Letter Book

Archive Unit

Scope and Content

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

  • Agassiz, Son & Co., of London (109, 126, 157)
  • Assur & Seligmann, of Hamburg, Germany (16, 37, 62, 120, 157, 180, 181, 201, 250, 251, 336, 348)
  • Baring Brothers, of London (82)
  • Beardmore, Joshua, of Islington, London (57, 65)
  • Bell, William, of Belfast, Ireland (3, 7, 11, 19, 23, 25, 37, 64, 76, 89, 92, 101-102, 107, 141, 142, 152, 167, 172, 174, 177, 183, 188, 197, 212, 233, 244, 248, 263, 289, 295, 305, 308, 309, 313, 322, 330, 342, 355)
  • Bennett, Joseph, of Hucknall, Notts (366, 372)
  • Birley & Hornby, of Blackburn, Lancs (70)
  • Boesecke, George Henry, of London (280, 296)
  • Boulton & Watt, of Soho, Birmingham, Warw (312)
  • British Linen Company [James Robertson] (268, 369)
  • Brownbill & Co. (146)
  • Carr, Thomas, of Leeds, Yorks (49, 93)
  • Cartledge, Samuel, of Nottingham (4, 7, 10, 28, 36, 40, 43, 51, 59, 70, 74, 76, 82, 83, 95, 104, 106, 111, 124, 135, 138, 170, 174, 175, 184, 192, 193, 198, 202, 208, 211, 223, 231, 240, 247, 253, 261, 274, 276, 279, 281, 284, 290, 293, 296, 301, 314, 327, 333, 337, 340, 345, 351, 364, 366, 368)
  • Chambers, John, of Hucknall, Notts (367)
  • Cooke, Comer & Hodgson, of Liverpool, Lancs (132)
  • Courvoisier, Auguste, & Co., of Hamburg, Germany (33)
  • Crossley, John, of Rochdale, Lancs (37)
  • Dawson, Robert, of Rochdale, Lancs (58, 78)
  • Dechapeaurouge & Co., of Hamburg, Germany (20-21, 50, 68, 71, 117, 121, 136, 179, 197, 205-206, 220, 228, 319-320, 346, 352)
  • Delevingue, J.B., of Tournay, France (158)
  • Dunlop & Hastings, of Huddersfield, Yorks (339)
  • Gee, Loft & Co., of Hull, Yorks (13, 17-18, 33, 38, 47, 60, 66, 73, 75, 81, 86, 97, 104, 113, 117, 118, 123, 136, 151, 161- 162, 180, 195, 201, 217, 221, 228, 250, 274, 279, 318, 337, 343- 344, 350, 357)
  • Gladstone & Grant, of Liverpool, Lancs (130)
  • Glinz, Peter, of St Gallen, Switzerland (113)
  • Glover, Samuel, of Handford, Staffs (224, 283, 286, 288, 295, 321, 359)
  • Greenhalgh, Richard, of Nottingham (236, 266, 291, 317, 338, 341, 367, 371)
  • Hall, Robert, & Son, of Basford, Notts (1, 6)
  • Halle, E.W.A., & Son, of Hamburg, Germany (357)
  • Hamilton & McConnell, of Belfast, Ireland (3, 11, 31, 39, 99, 114, 146, 153, 166, 176, 191, 197, 215, 231, 246, 252, 256, 282, 301, 354, 364)
  • Harrison, Joseph, of Liverpool, Lancs (276)
  • Harrison, Lieutenant, of Manchester, Lancs (103)
  • Hattersley & Whitham, of Sheffield, Yorks (9, 12)
  • Hellbut & Co., of London (77, 115, 125)
  • Heywood Brothers & Co., of Manchester, Lancs (143)
  • Hind, Richard, Timber Merchant, of Liverpool, Lancs (10, 50- 51, 55, 64, 88, 116)
  • Houldsworth, William, of Charleston, U.S.A. (226)
  • How, Thomas, of Belfast, Ireland (128, 159, 185, 196, 257)
  • Hunter, John & William, of Belfast, Ireland (1, 5, 8, 9, 32, 36, 40, 53, 62, 110, 123, 147, 152, 173, 176, 190, 196, 209, 227, 246, 255, 258, 280, 287, 298, 301, 302-303, 316, 323, 341, 354, 373)
  • Jarratt, Dawson & Hardy, of Low Moor Iron Works, Low Moor, Yorks (237)
  • Kauffman, Andrew, of London (158-159, 163)
  • Kearsley & Bower, of Liverpool, Lancs (5, 13, 16, 17, 19, 20, 29, 34, 36, 41, 42-43, 44, 45-46, 49, 52, 54, 56, 60, 66, 68, 69, 79, 81, 87, 95, 99, 105, 116, 124, 127, 130, 150, 165, 167, 178, 203-204, 207, 213, 249, 259-260, 270, 273, 294, 306, 313, 321, 325, 328, 330, 336, 345, 346, 348, 358, 361, 374)
