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Description: | This file primarily consists of correspondence relating to the promotion of the new company including including letters between the directors of Joseph Sankey & Sons Ltd; Thomas Tilling Ltd; and W.A.Stevens Ltd and other parties associated with the company including Sankeys accountants C.H.Nevill, Hovey & Co. concerning advertisements to be placed in trade publications and newspapers; the issue of the company prospectus; the take-up of subscriptions; and the decision not to go ahead with the scheme in December 1911. There is also correspondence from potential clients, subscribers and investors, as well as several speculative letters from individuals wishing to find jobs or directorships with the new company. These often contain information about previous work expereince in the motor car industry. Other correspondence consists of letters discussing the return of deposits following the abandonment of the scheme.
The file also includes a copy of the company prospectus and a printed promotional booklet entitled 'Illustrations and Descriptions of the 'Tilling-Stevens' Petrol-Electric Omnibus, Sankey Patent Steel Wheels and other manufactures of the Hadley Engineering Co. Ltd and Views of the Hadley Works, Hadley, Shropshire' which is likely to have been sent to potential shareholders. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Archives | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Archives | Temporal: | 1911-1912 | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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