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Russell & Co., Guangzhou, China, records, 1812-1894

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BOX 2-16 REEL 1-10 Business Records, 1812-1894
Correspondence and letterbooks, account books, bills and receipts, commodity price and sales lists, records of real estate investments, legal records, and miscellaneous material.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material and therein chronologically. Two letterbooks and two invoice books formerly numbered as Containers 9-10 and Containers 15-16 were moved to Oversize after being filmed as part of this series.
BOX 2 REEL 1-2 Correspondence
BOX 2 REEL 1-2 General
1812-1819
(9 folders)
BOX 3 REEL 2 1820-1822
(8 folders)
BOX 4 REEL 3 1823-1832
(8 folders)
BOX 5 REEL 3-4 1833-1835
(6 folders)
BOX 6 REEL 4-5 1836-1837
(6 folders)
BOX 7 REEL 5 1838-1840
(7 folders)
BOX 8 REEL 6 1841-1894, undated
(8 folders)
BOX 8 REEL 6 1841-1894, undated
(8 folders)
BOX 8 REEL 6 Letterbooks
BOX 8 REEL 6 1863 (also ship disbursement account book, 1819-1823 )
BOX 8 REEL 6 "Index to the Letter Book No. 2," 1857-1872
"Canton, China" See Oversize
BOX 8 REEL 6 1819-1821
BOX 8 REEL 6 1821-1824
BOX 9 REEL 7 Financial records
BOX 9 REEL 7 Account books
BOX 9 REEL 7 1816-1829 , opium imports: "Notes on the Chinese Method of Preparing Opium for Smoking"
BOX 9 REEL 7 undated 1819 , expenses for ships' provisions and miscellaneous notes
BOX 9 REEL 7 1819-1822 , "Ledger"
BOX 9 REEL 7 1819-1824 , "Day Book"
BOX 9 REEL 7 1819-1824 , "Accounts current"
BOX 9 REEL 7 1836-1857 , "Ledger" and profit and loss summaries
BOX 10 REEL 7-8 Account sales, 1812-1844
BOX 10 REEL 7-8 Accounts current, 1812-1846
(3 folders)
BOX 10 REEL 7-8 Account summaries and trial balances, 1831-1835
BOX 10 REEL 7-8 Bills of exchange, 1835-1836
BOX 10 REEL 7-8 Bills of lading, 1812-1845
BOX 10 REEL 7-8 Bills, receipt, notes, and bank drafts
BOX 10 REEL 7-8 1812-1813
(2 folders)
BOX 11 REEL 8-9 1814-1849, undated
(4 folders)
BOX 11 REEL 8-9 Cargo insurance policies, 1835, 1841
BOX 11 REEL 8-9 Cargo, tonnage, and shipping lists, 1818-1839, undated
(4 folders)
BOX 12 REEL 9-10 Commodity price lists, 1812-1823, undated
(4 folders)
BOX 12 REEL 9-10 Commodity sales lists, 1812-1846
BOX 12 REEL 9-10 Invoice books of shipments, 1819-1827 See Oversize
BOX 12 REEL 9-10 Invoices, 1812-1843
BOX 12 REEL 9-10 Real estate investments, 1836-1867, undated
BOX 12 REEL 9-10 Legal records
BOX 12 REEL 9-10 Commerce and tariff laws, 1818-1836
BOX 12 REEL 9-10 Partnership agreements, bonds, contracts, powers of attorney, 1813-1843, 1874
BOX 12 REEL 9-10 Wills and last testaments of business associates, 1832-1840
BOX 12 REEL 9-10 Miscellany, including notes and formulas, 1820-1835, undated
BOX OV 1-OV 4 REEL 6-7, 10 Oversize, 1819-1827
Letterbooks and invoice books.
Arranged and described according to the series, containers, and folders from which the items were removed after filming.
BOX OV 1 REEL 6 Business records
BOX OV 1 REEL 6 Business records
BOX OV 1 REEL 6 Letterbooks
BOX OV 1 REEL 6 "Canton, China" (Container 8)
BOX OV 1 REEL 6 1819-1821
BOX OV 2 REEL 7 1821-1824
BOX OV 3 REEL 10 Financial records
BOX OV 3 REEL 10 Invoice books of shipments (Container 12)
BOX OV 3 REEL 10 1819-1824
BOX OV 4 REEL 10 1820-1827

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