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Folder containing letters received from individuals acknowledging their receipt of complimentary copies of the same, n.d. (Manuscript)
GSN/43/3
Correspondence with Postmaster-General in connection with the conditions for the renewal of the Holland/Hamburg Mail Contract of 1834 - eight items, 22 Jul-16 Dec 1834 and n.d., (Manuscript)
1834-07-22 - 1934-12-16
GSN/12/1
History of the General Steam Navigation Company by Boyd Cable, entitled 'London's Own Liners'. (Manuscript)
GSN/43/5
Correspondence from the Postmaster General in connection with the conditions for the renewal of the Holland/Hamburg Mail Contract of 1834 - seven items, 9 Sep-16 Dec 1834 and n.d. (Manuscript)
1834-01-01 - 1834-12-31
GSN/12/2
Folder containing short correspondence in connection with Cape Cornford's 'A Century of Sea Trading' c.1929-37. (Manuscript)
1929-01-01 - 1937-12-31
GSN/43/8
Statement covering the involvement of the General Steam Navigation Company in the attempt to bring to England 32 German ships lying in the Antwerp docks at the beginning of World War I. (Manuscript)
1914-01-01 - ?
GSN/42/6
Private memo from Inchcape to Hooper (General Steam Navigation Company) on the forthcoming acquisition of J&E Hall & Co., of Dartford, n.d. (Manuscript)
GSN/9/13
'An Icelandic Saga', an account of a wartime voyage in m.v. GOLDFINCH, by R Baxter. (Manuscript)
1939-01-01 - 1945-12-31
GSN/42/12
Reply from the Master of the ship ALFORD, with a proposal to this end, 10 Oct 1874. (Manuscript)
1874-01-01 - ?
GSN/11/2
Copy of the conference agreement involving the General Steam Navigation Company and a number of other shipping lines, to be known as the Greek Conference Lines, 1905. (Manuscript)
1905-01-01 - ?
GSN/21/1
Employee record of service book, circa 1850-1914. (Manuscript)
circa 1850-1914
GSN/22/1
Balance sheet, 31 Dec 1828. (Manuscript)
1828-01-01 - ?
GSN/6/14
File cover containing notes and printed matter bearing upon the historical links between Hamburg and the General Steam Navigation Company. (Manuscript)
GSN/43/11
Minutes of the Board, 28 Jul-26 Dec 1830. (Manuscript)
1830-01-01 - 1830-12-31
GSN/1/3
Notebook in manuscript of depreciation, New Medway Steam Packet Co Ltd, subsidiary company of the General Steam Navigation Co Ltd, 1929-54. (Manuscript)
1929-01-01 - 1954-12-31
GSN/39/13
Loose correspondence between the New Medway Steam Packet Co Ltd and the General Steam Navigation Co. regarding accounts, 1940-53. (Manuscript)
1940-01-01 - 1953-12-31
GSN/39/8
Ledger of the New Medway Steam Packet Co Ltd, subsidiary company of the General Steam Navigation Co Ltd, 1950-60. (Manuscript)
1950-01-01 - 1960-12-31
GSN/39/12
Translation of a report on the activities of the General Steam Navigation Company prepared by one of the Company's continental rivals, Dec 1952. (Manuscript)
1952-01-01 - ?
GSN/41/11
Selection of Preference Share Certificates in the name of William Allen, 1879. (Manuscript)
1879-01-01 - ?
GSN/41/13
General Steam Navigation Co Ltd (Manuscript)
1914-1921
GSN/42/1-9
Letter from the Secretary to Mr Richard White on his appointment to the Board of GSN. (Manuscript)
1910-01-01 - ?
GSN/6/11
Letter from Inchcape to Hooper requesting that GSN Company ships try to reduce their running costs by £10 per day, 8 May 1922. (Manuscript)
1922-01-01 - ?
GSN/6/13
Rough balance sheet, showing cash in hand, disbursements made, balance, 1834. (Manuscript)
1834-01-01 - ?
GSN/6/2
Statement of assurance in respect of Steam Ship CONCORDIA, 12 Feb 1851. (Manuscript)
1851-01-01 - ?
GSN/32/11
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