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).
Edward Johnston & Company Ltd Records
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- ReferenceGB 103 JOHNSTON
- Dates of Creation1884-1942
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description1 box
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
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.
Arrangement
This collection was originally grouped together with the LABA MISC archives. At some point it was catalogued separately under the RefNo JOHNSTON
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A detailed list is available on the online catalogue. 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).
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