Letter, SS Saghalieu, Marseilles

Subjects: 1) Embarkation at Marseilles onto the SS Saghalieu, 2) Description of 3rd class accommodation on board, 3) Fellow passengers, 4) Sea sickness, 5) French ladies’ night time party, 6) Daily routine, meals and occupations, including learning Chinese with Mr Judd, 7) Monte Christo, Stromboli a...

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Date(s) of creation: March [30], 1887
Level: Item
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id MS_381056.01.01
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber MS 381056/01/01
callnumber_txt MS 381056/01/01
callnumber-sort MS 381056/01/01
prefix_number 01
title Letter, SS Saghalieu, Marseilles
scb_date_creation March [30], 1887
scb_level Item
level_sort 8/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File/Item
format Archive
description Subjects: 1) Embarkation at Marseilles onto the SS Saghalieu, 2) Description of 3rd class accommodation on board, 3) Fellow passengers, 4) Sea sickness, 5) French ladies’ night time party, 6) Daily routine, meals and occupations, including learning Chinese with Mr Judd, 7) Monte Christo, Stromboli and Sicily, 8) Escape and recapture of white bull, 9) Visit to the hold to retrieve items from cabin boxes, 10) Relationships with French ladies; lost earring.
scb_access_status Restrictions apply
scb_conditions_gov_access Users should consult transcript of item in first instance. Original item can only be consulted with written agreement of the Archivist. Please apply to docenquiry@soas.ac.uk
scb_use_restrictions For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance
language English
language_search English
scb_copies Transcript available in J. D. Owen, J. Gullick & S. McClure (eds.), 'Married to a Missionary: Constance Douthwaite's letters to her family, 1887-1896, with additional letters from her husband Arthur Douithwaite MD', unpublished, 2009 [copy available in Special Collections Reading Room]
hierarchy_top_id_raw MS 381056
hierarchy_sequence MS_381056.0001.0001