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Image Not Available for The John Cook Papers: letter relating to internment of the steamship Girdleness at St Petersburg and the vessel's subsequent sale
The John Cook Papers: letter relating to internment of the steamship Girdleness at St Petersburg and the vessel's subsequent sale
Image Not Available for The John Cook Papers: letter relating to internment of the steamship Girdleness at St Petersburg and the vessel's subsequent sale

The John Cook Papers: letter relating to internment of the steamship Girdleness at St Petersburg and the vessel's subsequent sale

Manufacturer (John Cook & Son, shipowners/brokers, 62 Marischal St., Aberdeen)
Date1919
Object Nameletter
Mediumpaper
ClassificationsMaritime History
Dimensions25.4 x 20cm
AcquisitionPresented in 1980 by Mr R H Pirie.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS003001.42
Keywords
About MeTyped letter on single sheet of plain paper from the Russian Bank for Foreign Trade. The bank cannot contact its Petrograd office and so cannot issue a receipt for the roubles.