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D4753 - Butterley Company of Ripley, colliery owners, iron founders, mechanical engineers and brick manufacturers - 1838-1846

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D4753/3
Title	Letter from George Jessop at Butterley to Charles Francis at Clive Street, Calcutta [Kolkata, India]
Date	21 Feb 1839
Extent	1 item
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Butterley Company of Ripley, colliery owners, iron founders, mechanical engineers and brick manufacturers: George Jessop
Format	Document
Term	British Empire
Term	Colonialism
Transcript or Index	John Ward sailed . . . . . from Liverpool on the 19th . . . . I have shipped your large planning machine . . . . from Liverpool early next month. The iron trade continues very brisk although wages rise in proportion. Although I retire from business I shall always take a lively interest in the concern . . . . . This year I hope we shall make about 14,000 tons of iron and the next may reach 17,000 . . . . . . as we shall have another furnace in blast next month . . . . .

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