Concerning balance sheets and competition from Clydesdale Chemical Company.
Sans titreGives details of Binney’s business with [ ] Russel at Ilkley. Also gives details of farm prices.
Sans titreConcerning the renting of shales.
Sans titreCopying 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.
Sans titreCopying 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.
Sans titreCopying a letter from Benedict and Boardman at New York to Binney (25 November 1859) dealing with the American patent.
Sans titreConcerning legal matters.
Sans titreIncludes a copy of a disclaimer with advocate’s opinion on its contents.
Sans titreThe American patent, with postscript arranging a meeting with American businessmen for James Young.
Sans titreCopying 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.
Sans titreEnclosing 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.
Sans titreRegarding American patent case.
Sans titreDiscussing the paraffin oil markets in America and also arranging a meeting with James Young and Edward Meldrum.
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