John Palmer (1766-1836) of Palmer & Co., India. See N. Tarling, 'The prince of merchants and the Lion City' (Royal Asiastic Society, Journal of the Malaysian Branch, 37 pt. i (1964), 20-40).

Letter-books and papers of John Palmer, consisting of:

• Palmer's 'private' letter-books, containing letters written from Calcutta, 1808-34, each containing an alphabetical index of addressees at the front
• Letter-books (without indexes) containing letters from Palmer, mainly written from Batavia, 1824, 1827-8
• Business correspondence of John Palmer, with some family letters, 1813-41, newspaper cuttings, 1819-62, and letters, 1890, concerning John Palmer and the Palmer family
• Account books containing 'private disbursements' of John Palmer, 1825-27

The papers were owned by Sir Reginald Hobhouse, Bart., a descendant of John Palmer.

The papers were given to the Library in 1947.

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/services/admissions/).

M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 40862-927.

Palmer | John | 1766-1836 | of Palmer & Co., India

East India Co

Palmer & Co, East Indies merchants

Batavia

Calcutta (India)

East Indies

India