Letter Book

Archive Unit

Scope and Content

Copies of letters sent from McConnel & Co. to various individuals. The recipients are listed below, with page numbers given in brackets. Some of the letters in this volume are faded.

  • Ashton, George, of Genoa, Italy (11, 67, 144)
  • Aubrey, G.E., of Manchester, Lancs (177, 181, 184, 190, 192, 198, 207, 211, 216, 283)
  • Bain, of Altona, Germany (99, 136, 153, 210, 307)
  • Bell, John, & Co., of Belfast, Ireland (7, 19, 22, 23, 33, 41, 50, 52, 76, 102, 143, 146, 155, 180, 213, 231, 255, 274, 295, 305, 311, 338, 341, 353)
  • Bentley, William, of Liverpool, Lancs (348)
  • Birts, B., of Mansfield, Notts (318, 332)
  • Bobbin Net Trade Committee, of Nottingham (104, 134-135)
  • Bolton, Ogden & Co., of Liverpool, Lancs (205)
  • Boulton & Watt, of Soho, Birmingham, Warw (60, 244-245, 280)
  • Bower, William, of Liverpool, Lancs (19, 24, 38, 43, 45, 47, 56, 57, 64-65, 72-73, 84, 87, 90, 95, 99, 112, 131, 136, 140, 157, 158, 162, 164, 167, 169, 170, 171, 173, 176, 180, 189, 191, 196, 197, 200, 208, 211, 216, 217, 225, 229, 232, 233, 235, 241, 247, 262, 268, 284, 292, 294, 296, 298, 300, 302, 310, 312, 314, 320, 321, 322, 326, 327, 335, 346)
  • Brigs, R., of Belfast, Ireland (9, 78, 88, 145, 192, 236, 339)
  • Buckley, E., & Co., of Manchester, Lancs (2, 8, 9, 15, 58, 69, 80, 97, 104, 126, 127, 132, 147, 149, 152, 200, 205, 208, 219, 225, 239, 249, 303, 330)
  • Butcher & Robinson, of Preston, Lancs (215)
  • Churchwardens and Overseers of the poor, of Manchester, Lancs (156, 255, 258)
  • Courvoisier, Auguste, & Co., of Hamburg, Germany (6, 110, 150, 206, 242)
  • Dechapeaurouge & Co., of Hamburg, Germany (14, 63, 110, 129, 207, 222, 242, 253)
  • Dobson, J. & B., of Bolton, Lancs (253, 259, 260, 264, 300)
  • Donner, C.F., of Brussels, Belgium (16, 146)
  • Duffield, John, of Charleston, U.S.A. (26, 39, 204)
  • Dyer, J.C., & Co., of Manchester, Lancs (172)
  • Evans, Walter, & Co., of Derby (4, 28, 32, 33, 117, 199)
  • Finance Committee, Manchester Town Hall, of Manchester, Lancs (175)
  • Fraser & Co., of Charleston, U.S.A. (201-202)
  • Gee, Loft & Co., of Hull, Yorks (5, 10, 62, 80, 98, 107, 127, 128, 148, 153, 179, 205, 210, 221, 226, 239, 250, 305, 331)
  • Gill, George, of Nottingham (1, 3, 8, 9, 13, 15, 20, 20, 21, 24, 28, 29, 30, 31, 34-35, 38, 44, 46, 49, 51, 52, 55, 61, 65, 66, 69, 73-74, 77, 83, 89, 91, 93, 98, 101, 105, 111, 114, 117, 118, 120, 123, 128, 132-133, 137, 139, 140, 142, 144, 147, 151, 154, 157, 159, 160, 162, 166, 167, 168, 170, 171, 173, 177, 181, 185-186, 188, 190, 193, 198, 207, 210, 211, 213, 214, 216, 218, 220, 222, 224, 228, 230, 235, 236, 238, 240, 246, 246, 248, 249, 251, 254, 255, 256, 257, 260-262, 265, 266-267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 275, 277, 278, 281, 282, 284-285, 288, 293, 295, 297, 301, 303, 309, 312, 317, 320, 323, 325, 329, 334, 340, 343, 345, 349, 350, 352, 355)
  • Goodall, William, of Nottingham (88)
  • Gorton, F., of London (223)
  • Goudin & Smith (202-203, 314)
  • Gray, B. (224)
  • Green & Wallroth, of London (125, 137)
  • Harrison, Joseph, of Liverpool, Lancs (37, 156, 171, 182, 187, 192, 263, 270, 299, 309, 319)
  • Henry, T., of Manchester, Lancs (241)
  • Heywood Brothers & Co., of Manchester, Lancs (81, 90, 100, 111, 124, 142, 178, 218, 234, 238, 351)
  • Highways, Commissioners of (2)
  • Hindley, J.H., of Charleston, U.S.A. (26, 40, 86)
  • Hindley, J.H., of Liverpool, Lancs (176, 195)
  • Holford, Sauer, & Co., of Manchester, Lancs (113)
