BC 573 J.W. JAGGER & CO. - LETTER BOOKS
Manuscripts & Archives
University of Cape Town Libraries
There
are four of these books. The letters are either written by Mr Jagger himself, or
by Charles Westerton - who joined the firm in 1892 and later became a partner -
or occasionally by others. It is
(1)
June 1887 - Jan. 1905. This was the period when the business was being built up,
and there is a good deal of information about the financial background in
England, opening of new branches in South Africa, shipping, principles of stock
control, etc.
(2)
March 1904 - June 1905. Mostly trivial - subscriptions to cricket clubs, amateur
dramatic societies, etc.
(3)
April 1908 - Nov. 1913. Mr Jagger was by now something of a political figure,
and this is reflected in the letters, which are less concerned with the running
of his business than with such matters as closer union, education, Indian
traders, etc.
(4)
Sep. 1911 - March 1914. Largely concerned with day-to-day business with local
customers - trouble with overdue accounts, and so on. There is not much to
suggest the big expansion of Jagger's business that was taking place at this
time.
P.S.S.
[P.S. Stohr]
Econ.
Dept.
12/1/71.