Neruda Archives

Authority record

General Steam Navigation Company

A British shipping company documented in the Absinthe correspondence through its Bordeaux office and agent E. Jurie.

Type
Organization
Record status
Reviewed
Archive evidence
2 letters
Local identifier
org-general-steam-navigation-company

Identity and scope

What this record represents

British shipping company documented by its surviving corporate archive. Two printed company cards in Neruda Archives identify its Bordeaux office and name E. Jurie as agent.1, 2, 3

Editorial boundary. This record identifies the historical company, not E. Jurie personally and not a modern successor business.

Documentary names

Names preserved in the evidence

Forms are ordered by their earliest dated appearance in the archive. The preferred name supports navigation; historical spellings and abbreviations remain searchable and are never silently replaced.

Name formUseEvidence
E. Jurie, General Steam Navigation Co.Form recorded in the correspondence2 letters, 1896
General Steam Navigation CompanyPreferred navigation nameReviewed local authority

Documented connections

People, places and correspondence

E. Jurieagent of this record

1896–1896 · confirmed

Pernod Filscorrespondent in the collection

2 letters · 1896-07-30–1896-10-12

Bordeaux, Franceplace of correspondence

2 letters

Evidence in Neruda Archives

Letters connected with this identity

Every link opens the stable public record with manuscript images, transcription, translation and metadata.

  2. NRA-L-000171 · 1896-10-12

    Postcard from E. Jurie of the General Steam Navigation Co. to Pernod Fils acknowledging a cheque for 68.37 francs, October 12, 1896

    Sender as recorded: E. Jurie, General Steam Navigation Co.

Sources

Evidence used for this authority

  1. NRA-L-000171: Neruda Archives public record and manuscript imagesNeruda Archives · 2026-08-28
  2. NRA-L-000345: Neruda Archives public record and manuscript imagesNeruda Archives · 2026-08-28
  3. General Steam Navigation Co LtdRoyal Museums Greenwich · 2026-08-28
  4. Wikidata: General Steam Navigation Company (Q1123577)Wikidata · 2026-08-28
  5. General Steam Navigation Co Ltd, GB 0064 GSNAIM25 / National Maritime Museum archive catalogue · 2026-08-27
  6. Virtual International Authority File: General Steam Navigation CompanyVirtual International Authority File · 2026-08-29
How this identity was established

The local Neruda Archives authority remains the primary record. The Wikidata alignment is proposed for publication only after the organization type, exact name, 1824 incorporation, institutional archive and manuscript evidence were checked together. Similar spelling alone would not be sufficient.

Future corrections are recorded as new, sourced decisions rather than silently overwriting earlier evidence.