Charles Nicholl Talbot papers, 1821-1868

Mss.Film.1297

Date: 1821-1868 | Size: 1 microfilm_reel(s)
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Abstract

This collection of correspondence, accounts, and certificates primarily concerns the China trade of Talbot, Olyphant & Co., New York, and Olyphant & Co. and Gordon & Talbot, both of Canton, China. The papers also concern their missionary endeavors in China and the vicinity.

Background note

Charles Nicoll Talbot was a merchant, and was a nephew of Charles Nicoll Bancker.

Collection Information

Physical description

1 microfilm reel.

Provenance

Acquired and accessioned, 1972 (1972 779mf).

Location of originals:

Originals in possession of Frances Talbot.

Early American History Note

This is a microfilm of an early American collection that may be of interest to researchers at the APS and may complement an original manuscript collection at the APS.

General note

A guide to the papers is also on the microfilm reel.

Indexing Terms


Corporate Name(s)

  • Gordon and Talbot (Canton, China).
  • Olyphant and Company (Canton, China).
  • Talbot, Olyphant and Company (New York, N.Y.).

Family Name(s)

  • Gordon, O. H.
  • Moros, William H.
  • Olyphant, David Washington Cincinna
  • Talbot, George W.
  • Talbot, William R.

Genre(s)

  • Accounts.
  • Certificates.
  • Microfilm Collection

Geographic Name(s)

  • China -- Foreign relations -- 1644-1912.

Personal Name(s)

  • Bancker, James Nicoll
  • Bridgman, E. C. (Elijah Coleman), 1801-1861
  • Kearney, Lawrence
  • King, C. W. (Charles William), 1809-1845
  • Talbot, Charles Nicoll, 1802-1874

Subject(s)

  • Commerce.
  • Missionaries -- China.