  • Lancashire, clerk of the peace for (284)
  • Liebert, S.A., & Co. (113)
  • Looser, Elias, of St Gallen, Switzerland (32, 216, 278, 307)
  • McGavin, Robert, & Co., of Glasgow, Scotland (2, 4, 10, 18, 22, 24-25, 28, 30, 35, 38, 46, 55, 59, 67, 72, 73, 75, 80, 93, 98, 100, 103, 103, 108, 111, 126, 129, 133, 139, 144, 149, 160, 162, 164, 168, 169, 172, 184, 185-186, 187, 189, 191, 193, 195, 204, 210, 215, 218, 223, 232, 234, 235, 238, 239, 241, 242, 247, 254, 258, 260-261, 262, 264, 267, 268, 272, 275, 281, 282, 285, 288, 291, 293, 297, 300, 302, 303, 307, 310, 311, 315, 318, 324, 326, 329, 334, 339, 342, 344, 347, 351, 356, 362, 365, 368, 375, 377, 379, 380)
  • Mair, John, Son, Thomas, & Co., of London (106)
  • Martindale, Nicholas, of Liverpool, Lancs (23, 24)
  • Mellor, John, of Holymoorside, Derbs (287, 290, 322)
  • Milberg, P.A., & Co., of Hamburg, Germany (134)
  • Moore, B. & Co., of Nottingham (213)
  • Moring & Co., of Hamburg, Germany (39, 96)
  • Newham & Russell, of Glasgow, Scotland (311-312)
  • Nightingale Grocer's Company (2, 8, 14, 22, 26, 31, 41, 51, 78, 80, 84, 90, 92, 97, 107, 109, 110, 112, 121, 125, 128, 141, 146, 150, 164, 169, 171, 175, 177, 183, 184, 188, 194, 199, 205, 210, 212, 214, 218, 222, 226, 233, 234, 237, 238, 241-242, 244, 245, 247, 248, 252, 256, 258, 259, 261, 262, 264-265, 267, 271, 277, 285, 286, 292, 294, 295, 299, 306, 308, 309, 316, 319, 322, 323, 326, 331, 333, 338, 343, 344, 347, 350, 353, 355, 356, 361, 363, 364, 369, 370, 373, 376, 377, 379)
  • Ormrod, Oliver, of Bolton, Lancs (196, 198, 203, 208, 209, 211, 217, 220, 230, 232, 240, 245, 249, 257, 262, 290, 317, 353, 373, 378)
  • Percival & Parton, of Liverpool, Lancs (53, 54, 55, 63, 67, 94, 108, 118, 145, 148, 151, 154, 178, 236, 301, 315, 325, 329, 332, 334-335, 358, 362, 370, 372, 376)
  • Pieschell & Schreiber, of London (34, 48, 89, 100)
  • Reimann, F.W., of Berlin, Germany (40, 96, 207)
  • Romer, J.J., of London (27, 43, 82, 90, 112, 216, 221, 275, 284)
  • Ross, John, of Glasgow, Scotland (266)
  • Salomon, Nathans, of Berlin, Germany (15, 61, 85, 119, 120, 155, 156, 182, 200, 229, 251, 335, 349)
  • Schadow, Julius, of Berlin, Germany (359)
  • Schmidt, G.F., of Hamburg, Germany (219, 278-279)
  • Schofield, Miles, Clothier, of Stalybridge, Ches (58)
  • Schofield, Samuel, Stone Dealer, of Southowram, Yorks (47, 168, 375)
  • Schofield, Whitehead & Co., of Rochdale, Lancs (27)
  • Speakman, John, of Savannah, U.S.A. (225)
  • Suffern, Murray & George, of Belfast, Ireland (127)
  • Swallow, Luke, of Halifax, Yorks (360)
  • Taylor, Hindle & Co., of Bolton, Lancs (374)
  • Tingle, B., & Co., of Greenside, Nr Sheffield, Yorks (189)
  • Tomkies, John, & Son, of Shrewsbury, Salop (30, 48, 77)
  • Weniger, Michael, of St Gallen, Switzerland (14, 21, 45, 52, 65, 74, 91-92, 102, 114, 122, 131, 137, 145, 156, 161, 181, 186, 194, 206, 219, 222, 224, 243, 255, 265, 270, 283, 292, 304, 320, 324, 327, 340, 352, 365, 378)
  • Whiteley, John, & Sons, of Halifax, Yorks (137, 360, 363)
  • Zollikotser, Mathias, of St Gallen, Switzerland (371)
  • Unidentified/faded (26, 69, 83, 84, 86, 88, 132, 138-140, 142-144, 159-160, 165, 171, 173, 182, 187, 192, 199, 235, 269, 273, 289)