[International Stores; manuscript] Minute Book No. 1.

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International Tea Company's Stores Ltd [ International Stores ]
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May 1895 to Oct. 1899
£450.00
SKU: 16634

Pp.1-366 (paginated),[4], leather binding, bumped and worn, contents sound and in good condition. Registered number of theCompany given on endpaper. Minutes recorded from the beginning of the Company, first meeting of the Directors, Including Kearley and Tonge - a purchase agreement) 17 May 1895 (Contract for purchase, £10,000, etc.). Subjects include: appointment of secretary, Bankers, auditors, allotment of shares, Bank balances, properties (development and expansion), shares, transfers, shop facias ("International Stores"), purchase of peoperties, repairs and renovations. Last meeting recorded in this volume, 6 Oct. 1899. Note (from Wikipedia): "International Tea Co. Stores was a leading chain of grocers based in London. It was a constituent of the FT 30 index of leading companies listed on the London Stock Exchange." Founded 1878 ("The business was founded in 1878 by Hudson Kearly (later Viscount Devonport) and Gilbert Augustus Tonge as the International Tea Co., with the objective of selling tea direct to consumers rather than through wholesalers").