Letters from Mackintosh to John Samuel Swire

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1 folder of official and private letters from Mackintosh to John Samuel Swire concerning House and China Navigation Company business including relations with Russell and Co and Jardine Matheson & Co, deployment of steamers and in 1881 plans for Taikoo Sugar Refinery. Also trade with Australia, Ocean Steamship Company business and local Hong Kong news and gossip.

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