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Certificate of British Registry, 1843. (Manuscript)
1843
SWS/5/13
Certificate of British Registry, 1843.
Mortgage of 1 steam packet to secure £5000, 19 Oct 1843. (Manuscript)
1843-10-19
SWS/4/5
Mortgage of 1 steam packet to secure £5000, 19 Oct 1843, South Western Steam Packet Company.
Bill of sale for the LADY DE SAUMAREZ 12 Oct 1847. (Manuscript)
1847-10-12
SWS/9/3
Bill of sale for the LADY DE SAUMAREZ 12 Oct 1847, South Western Steam Packet Company (All by the Trustees of the South Western to the Trustees of the New South Western).
Assignments of steam packet ROBERT BURNS freed from a mortgage sum of £5000 by John Dalrymple and others to William Tite and others (trustees of the NSWSNC) 10 Dec 1847. (Manuscript)
1847-12-10
SWS/9/4
Assignments of steam packet ROBERT BURNS freed from a mortgage sum of £5000 by John Dalrymple and others to William Tite and others (trustees of the NSWSNC) 10 Dec 1847, South Western Steam Packet Company.
Letter to shareholders in the Commercial Steam Company, 25 May 1842. (Manuscript)
1842-05-25
SWS/5/1
Letter to shareholders in the Commercial Steam Company, 25 May 1842, South Western Steam Packet Company.
Letters to shareholders, 1842-1845. (Manuscript)
1842-1845
SWS/5/3
Letters to shareholders, 1842-1845, South Western Steam Packet Company.
Letters to shareholders, 1842-1845. (Manuscript)
1842-1845
SWS/5/6
Letters to shareholders, 1842-1845, South Western Steam Packet Company.
Reports circulated to shareholders, 4 March 1846. (Manuscript)
1846-03-04
SWS/5/11
Reports circulated to shareholders, 4 March 1846, South Western Steam Packet Company.
South Western Steam Packet Company (Manuscript)
SWS
The records include deeds of settlement (later known as articles of association) of the Commercial Steam Packet Company, 1835 to 1837; the South Western Steam Packet Company, 1843; and the New South Western Steam Navigation Company, 1846.…
Deed of Settlement (includes names and addresses of shareholders), 1 June 1835. (Manuscript)
1835-06-01
SWS/1/1
Deed of Settlement (includes names and addresses of shareholders), 1 June 1835, South Western Steam Packet Company.
Reports circulated to shareholders, 13 January 1845. (Manuscript)
1845-01-13
SWS/5/10
Reports circulated to shareholders, 13 January 1845, South Western Steam Packet Company.
Assignment of 133 shares by Charles Elley to Charles Bleaden, 26 November 1838. (Manuscript)
1838-11-26
SWS/2/1
Assignment of 133 shares by Charles Elley to Charles Bleaden, 26 November 1838, South Western Steam Packet Company.
Deed authorising discharge and release of steam packets DUCHESS OF KENT, CHIEFTAIN and EMERALD from a sum of £5000, 1 July 1843. (Manuscript)
1843-07-01
SWS/6/7
Deed authorising discharge and release of steam packets DUCHESS OF KENT, CHIEFTAIN and EMERALD from a sum of £5000, 1 July 1843, South Western Steam Packet Company.
Certificate of complete registration 3 August 1847. (Manuscript)
1847-08-03
SWS/8/2
Certificate of complete registration 3 August 1847, South Western Steam Packet Company.
Report to first General Meeting 6 August 1847. (Manuscript)
1847-08-06
SWS/8/4
Report to first General Meeting 6 August 1847, South Western Steam Packet Company.
Bill of Sale of the ROBERT BURNS and SIR WILLIAM WALLACE by way of mortgage to secure £5000, Joseph Robinson to Messrs Dalrymple, Whitbread & Elwin, 5 August 1841. (Manuscript)
1841-08-05
SWS/3/3
Bill of Sale of the ROBERT BURNS and SIR WILLIAM WALLACE by way of mortgage to secure £5000, Joseph Robinson to Messrs Dalrymple, Whitbread & Elwin, 5 August 1841, South Western Steam Packet Company.
Minute book of the general meetings of shareholders, Dec 1842-November 1845. (Manuscript)
1842-12 - 1845-11
SWS/4/1
Minute book of the general meetings of shareholders, Dec 1842-November 1845, South Western Steam Packet Company.
Deed of Settlement. Includes shareholders' names and addresses, 1 Feb 1843. (Manuscript)
1843-02-01
SWS/4/2
Deed of Settlement. Includes shareholders' names and addresses, 1 Feb 1843, South Western Steam Packet Company.
Mortgage of 3 steam packets to secure £10000, 7 April 1843. (Manuscript)
1843-04-07
SWS/4/3
Mortgage of 3 steam packets to secure £10000, 7 April 1843, South Western Steam Packet Company.
Reassignment of the GRAND TURK, LADY DE SAUMAREZ, CALPE and SOUTH WESTERN discharged from a mortgage made to Messrs Chute and Pressly, 3 January 1848. (Manuscript)
1848-01-03
SWS/9/6
Reassignment of the GRAND TURK, LADY DE SAUMAREZ, CALPE and SOUTH WESTERN discharged from a mortgage made to Messrs Chute and Pressly, 3 January 1848, South Western Steam Packet Company.
Directors' Minutes, 30 November 1844-5 January 1847. (Manuscript)
1844-11-30 - 1847-01-05
SWS/4/9
Directors' Minutes, 30 November 1844-5 January 1847, South Western Steam Packet Company.
Letters to shareholders of the London & South Western Railways; option of new shares, 27 November 1847. (Manuscript)
1847-11-27
SWS/10/1
Letters to shareholders of the London & South Western Railways; option of new shares, 27 November 1847, South Western Steam Packet Company.
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