RP XXIV.1.8 - File of correspondence. - 1857

Letters to Samuel Greg Rathbone and William Rathbone VI from business connections of Rathbone Brothers and Co. concerning financial and trading advice, details of administration, letters concerning character of businesshouses and individuals, etc; include letters concerning education of Albert Jacks...

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Summary:Letters to Samuel Greg Rathbone and William Rathbone VI from business connections of Rathbone Brothers and Co. concerning financial and trading advice, details of administration, letters concerning character of businesshouses and individuals, etc; include letters concerning education of Albert Jackson, [brother of Uruguay business associate John D. Jackson] (RP XXIV.1.8.1-23); notes concerning ships' stores and cargoes (RP XXIV.1.8.24-32); letters from John Whitaker (RP XXIV.1.8.32-54) James Worthington (RP XXIV.1.80-85) and George Prevost (RP XXIV.1.8.93-98) concerning financial affairs; letters from T. Langton Birley concerning Birley and Co.'s trade in cotton and teas, includes letter concerning appointment of new tea-taster (RP XXIV.1.8.115-119); letters from Berry and Walker including letter setting out 1857 business plan (RP XXIV.1.8.122-127); letters from Thomas Ashton on general business affairs (RP XXIV.1.8.128-135); letter and forms from William Smith concerning his able seaman's pension from the East India Co. (RP XXIV.1.8.136-139), etc
Date:1857
Reference Number:RP XXIV.1.8