Financial Records

This material is held atUniversity of Glasgow Archive Services

  • Reference
    • GB 248 UGC 199/1/1
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1851-1964
  • Physical Description
    • 31 volumes

Scope and Content

  • Voyage account books, 1851-1898;
  • Pro forma voyage account book, 1890-1909;
  • Sir James Wishart Thomson II's account book, 1897-1911;
  • Day book, 1900-1964;
  • Expense book, 1904-1921;
  • Outward cargo and freight book, 1904-1941;
  • Bills payable and receivable book, 1913-1948;
  • Ben Line and Petrograd Steamers assets and account book, 1902-1964.

Administrative / Biographical History

Financial records of Wm Thomson & Co's early operation of their sailing fleet and thereafter their management of The Ben Line Steamers fleet and the Petrograd Steamers fleet within the same account books before The Petrograd Steamers was wound down.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically within record subfonds.