes concerning financial affairs, etc


File of correspondence. Canton//Shanghai; 16 May 1849-11 Dec 1849. (16 May 1849-11 Dec 1849)

Reference RP XXIV.3.4
Physical Description 100 letters

Scope and Content

Letters from James Worthington and Samuel Greg Rathbone to Rathbone Brothers' Liverpool offices concerning the work of Rathbone, Worthington and Co.[operators of Rathbone Brothers' Chinese branch houses in Canton and Shanghai] (RP XXIV.3.4.1-33); including letter from Samuel Greg Rathbone explaining difficulties in management of the Chinese houses (RP XXIV.3.4.3); instructions sent to Thomas Moncrieff concerning sending of mail (RP XXIV.3.4.4); letter concerning reconstitution of the Canton and Shanghai houses, to include separation of the two and winding down of the Canton branch (RP XXIV.3.4.20-21, 25 etc); letters concerning Chinese trade in silks and teas and imported manufactured cloths, including memoranda explaining classification of China raw silk (RP XXIV.3.4.31-32); also letters from Thomas Moncrieff, Shanghai office of Rathbone, Worthington and Co., to James Worthington (RP XXIV.3.4.34-100) including letters concerning above trades; financial affairs, etc


File of correspondence Canton//Shanghai; 1850. (1850)

Reference RP XXIV.3.5
Physical Description 155 letters

Scope and Content

Include letters from Samuel Greg Rathbone to Rathbone Brothers' Liverpool offices concerning the work of Rathbone, Worthington and Co.[operators of Rathbone Brothers' Chinese branch houses ], in Canton, and from Thomas Moncrieff from Shanghai branch; including letters concerning agreements with F.B. Birley relating to closure of Canton branch and concerning separation of Canton and Shanghai branches (RP XXIV.3.5.90-91 etc); letter setting out key to keeping the accounts ledger (RP XXIV.3.5.17), and letters advising on general office management (RP XXIV.3.5.88-89); letters concerning Chinese markets in silk, tea and imported manufactured cloths, including letters enclosing small samples of printed cloths (RP XXIV.3.5.102, 107: writing almost entirely faded); financial notes; with letters from W.S. Brown and Thomas Moncrieff etc concerning smuggling (RP XXIV.3.5.3-8); additional letters from W.S. Brown, F.B. Birley and other correspondents. N.B. Many letters fragile


File of correspondence. Shanghai; 1851. (1851)

Reference RP XXIV.3.6
Physical Description 104 letters

Scope and Content

Letters to Rathbone Brothers' Liverpool offices from Thomas Moncrieff, W.S. Brown, etc concerning the work of Rathbone, Worthington and Co.[operators of Rathbone Brothers' Chinese branch house in Shanghai] include letters concerning smuggling/British policy on evasion of duties in China; letter from Thomas Moncrieff setting out proposals for management of the Chinese business (RP XXIV.3.6.76); letters concerning Chinese tea and silk markets; notes on financial affairs, etc; includes monthly sets of duplicate letters, Jan-Jul, now very faded and barely legible


File of correspondence. Shanghai; 1852-1854. (1852-1854)

Reference RP XXIV.3.7
Physical Description 96 letters

Scope and Content

Letters in yearly divisions to Rathbone Brothers' Liverpool offices chiefly from W.S. Brown, concerning the work of Rathbone, Worthington and Co.[operators of Rathbone Brothers' Chinese branch house in Shanghai] and of Birley, Worthington and Co.; include letters concerning the dissolution of Rathbone, Worthington and Co. and formation of new partnership in Shanghai, Birley, Worthington and Co., 1853; letters concerning Chinese tea and silk markets; notes on financial affairs, etc


File of correspondence. Canton//Shanghai; 1855-1857. (1855-1857)

Reference RP XXIV.3.8
Physical Description 112 letters

Scope and Content

Letters in yearly divisions to Rathbone Brothers' Liverpool offices from their Chinese correspondents Birley, Worthington and Co. (chiefly from W.S. Brown) in Shanghai, and Birley and Co. (chiefly from George Urmston) in Canton ; include letters concerning shipping management; reports on Chinese tea and silk markets; notes on opening of new Birley and Co. branch in Fouchow; also with letters from H.R.Hardie, George Lyall and Arthur Smith from Hong Kong advising on tea and silk exports, etc


