Letter, SS Rosetta near Hong Kong

Subjects: 1) Missionaries in Singapore are most hospitable to the party whose trip ashore includes a visit to the Botanic Gardens. 2) The party are in good spirits as they set sail for Hong Kong, the last port of call before Shanghai. 3) Constance gives a graphic account of a typhoon which almost sa...

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Date(s) of creation: October 11, 1890
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Summary: Subjects: 1) Missionaries in Singapore are most hospitable to the party whose trip ashore includes a visit to the Botanic Gardens. 2) The party are in good spirits as they set sail for Hong Kong, the last port of call before Shanghai. 3) Constance gives a graphic account of a typhoon which almost sank the ship, but after much tribulation they reached Hong Kong
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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Douthwaite's letters to her family, 1887-1896, with additional letters from her husband Arthur Douithwaite MD', unpublished, 2009 [copy available in Special Collections Reading Room]
Format: Archive