| collection |
SOAS Archive
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| id |
MS_381056.01.35
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| recordtype |
archive
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| scb_item_location |
Archive & Special Collections
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| item_location |
Archive & Special Collections
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| scb_loan_type |
Reference only
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| callnumber |
MS 381056/01/35
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| callnumber_txt |
MS 381056/01/35
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| callnumber-sort |
MS 381056/01/35
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| prefix_number |
35
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| title |
Letter, SS Rosetta
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| scb_date_creation |
October 6, 1890
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| scb_level |
Item
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| level_sort |
8/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File/Item
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| format |
Archive
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| description |
Subjects: 1) At Colombo the party moved from the Bengal to the Rosetta, a smaller but similar vessel and the missionary party has increased to 15 plus an infant. 2) After an enjoyable trip ashore at Colombo the party cross the Bay of Bengal in choppy seas and some discomfort. 3) At Penang local residents with missionary connections entertain the party most hospitably “Our happiest day since leaving England”. 4) Some Chinese passengers who have come aboard at Penang are for most of the party the first they have met.
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| scb_access_status |
Restrictions apply
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| 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 special.collections@soas.ac.uk
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| scb_use_restrictions |
For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance
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| language |
English
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| language_search |
English
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| 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]
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| hierarchy_top_id_raw |
MS 381056
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| hierarchy_sequence |
MS_381056.0001.0035
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