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
Level: Item
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id MS_381056.01.36
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber MS 381056/01/36
callnumber_txt MS 381056/01/36
callnumber-sort MS 381056/01/36
prefix_number 36
title Letter, SS Rosetta near Hong Kong
scb_date_creation October 11, 1890
scb_level Item
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description 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
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 special.collections@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Douthwaite's letters to her family, 1887-1896, with additional letters from her husband Arthur Douithwaite MD', unpublished, 2009 [copy available in Special Collections Reading Room]
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hierarchy_sequence MS_381056.0001.0036