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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)
Date1931
Object Nameletter
Mediumpaper
ClassificationsMaritime History
Dimensions25.2 x 20.1cm
AcquisitionPresented in 1980 by Mr R H Pirie.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS003001.49
Keywords
About MeTyped letter on single sheet of Union Bank of Scotland Ltd paper addressed to John Cook. Letter states that the Deposit Receipt from the Russian Bank for Foreign Trade, if it still exists, would be valueless and that the Union Bank has written the transaction off their books.