Letter, Shanghai to Chefoo

Subjects: 1) A visit to Shanghai’s crowded Chinatown, 2) A last visit to the French ship SS Saghalieu on which they travelled out, 3) Constance puts on Chinese costume for the first time, 4) A short voyage in a small steamer to Chefoo is uncomfortable, not least because of rough weather and seasick...

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Date(s) of creation: May 11, 1887
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Summary: Subjects: 1) A visit to Shanghai’s crowded Chinatown, 2) A last visit to the French ship SS Saghalieu on which they travelled out, 3) Constance puts on Chinese costume for the first time, 4) A short voyage in a small steamer to Chefoo is uncomfortable, not least because of rough weather and seasickness on the first day, 5) Constance has her first lesson in the use of chopsticks, 7) A rapturous welcome greets the party at Chefoo where the Judds & Constance break their journey.
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Language: English
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Douthwaite's letters to her family, 1887-1896, with additional letters from her husband Arthur Douithwaite MD', unpublished, 2009 [copy available in Special Collections Reading Room]
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