url
	https://www.explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/5725
dcterms:creator
	https://www.explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/6648 Roberts, James, Sir
dcterms:created
	1914 - 1917
dcterms:description
	Book of letters in a red coloured bound ledger, with numbered pages. The letters are mainly typed and are a record of the letters sent by Sir James Roberts while he owned and managed Salts Mill. They cover many business dealings concerning Salts Mill, management of the Mill and Sir James's Milner Field Estate, difficulties in trade during the First World War, the position of his only surviving son in the army during the war. A letter to Mr August Bermann in 1914 dealing with trade in Russia. A letter to Mr Lodge in 1917 discusses the winding up of Belwarp Ltd which was a subsidiary company of Sir Titus Salts Bart., Sons and Co Ltd, based in Argentina. A letter in 1916 to Michael Sadler, Vice-chancellor of the University of Leeds, offers an endowment of £10,000 to establish a chair of Russian.
dcterms:format
	typewritten
dcterms:identifier
	H2-008a
dcterms:references
	https://www.explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/10997 Sir Titus Salt Bart. Sons & Co Limited
dcterms:relation
	https://www.explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/13577 First World War (1914-1918)
	https://www.explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/10859 Moscow, Russia
dcterms:subject
	Textile industry
	Education
	Warfare and defence
dcterms:title
	Roberts' letter book 1914-1917
dcterms:type
	book

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