Private letters: Chusan, 1837-1843
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/B2/6
Scope and Contents
Letters from Chusan, with some from Tinghai. The correspondents include Bartolomeu Barretto; Captain H.P. Baylis; William Sprott Boyd (also Thomas Podé, pseudonym); Charles Gutzlaff (Karl Friedrich August Gützlaff); Mary Gutzlaff; Charles Hope (Captain of H.M.S. 'Thalia'); Andrew Jardine; Jumnojee Nasserwanjee (also Jamnojee Nesserwanjee and J. Nasserwanjee); Captain Henry McMinnies; Donald Matheson; (Nicholas) James Sutherland Matheson (also 'Santiago Thomasen', pseudonym); and Robert Thom.
Dates
- Creation: 1837-1843
Creator
- From the Fonds: Jardine, Matheson and Co. Ltd (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
The original letters are not available to readers, but microfilm copies may be ordered in the Manuscripts Reading Room - Reel 580.
Extent
63 item(s) (63 letters)
Language of Materials
English
Subject
- Matheson, Sir Nicholas James Sutherland, 1796-1878 (1st Baronet, merchant and politician) (Person)
- Matheson, Donald, 1819-1901 (merchant) (Person)
- Jardine, Andrew, 1812-1881 (merchant) (Person)
- Gützlaff, Karl Friedrich August, 1803-1851 (German missionary) (Person)
- Hope, Charles, 1798-1854 (Rear Admiral) (Person)
Repository Details
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