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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 |
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| Format | Document |
| Term | British Empire |
| 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 . . . . . |