File of correspondence. Shanghai//Hong Kong; 1858-1872. (1858-1872)

Reference RP XXIV.3.9
Physical Description 118 letters

Scope and Content

Letters from various correspondents in China, including W.S. Brown of Birley, Worthington and Co., Shanghai, and several Hong Kong correspondents including George Urmston, H.R. Hardie, John Forster, Charles W. Murray , Lyall Hill and Co. etc; include letters concerning financial affairs; Chinese markets in silks and teas, etc; with small group of letters of unidentified date


Letterbook ; 'R[athbone] W[orthington] CHamp; Co. Private'. Canton; 11 Jan 1850-18 Oct 1850. (11 Jan 1850-18 Oct 1850)

Reference RP XXIV.3.10
Physical Description 318p.

Scope and Content

Letterbook wtih additional label on front 'William Rathbone J[unior] Es[qui]r[e] dup[licat]es Rathbone Brothers and Co. Liverpool': copy letters from Samuel Greg Rathbone, Canton, to William Rathbone VI concerning management of Rathbone, Worthington and Co. [operators of Rathbone Brothers Chinese branch houses]; many of the letters are very faded and barely legible


File of correspondence. 1851-1852. (1851-1852)

Reference RP XXIV.3.11
Physical Description 63 items

Scope and Content

Letters from Thomas Moncrieff and copy letters to him concerning his withdrawal from Rathbone, Worthington and Co. [operators of Rathbone Brother's branch houses in China]; also contains memoranda on the subject


Deed of dissolution and related papers. 18 Mar 1852. (18 Mar 1852)

Reference RP XXIV.3.12
Physical Description 4 items

Scope and Content

Deed of dissolution of Rathbone, Worthington and Co.[operators of Rathbone Brothers' Chinese branch houses]; two copies of the London Gazette, 4 Jan 1853, with notice of the dissolution; and grant of power of attorney, 18 Mar 1852, by William Seton Brown to William Rathbone VI and Samuel Greg Rathbone to act for him in carrying out the dissolution of the firm; (formerly held as bundle no. 746 by Lace and Co. , solicitors)

Acquisition Information

Deposited by Sebastian Rathbone on behalf of Rathbones, Sep 1992


India (1837-1880)

Reference RP XXIV.4
Physical Description 23 volumes and 34 items

Note

Related Material

See also correspondence and papers in group RP XXIV.1 - General business records


Letters to Samuel Greg Rathbone in India and Ceylon 5 Jun 1845-23 Mar 1846. (5 Jun 1845-23 Mar 1846)

Reference RP XXIV.4.1-5
Physical Description 5 letters

Scope and Content

Letters received by Samuel Greg Rathbone while in Ceylon and India; including advices on purchasing commodities in Ceylon, with reports on sugar, coffee and spices; letters concerning general trading prospects, one being on printed circular setting out Rathbone Brothers' report on sales of imported commodities, particulalry cotton, for 1845


File of correspondence. Calcutta/Bombay; 1860-1868. (1860-1868)

Reference RP XXIV.4.6
Physical Description 18 letters

Scope and Content

Letters from correspondents in Bombay and Calcutta to Rathbone Brothers' Liverpool offices concerning general business affairs; including letters from E.P. Repton and Hoare, Miller and Co. etc concerning shipping management and crew members; some notes concerning cotton trade


Letters to Rathbone Brothers and Co from Wyllie Gladstone and Co., Rangoon; 6 Dec 1869-3 Jan 1870. ( 6 Dec 1869-3 Jan 1870)

Reference RP XXIV.4.7-10
Physical Description 4 letters

Scope and Content

Notes on trade in cotton, coal, rice, timber etc and notes on shipping management


File of correspondence 8 Jun 1837-12 Oct 1837. (8 Jun 1837-12 Oct 1837)

Reference RP XXIV.4.11
Physical Description 17 letters

Scope and Content

Correspondence of Robert Benson concerning his work as agent of East India Company ; notes concerning agreements for unloading, storage and insurance of orders of silk and tea


Bundle of receipt and release forms for deliveries of Indian goods 1845. (1845)

Reference RP XXIV.4.12
Physical Description 88 items

Scope and Content

Receipts for bills of lading and forms of release of goods to Robert Benson and William Rathbone as Liverpool agents of the East India Company on delivery of goods from India


