| Summary: | Small collection of letters in envelope labelled in hand of Elena Richmond 'Correspondence on business WR. S.G.R., W.L.': various items of private correspondence concerning affairs of Rathbone Brothers and Co., mainly between William Rathbone VI, Samuel Greg Rathbone and William Lidderdale; include copy correspondence between Samuel Greg Rathbone and Lidderdale discussing changes to produce markets made by telegraphs and steam communication with particular reference to cotton trade Oct 1876 (1-2); letter from S.G. Rathbone to William Gair Rathbone with suggestion that SGR's son, Robert Cuthbert, should begin a business career in America, 24 Apr 1878 (3); letters of WR VI and WGR VII concerning offer to WGR VII of seat on the Board of the Royal Exchange Dec 1880 (4-6); letters with notes on China tea trade , Jul 1884 (7), sugar trade, Sep 1884 (9); proposals for handling reports of financial losses [Sep 1884] (10); letter from WR VI to WGR with suggestions concering difficulties in working relationship between William Lidderdale and William Gair Rathbone, 7 Jan 1891 (15); etc |
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