| 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 business houses and individuals, etc; includes printed 'cotton report' of sales statistics of cotton n Liverpool for 26 Jan 1864 produced by Isaac Cooke and Sons (RP XXIV.1.15.22); letters from R.H. Perryn concerning post for a clerk in London; letters from W.S. Brown, James Worthington and W.J. Lamport concerning investment in steam ships; letter from F. Heycock complaining of living conditions during his son's apprenticeship as seaman (RP XXIV.1.15.58); set of letters labelled 'W. Lidderdale. Private': letters from William Lidderdale [partner in the business and in charge of the London office] concerning general business affairs including trade in teas and other commodities, possibilitiy for trade in sugar, general advice on financial policy, notes on staffing arrangemetns for the London office (RP XXIV.1.15.63-104) |
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