Collection Level Description: Papers of John Palmer
Reference: MSS. Eng. lett. c. 67-127, d. 105-7; Eng. hist. c. 301-2
Title: Papers of John Palmer
Dates of Creation: 1805-35
Extent: 66 shelfmarks
Language of Material: English
Administrative/Biographical History
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).
Scope and Content
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
Administrative Information
Custodial History
The papers were owned by Sir Reginald Hobhouse, Bart., a descendant of John Palmer.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The papers were given to the Library in 1947.
Access Conditions
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/).
Further Information
Finding Aids
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.
Access Points
Palmer | John | 1766-1836 | of Palmer & Co., India
East India Co
Palmer & Co, East Indies merchants
Batavia
Calcutta (India)
East Indies
India
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