  • Hornby, John, of Prescot, Lancs (112, 115, 183, 191, 199, 308, 337)
  • Hunter, John & William, of Belfast, Ireland (3, 14, 20, 34, 43, 47, 70, 78, 87, 92, 103, 114, 119, 124, 130, 146, 164, 180, 189, 221, 223, 227, 233, 240, 258, 260, 269, 272, 275, 285, 304, 311, 316, 327, 341, 346, 350, 351)
  • Kearsley, John, & Son, of Liverpool, Lancs (1, 15, 21, 224, 247, 277)
  • Kidd, W., of Stockport, Ches (7, 13, 229)
  • Lees, Samuel, Roller Maker, of Soho, Greenacres Moor, Lancs (120)
  • Longsdon, John & William, of Charleston, U.S.A. (25, 40, 183)
  • McGavin, Robert, of Glasgow, Scotland (4, 12, 16, 18, 21, 27, 32, 36, 42, 48, 54, 61, 64, 68, 75, 81, 85, 92, 97, 102, 107, 108, 109, 116, 117-118, 120, 121, 129, 138, 141, 145, 152, 156, 158, 161, 166, 168, 169, 172, 178, 182, 184, 185, 186, 188, 191, 194, 196, 199, 208, 213, 214, 217, 221, 226, 228, 231, 234, 237, 239, 247, 249, 252, 254, 257, 258, 264, 268, 273, 276, 282, 289, 294, 297, 307, 313, 318, 325, 333, 336, 342, 348)
  • Mactyde, C.W. (23)
  • Mellor, Joseph, of Well Spring House (17, 32, 62, 69, 181, 187, 212, 215, 353)
  • Moring & Co., of Hamburg, Germany (82, 130)
  • Muston, Barlow & Co., of London (174, 182, 187, 215, 265)
  • Muston, P.J., & Co., of Genoa, Italy (17, 68, 139, 152, 237)
  • Nightingale Grocer's Company (2, 4, 6, 7, 11, 13, 18, 19, 20, 22, 27, 29, 31, 35, 36, 37, 48, 50, 53, 62, 63, 68, 70, 71, 75, 76, 82, 88, 90, 103, 109, 110, 115, 116, 119, 121, 129, 138, 141, 145, 151, 154, 155, 158, 161, 164, 165, 168, 171, 178, 181, 183, 187, 189, 190, 194, 197, 199, 209, 212, 217, 222, 224, 226, 229, 232, 233, 235, 237, 238, 241, 246, 248, 250, 251, 252, 254, 257, 259, 262, 264, 267, 270, 272, 274, 276, 287, 294, 295, 296, 298, 304, 306, 310, 313, 315, 319, 322, 324, 326, 329, 335, 338, 339, 341, 342, 346, 347, 350, 352)
  • Ogden, Ferguson & Co., of New York, U.S.A. (203, 204, 315)
  • Old Quay Company (42, 169, 194, 236)
  • Ormrod, Oliver, & Co., of Bolton, Lancs (231, 247)
  • Ormrod, Taylor & Swan, of Bolton, Lancs (170)
  • Perkins & Bacon, of London (175)
  • Perkins & Heath, of Fleet Street, London (70)
  • Pritchard & Co., of London (175, 296)
  • Railton, John, & Co., Manchester, Lancs (269)
  • Ralph, John, of London (114)
  • Reimann, F.W., of Berlin, Germany (80, 131)
  • Rothwick, of Liverpool, Lancs (176)
  • Salomon, Nathans, of Berlin, Germany (96, 133, 153, 209, 308)
  • Schadow, Julius, of Berlin, Germany (67, 150, 227, 330, 331)
  • Schofield, James, of Stalybridge, Ches (48, 286)
  • Smith & McConnel, Silk Manufacturers, of Manchester, Lancs (101)
  • Smith, Benjamin, & Sons, of Salford, Lancs (66)
  • Sprüngli, Nicholas, of London (22, 26, 45, 58, 79, 94, 106, 122, 143, 165, 189, 206, 219, 250, 253, 278)
  • Stuart & Woodcock (47, 301, 306)
  • Stuart, William, of Charleston, U.S.A. (24, 41)
  • Stuart, William, of Liverpool, Lancs (192, 280, 289)
  • Taylor, Hindle & Co., of Bolton, Lancs (127, 298)
  • Trapmann, Lewis, of Charleston, U.S.A. (25, 39, 286-287, 288)
  • Watson, Joseph, of Manchester, Lancs (6, 16, 46, 50, 51, 57, 63, 71, 82, 85, 93-94, 97, 100, 109, 136, 149, 151, 155, 209, 214, 220, 228, 242, 254, 263, 289, 299, 306, 332)
  • Weniger, Michael, of St Gallen, Switzerland (12, 14, 43, 45, 59, 83, 94, 113, 126, 149, 163, 179, 195, 219, 243, 265, 279, 302, 324, 344)
  • Weyermann, Gaspard, of St Gallen, Switzerland (5, 10, 35, 60, 79, 95, 106, 125, 148, 159, 163, 179, 200, 223, 234, 244, 256, 277, 328, 337, 354)
  • Wightman, James, of Crich, Derbs (316, 336, 347)
  • Unidentified/faded (71, 148, 198, 206, 227, 335)