Concerning balance sheets and competition from Clydesdale Chemical Company.
Zonder titelGives details of Binney’s business with [ ] Russel at Ilkley. Also gives details of farm prices.
Zonder titelConcerning the renting of shales.
Zonder titelCopying a letter from Benedict and Boardman at New York to Edward Binney at Manchester (15 July 1859) regarding Young’s American patent and the prospect of legal action against the New York Columbian Oil Company.
Also includes a note from James Young to Edward Binney acknowledging receipt of this letter, 3 August 1859.
Copying a letter from James Rose at Edinburgh to Edward Binney at Manchester (5 September 1859) concerning legal action against the Clydesdale Company.
Zonder titelCopying letter from Henry Twining at Nova Scotia to Binney (1 November 1859) concerning an infringement of Young’s patent by the New Brunswick Oil Company.
Zonder titelCopying a letter from Benedict and Boardman at New York to Binney (25 November 1859) dealing with the American patent.
Zonder titelConcerning legal matters.
Zonder titelIncludes a copy of a disclaimer with advocate’s opinion on its contents.
Zonder titelThe American patent, with postscript arranging a meeting with American businessmen for James Young.
Zonder titelCopying correspondence from Samuel Downer at Boston to Edward Binney (8 March 1859) and from Benedict and Boardman at New York to Edward Binney (8 March 1859) concerning the oil industry in America and James Young’s American patent.
Zonder titelEnclosing a letter from John Graham (not extant). Refers to Mr Downer and 'all the Kerosene folks' as a 'pack of unmitigated scoundrels'. Argues that Young’s time would be better spent at home.
A court commission has been sent to examine Baron [Reichtenbach] in Vienna.
Dr Smith has gone to Vienna to investigate Baron Reichtenbach. Also news of a patent case in Edinburgh involving Mr [ ] Macnaughton.
Zonder titelRegarding American patent case.
Zonder titelDiscussing the paraffin oil markets in America and also arranging a meeting with James Young and Edward Meldrum.
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