South Western Steam Packet Co
1842 Share issue. 'PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. JAMES AIKEN, Esq. Liverpool. THOMAS COOKE, Esq., Manchester. W. J. CHAPLIN, Esq., 1, Adelphi Terrace, London. J. W. DREW, Esq., Southampton. JOHN HIBBERT. Esq., 47, Great Ormond-street, London. AMBROSE HUMPHRYS, Esq., 22, Upper Whimpole street, London, THOMAS SMITH, Esq., Liverpool....The projectors of the present undertaking having effected the purchase of seven Steam Packets, for sometime past employed between Southampton and Havre, the Channel Islands, and some of the Ports on the Southern Coast of England, and the good-will of their Trade, on very advantageous terms...Several of the London and South Western Railway Directors are on the Provisional Committee of the projected company. The most friendly disposition towards the intended Packet Company has also been secured at Havre, and with the Paris and Rouen Railway Company...'[1]
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- ↑ Exeter and Plymouth Gazette - Saturday 23 April 1842
