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Edward Johnston & Company Ltd Records

Catalogue reference: JOHNSTON

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This record is about the Edward Johnston & Company Ltd Records dating from 1884-1942.

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Reference
JOHNSTON
Title
Edward Johnston & Company Ltd Records
Date
1884-1942
Description

Records of Edward Greene, Managing Director of Edward Johnston & Company Ltd. Comprises private letter copy-books from Santos to London, 1892-1904; printed parity tables relating to the coffee trade, 1884-1903; and a volume, 'One hundred years of coffee' (privately printed, London, 1942).

Held by
London University: University College London (UCL) Special Collections
Former department reference
LABA MISC
Legal status
Not Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
Edward Johnston & Company Ltd
Physical description
1 Box
Access conditions

Open. The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Unpublished finding aids
Handlist. See also 'A Guide to Manuscript Sources for the History of Latin America and the Caribbean in the British Isles', ed Peter Walne (Oxford University Press, London, 1973).
Administrative / biographical background

Edward Johnston & Company Ltd was a Brazilian coffee exporting house based in Santos. It was founded in 1842 by Edward Johnston who had an expert knowledge of Brazil. It became one of the leading firms in the coffee trade and is now Brazilian owned.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/516442ee-6f1a-473c-ac6b-af2b6a48a239/

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Edward Johnston & Company Ltd Records