Guide to the Records of P.W. Flower and Company (as filmed by the AJCP), 1836-1916

Summary

Collection number:

M1101-M1113

Creator:

P.W. Flower and Company

Extent:

101 items

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the London Metropolitan Archives and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the London Metropolitan Archives and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: Western Australasian Trade Section Minute Book. 22 April 1895- 12 October 1904, London Metropolitan Archives. MS 16512 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-798920226).

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Available for reference.

Background

Content Summary:

General ledgers 1853-1906.

Ledgers 1869-1897.

Journals 1862-1872.

Accounts of shipments, shares registers and other miscellaneous papers.

Business papers 1836-1906 of Philip Flower and records concerning his estate, including schedules of properties and personal estate, Dunedin Gas Company debentures, deeds, correspondence and accounts.

Accounts and other papers 1909-10 concerning estate of George Salting.

Records 1908-1914 of Cunningham Plains Estates.

Deeds of partnerships, will of S.K. Salting, and other miscellaneous papers.

Biographical / Historical:

The wool-buying firm of Marsden Flower was founded in about 1829 by the Sydney merchant Thomas Marsden (1806-1837) and the English merchant Philip Flower (1809-1872). Following Marsden's death Flower came to Sydney to manage the company. In 1842 he formed a new company, Flower, Salting Co., with the Danish-born Severin Salting (1805-1865) as his partner and John H. Challis (1806-1880) as the junior partner. Flower returned to England and a counterpart firm, P.W. Flower Company, was established in London in 1844.Flower, Salting Company encountered difficulties during the economic depression of the 1840s, but its fortunes prospered in the 1850s when it began to ship gold to England. For many years P.W. Flower Company was the largest importer of Australian wool in England. Challis sold his interest in Flower, Salting Company in 1855 and moved to England and he was followed by Salting in 1858. The three men became extremely wealthy. Philip Flower owned wharves and other properties in London and, in particular, develop an extensive estate in Battersea. His son Cyril Flower was created Baron Battersea in 1892. The firm of P.W. Flower Company was dissolved in 1916.

Related

Existence and Location of Copies:

The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2248193] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Existence and Location of Originals:

Guildhall Library, London, England.

Currently held at the London Metropolitan Archives, London. For more information see: London Metropolitan Archives (https://search.lma.gov.uk).

Conditions Governing Access:

Available for Access.

Conditions Governing Use:

Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the London Metropolitan Archives. For more information contact London Metropolitan Archives Enquiry service [https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-to-do/london-metropolitan-archives/visitor-information/Pages/enquiry-service.aspx].

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the London Metropolitan Archives and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the London Metropolitan Archives and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: Western Australasian Trade Section Minute Book. 22 April 1895- 12 October 1904, London Metropolitan Archives. MS 16512 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-798920226).

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

Contact:

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