Legal and Financial Documents Subseries, 1852-1891
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Contents include: letters patent made out to Lord Thomas Cochrane, Arthur Auckland Leopold Pedro Cochrane, and J. Francis Puls regarding innovations in the processing of bitumen and its use in burners and for propulsion; registration forms establishing the Trinidad Bituminous Fuel Company and granting Arthur Auckland Leopold Pedro Cochrane and Henry Mitchell exclusive right in Trinidad to use certain procedures for manufacturing fuel; bills and receipts for the ward of La Brea and Guapo in Trinidad; a prospectus of the West Indian Petroleum Company from 1865; reports concerning tests made of petroleum fuel in steam boilers; assessment rolls of the La Brea and Guapo Ward; incorporation forms for the Hydrocarbon Company; bills pertaining to the purchase of Union Estate in Trinidad and of shares in Trinidad Pitch Lake; a bill of sale of the Mon Plaisir, Belle Vue, and Esperance Estates; a list of payments to be made in the court case of Cochrane v. Dundonald; a Memorandum of Association for the West India Shipping Company; and various financial notes relating to the properties, asphalt and shipping companies, and other financial prospects in Trinidad. Items are arranged chronologically.
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