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Assignment of £5000... secured on mortgage of 5 steam vessels belonging to the Commercial Steam Packet Co to John Dalrymple and others, 7 July 1841. (Manuscript)
1841-07-07
SWS/3/1
Assignment of £5000... secured on mortgage of 5 steam vessels belonging to the Commercial Steam Packet Co by the Trustees and Directors of the Alliance British and Foreign Life & Fire Assurance Co to John Dalrymple and others, 7 July 1841, South Western Steam Packet Company.
Prospectus with covering letter to shareholders of London & South Western Railway Company, 30 July 1846. (Manuscript)
1846-07-30
SWS/8/1
Prospectus with covering letter to shareholders of London & South Western Railway Company, 30 July 1846, South Western Steam Packet Company.
Certificate of Incorporation 3 November 1856. (Manuscript)
1856-11-03
SWS/8/3
Certificate of Incorporation 3 November 1856, South Western Steam Packet Company.
Declaration of trust of £5000... secured on mortgage of 5 steam vessels belonging to the Commercial Steam Packet Co., 7 July 1841. (Manuscript)
1841-07-07
SWS/3/2
Declaration of trust of £5000... secured on mortgage of 5 steam vessels belonging to the Commercial Steam Packet Co., 7 July 1841, South Western Steam Packet Company.
Report of first General Meeting 6 August 1847. (Manuscript)
1847-08-06
SWS/8/5
Report of first General Meeting 6 August 1847, South Western Steam Packet Company.
Second copy of SWS/4/3: Mortgage of 3 steam packets to secure £10000, 7 April 1843. (Manuscript)
1843-04-07
SWS/4/4
Second copy of SWS/4/3: Mortgage of 3 steam packets to secure £10000, 7 April 1843, South Western Steam Packet Company.
Share certificate of Augustus F J Bowen 1 Oct 1847. (Manuscript)
1847-10-01
SWS/8/6
Share certificate of Augustus F J Bowen 1 Oct 1847, South Western Steam Packet Company.
Assignment by New South Western and their trustees to the Trustees for the London and South Western Railway Company of 7 steamers and covenant for the assignment of two steam vessels 1847/8. (Manuscript)
1847-11-12 - 1848-09-14
SWS/9/5
Assignment by New South Western and their trustees to the Trustees for the London and South Western Railway Company of 7 steamers ATLANTA, CAMILLA, EXPRESS, MONARCH, WONDER, ARIADNE and TRANSIT and covenant for the assignment of two steam vessels now in the course of construction for securing paymen…
Reassignment of steam packet SOUTH WESTERN discharged from a mortgage of £5000, Sir John Easthope and Thomas Smith to the Trustees of the New South Western SNC, 12 September 1850. (Manuscript)
1850-09-12
SWS/9/9
Reassignment of steam packet SOUTH WESTERN discharged from a mortgage of £5000, Sir John Easthope and Thomas Smith to the Trustees of the New South Western SNC, 12 September 1850, South Western Steam Packet Company.
Reassignment of steam packets GRAND TURK, LADY DE SAUMAREZ and CALPE. Sir John Easthope, Robert Garnett and Tom Smith to the Trustees of the New South Western SNC, 12 September 1850. (Manuscript)
1850-09-12
SWS/9/10
Reassignment of steam packets GRAND TURK, LADY DE SAUMAREZ and CALPE. Sir John Easthope, Robert Garnett and Tom Smith to the Trustees of the New South Western SNC, 12 September 1850, South Western Steam Packet Company.
Bill of sale of the vessels of the New South Western SNC to the London & South Western Railway Co, 1 August 1862. (Manuscript)
1862-08-01
SWS/9/11
Bill of sale of the vessels of the New South Western SNC to the London & South Western Railway Co, 1 August 1862, South Western Steam Packet Company.
second copy of SWS/9/12, 1 August 1862. (Manuscript)
1862-08-01
SWS/9/12
second copy of SWS/9/12, 1 August 1862, South Western Steam Packet Company.
Contract between C S Mare and the London & South Western Railway Co for an iron steam vessel, 30 January 1855. (Manuscript)
1855-01-30
SWS/10/2
Contract between C S Mare and the London & South Western Railway Co for an iron steam vessel, 30 January 1855, South Western Steam Packet Company.
Contract between Seward and Capel and the London South Western Railway Company for a set of marine steam engines with boilers and paddle wheels, 30 January 1855. (Manuscript)
1855-01-30
SWS/10/3
Contract between Seward and Capel and the London South Western Railway Company for a set of marine steam engines with boilers and paddle wheels, 30 January 1855, South Western Steam Packet Company.
Commercial Steam Packet Company - Loose Papers (Manuscript)
1838-01-26 - 1841-01-27
SWS/2
For more information see item level records.
New South Western Steam Navigation Company - Parchments (Manuscript)
1847-1862
SWS/9
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New South Western Steam Navigation Company - Loose Papers (Manuscript)
1846-1856
SWS/8
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South Western Steam Packet Company - Loose Papers (Manuscript)
1842-05-25
SWS/5
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Assignment of CALPE, GRAND TURK, LADY DE SAUMAREZ and EDINBURGH CASTLE by Charles Bleadon and others to William James Chaplin and others, 20 Feb 1843. (Manuscript)
1843-02-20
SWS/6/2
Assignment of CALPE, GRAND TURK, LADY DE SAUMAREZ and EDINBURGH CASTLE by Charles Bleadon and others to William James Chaplin and others, 20 Feb 1843, South Western Steam Packet Company.
Assignment of the ROBERT BURNS by Charles Bleadon and others to William James Chaplin and others, 20 Feb 1843. (Manuscript)
1843-02-20
SWS/6/3
Assignment of the ROBERT BURNS by Charles Bleadon and others to William James Chaplin and others, 20 Feb 1843, South Western Steam Packet Company.
Deed authorising John Dalrymple, Gordon Whitbread and Marsham Elwin to discharge and release the PRINCESS VICTORIA and the TRANSIT from a mortgage security made to them as trustees, 20 Feb 1843. (Manuscript)
1843-02-20
SWS/6/4
Deed authorising John Dalrymple, Gordon Whitbread and Marsham Elwin to discharge and release the PRINCESS VICTORIA and the TRANSIT from a mortgage security made to them as trustees, 20 Feb 1843, South Western Steam Packet Company.
Assignment of the PRINCESS VICTORIA and the TRANSIT by Charles Bleadon and others to William James Chaplin and others. Endorsed with the Release, 11 Dec 1846, 20 Feb 1843. (Manuscript)
1843-02-20 - 1846-12-11
SWS/6/5
Assignment of the PRINCESS VICTORIA and the TRANSIT by Charles Bleadon and others to William James Chaplin and others. Endorsed with the Release, 11 Dec 1846, 20 Feb 1843, South Western Steam Packet Company.
Deed of Settlement (includes list of shareholders and occupations) 30 Dec 1846. (Manuscript)
1846-12-30
SWS/7/1
Deed of Settlement (includes list of shareholders and occupations) 30 Dec 1846, South Western Steam Packet Company.
Certificate of formal registration, 1845. (Manuscript)
1845
SWS/5/12
Certificate of formal registration, 1845.
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