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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
Title	Butterley Company of Ripley, colliery owners, iron founders, mechanical engineers and brick manufacturers
Date	1838-1846
Description	Letters by George Jessop at Butterley to Charles Francis at Clive Street, Calcutta [Kolkata, India], mainly concerned with business matters, though references to Jessops health, his children and acquaintances are also included.
Extent	1 bundle
Level	Fonds
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Archive Creator	Butterley Company of Ripley, colliery owners, iron founders, mechanical engineers and brick manufacturers: George Jessop
Administrative History	Between 1815 and 1830 the Butterley Company was involved in the Indian iron industry. The company had supplied the Nawab of Oudh with a marine steam engine and a cast-iron bridge. Jessop & Co run by George Jessop owned collieries, a foundry, and an engineering works in Calcutta [Kolkata, India]. Between c1833-1840 George ceased to be a partner in the firm and John Webster and Charles Scotton Francis took his place. See: The Story of Jessop, A Bandopadhayay and N R Ray (Jessop & Co Ltd, Calcutta 1988).
Custodial History	They were donated to Derbyshire Record Office in October 1997.
Organisation Sub-Type	Engineering and Heavy Industry
Format	Document
Related Material	See D503 for the main series of Butterley Co. records. See D3263/1 for photocopies of letters dated 28 Nov 1842, 28 Aug 1844 and Jan 1846.
Term	Business
Archivist Note	Revised July 2008, MOS. Revised to ISAD(G) 13 July 2022, BS.