RP XXIV.3.8 - File of correspondence. Canton; Shanghai - 1855-1857
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...
| Archive level description: | File |
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| Physical Description: | 112 letters |
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| Summary: | 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 |
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| Date: | 1855-1857 |
| Reference Number: | RP XXIV.3.8 |