'East India Company's Agency. Bill Book A' 1 Mar 1848-22 May 1850. (1 Mar 1848-22 May 1850)

Reference RP XXIV.4.13
Physical Description 1volume

Scope and Content

Record book of bills received for the East India Company with details of drawer, amount drawn and note of the ship and goods of the consignment drawn against


Letterbook:'East India Company's letter book' 10 Nov 1842-7 Sep 1847. (10 Nov 1842-7 Sep 1847)

Reference RP XXIV.4.14
Physical Description 253p

Scope and Content

Copies of letters concerning arrangements for shipment of goods from India through the East India Company's Liverpool agency (operated by Rathbone Brothers and Robert Benson)


Letterbook:'Letters to and on the business of the East India Company''.30 Jan 1849-27 Dec 1851. (30 Jan 1849-27 Dec 1851)

Reference RP XXIV.4.15
Physical Description 274p

Scope and Content

Copies of letters concerning arrangements for shipment of goods from India through the East India Company's Liverpool agency (operated by Rathbone Brothers)


Letterbook: 'Letters to and on the business of The East India Company' 3 Jan 1851-9 Apr 1856 (3 Jan 1851-9 Apr 1856)

Reference RP XXIV.4.16
Physical Description 270p

Scope and Content

Copies of letters concerning arrangements for shipment of goods to and from India through the East India Company's Liverpool agency (operated by Rathbone Brothers )


Letterbook 19 Sep 1866-6 May 1869. (19 Sep 1866-6 May 1869)

Reference RP XXIV.4.17
Physical Description 286p

Scope and Content

Copies of letters to the India Office concerning arrangements for shipment of goods to and from India through the India Council's agency (operated by Rathbone Brothers ); heavily water-damaged: some sections barely legible


Letterbook: 'Copies of letters to the India Office' 13 May 1869-14 May 1874. (13 May 1869-14 May 1874)

Reference RP XXIV.4.18
Physical Description 444p.

Scope and Content

Copies of letters to the India Office concerning arrangements for shipment of goods to and from India through the India Council's Liverpool agency (operated by Rathbone Brothers ); heavily water-damaged: some sections barely legible and extremely fragile

Conditions Governing Access

Closed access (fragile)


Letterbook: 'Government letters' 18 May 1874-14 Mar 1876. (18 May 1874-14 Mar 1876)

Reference RP XXIV.4.19
Physical Description 362p.

Scope and Content

Copies of letters to the India Office concerning arrangements for shipment of goods to and from India through the India Council's Liverpool agency (operated by Rathbone Brothers )


Letterbook: 'Government letters' 15 Mar 1876-23 Nov 1877. (15 Mar 1876-23 Nov 1877)

Reference RP XXIV.4.20
Physical Description 362p.

Scope and Content

Copies of letters to the India Office concerning arrangements for shipment of goods to and from India through the India Council's Liverpool agency (operated by Rathbone Brothers )


Letterbook: 'India Office Letter Book No. 1' 28 Nov 1877-29 Dec 1877 (28 Nov 1877-29 Dec 1877)

Reference RP XXIV.4.21
Physical Description 26p.

Scope and Content

Copies of letters to the India Office concerning arrangements for shipment of goods to and from India through the East India Company's Liverpool agency (operated by Rathbone Brothers )


Letterbook: 'E[ast] I[ndia] Co[mpany]s Agency 13 Sep 1875-31Jan 1878. (13 Sep 1875-31Jan 1878)

Reference RP XXIV.4.23
Physical Description 959p.

Scope and Content

Copies of letters to the various firms concerning arrangements for shipment of goods to and from India through the India Council's Liverpool agency (operated by Rathbone Brothers ); with name index of correspondents at front


Letterbook: 'India Office Letters' 16 Jan 1851-22 Dec 1865. (16 Jan 1851-22 Dec 1865)

Reference RP XXIV.4.24
Physical Description 1 volume

Scope and Content

Letters to William Rathbone/ Rathbone Brothers' Liverpool offices from James C. Melville of the India Office, the Director General of the India Store Department, etc, concerning arrangements for shipment of goods to and from India through the East India Company's Liverpool agency (operated by Rathbone Brothers )


Letterbook: 'India Office Letters' 19 Jan 1866-21 Dec 1870. (19 Jan 1866-21 Dec 1870)

