Correspondence, 1860-1904.

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Correspondence, 1860-1904.

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Business and personal correspondence of Shaw. There are letters from Maxim Nordenfelt Guns and Ammunition Co. to Shaw in the 1890s concerning the sale of arms and munitions to the Greek government, and letters from Basil Zaharoff, director of Maxim Nordenfelt and personal friend of Mr. Shaw; personal letters from Plato Draculis, Greek emigreĢ to England, a writer and some-time professor of Modern Greek at Oxford; letters from Stephen Skouloudis, Greek Prime Minister during World War I; and letters from various members of Shaw's family, friends, and business associates, written in Greek and Turkish. Of major interest in this collection is the material concerning Basil Zaharoff. This correspondence reveals much about his early career. Part of the collection also has a bearing on the international situation of Greece in a critical period. Also, transcripts of and typed quotations from various letters with other notes assembled by Plato E. Shaw for his father's biography.

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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University of Oxford

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University of Oxford From the guide to the University of Oxford Musical Exercises, 1890, (Bodleian Library, University of Oxford) Not applicable. From the guide to the Typescript Theses, 1910-55, (Bodleian Library, University of Oxford) Rev. Samuel Myles graduated from Harvard College in 1684. From the description of Diploma : manuscript, 1693 July 14. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612804731 ...

Shaw, William

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Epithet: Master of the Works British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000878.0x0000e3 Shaw was an English "commercial merchant," from about 1860 to 1904. He was agent for a number of English companies in Greece, Cyprus, and Turkey, notably the Maxim Nordenfelt Guns and Ammunition Co., later known as Vickers Sons. The director of Maxin Nordenfelt was Basil Zaharoff, often called "the mystery man of Europe." One of the ri...

Maxim Nordenfelt Guns and Ammunition Co.

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Shaw, P. E. (Plato Ernest), 1883-1947

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Zaharoff, Basil, Sir, 1850-1936

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Skouloudis, Stephen.

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Draculis, Plato.

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