Letterbook kept by Frederick W Lewis, Lord Essenden, 1870-1944, Furness Withy Director since 1919 and British Shipping Magnate between 1918 and 1932.

The letterbook consist of bound typescript letters, the pages are foliated. Although there are included A-Z indexes at the front of each volume, these do not appear to have been used.

The volume concerns correspondence with Sir Christopher Furness, J.P, D.L, West Hartlepool; R J Thompson, Furness Withy & Co. Ltd, Newcastle; W Roper, The Caledon Shipbuildings and Engineering Co. Ltd; R B Stoker, Manchester (re: SS MANCHESTER CITY); to name a few.
Vessels mentioned include PARKMORE, QUEENSMORE ans MEDIANA, CYNTRIANA, GLORIANA, SS ULUNDA to name a few.

Record Details

Item reference: LBK/84/1; MSS/83/022
Catalogue Section: Manuscript volumes acquired singly by the Museum
Level: ITEM
Extent: 1 volume: 494 pages.
Date made: 1898-04-16 - 1899-01-28
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London