Reference RP XXIV.4.25
Physical Description 1volume

Scope and Content

Letters to Rathbone Brothers' Liverpool offices chiefly from the office of the Director General of Stores, India Office, concerning arrangements for shipment of goods to and from India through the India Council's Liverpool agency (operated by Rathbone Brothers )


Letterbook: 'India Office Letters' 4 Jan 1871-30 Dec 1874. (4 Jan 1871-30 Dec 1874)

Reference RP XXIV.4.26
Physical Description 1 volume

Scope and Content

Letters to Rathbone Brothers' Liverpool offices chiefly from the office of the Director General of Stores, India Office, concerning arrangements for shipment of goods to and from India through the India Council's Liverpool agency (operated by Rathbone Brothers ); partly consisting of printed forms entered with details of ship name, description of stores to be shipped, including weight measurements


Letterbook: 'India Office Letters' 1 Jan 1875-31 Dec 1878. (1 Jan 1875-31 Dec 1878)

Reference RP XXIV.4.27
Physical Description 1 volume

Scope and Content

Letters to Rathbone Brothers' Liverpool offices chiefly from the office of the Director General of Stores, India Office, concerning arrangements for shipment of goods to and from India through the India Council's Liverpool agency (operated by Rathbone Brothers ): partly consisting of printed forms entered with details of ship name, description of stores to be shipped, including weight measurements


Letterbook: 'India Office Letters' 2 Jan 1879-18 Dec 1880. (2 Jan 1879-18 Dec 1880)

Reference RP XXIV.4.28
Physical Description 1 letterbook

Scope and Content

Letters to Rathbone Brothers' Liverpool offices chiefly from the office of the Director General of Stores, India Office, concerning arrangements for shipment of goods to and from India through the India Council's Liverpool agency (operated by Rathbone Brothers ); partly consisting of printed forms entered with details of ship name, description of stores to be shipped, including weight measurements


Record book:shipments of goods to India 1874-1880. ( 1874-1880)

Reference RP XXIV.4.29
Physical Description 1 volume

Scope and Content

Details of shipments of goods to India carried out by the India Council's Liverpool agency (operated by Rathbone Brothers and Co.); for each shipment details recorded include description of stores, weight of stores, name of contractors; various dates concerning order and progress of shipment, and note of loading dock; with index of ship names at front


Record book:shipments of stores to India. Liverpool ; 1871-1874. (1871-1874)

Reference RP XXIV.4.30
Physical Description 1 volume

Scope and Content

Details of shipments of stores to India carried out by the India Council's Liverpool agency (operated by Rathbone Brothers and Co.); for each shipment details recorded include description of stores, with measurements, and destination


Record book:'ISR Government stores'. Liverpool; Jun 1874 - Nov 1876. (Jun 1874 - Nov 1876)

Reference RP XXIV.4.31
Physical Description 1 volume

Scope and Content

Details of shipments of government stores to India carried out by the India Council's Liverpool agency (operated by Rathbone Brothers and Co.); for each shipment details recorded include description of stores, with measurements, and destination; with 'ships folio' (name index of ships ) at front


Record book:'ISR Government stores' Jun 1874-Aug 1877. (Jun 1874-Aug 1877)

Reference RP XXIV.4.32
Physical Description 1 volume

Scope and Content

Details of shipments of government stores to India carried out by the India Council's Liverpool agency (operated by Rathbone Brothers and Co.); for each shipment details recorded include description of stores, with measurements, and destination


Record book:'Government shipments for various ports' Jun 1877-Oct 1878. (Jun 1877-Oct 1878)

Reference RP XXIV.4.33
Physical Description 1 volume

Scope and Content

Details of shipments of government stores to India carried out by the India Council's Liverpool agency (operated by Rathbone Brothers and Co.); for each shipment details recorded include description of stores, with measurements, and destination


Record book:'Government stores for various ports' Oct 1878-Jul 1880. (Oct 1878-Jul 1880)

Reference RP XXIV.4.34
Physical Description 1 volume

Scope and Content

Details of shipments of government stores to India carried out by the India Council's Liverpool agency (operated by Rathbone Brothers and Co.); for each shipment details recorded include description of stores, with measurements, and destination


Europe (1851-1870)

Reference RP XXIV.5
Physical Description 85 letters

Note

Related Material

See also correspondence and papers in group RP XXIV.1 - General business records