Archival Sources and references
- Barings Archive (BA) HC2 Statistics of General Trade series and HC6 correspondence relating t o Gisborne and Co. in the Indian subcontinent, Far East and Australasia series.
- Bodleian Library (BoD) John Palmer’s correspondence located in the Ms Eng Letters Series C68 – C126.
- British Library (BL) Shelf mark OIR 954.14 ST 1216 CH Calcutta and Bengal Commercial registers.
- Digital South Asia Library (DSAL) , various series taken from the statistical abstracts relating to British India from 1840 to 1865, and from 1860 to 1869.
- Glynne-Gladstone (GG) Papers related to Ogilvy, Gillanders and Co. and Arbuthnot, Gillanders and Co. located in the series GG 2548 – GG 2729.
- HC 690 1833 Report from the Parliamentary Select Committee on Manufactures, Commerce, and Shipping.
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