Letter, from Arthur Douthwaite, Chefoo

Subjects: 1) Safe birth of Baby Harry 13 February. 2) A healthy baby, but concerns over Constance who developed a fever. 3) Strange Chinese custom whereby younger son has to give his own baby boy to an elder brother. 4) Arthur gives a date for leaving China.

Archive & Special Collections MS 381056/05/22 Restrictions

Date(s) of creation: February 17, 1896
Level: Item
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
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scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber MS 381056/05/22
callnumber_txt MS 381056/05/22
callnumber-sort MS 381056/05/22
prefix_number 22
title Letter, from Arthur Douthwaite, Chefoo
scb_date_creation February 17, 1896
scb_level Item
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format Archive
description Subjects: 1) Safe birth of Baby Harry 13 February. 2) A healthy baby, but concerns over Constance who developed a fever. 3) Strange Chinese custom whereby younger son has to give his own baby boy to an elder brother. 4) Arthur gives a date for leaving China.
scb_access_status Restrictions
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Douthwaite's letters to her family, 1887-1896, with additional letters from her husband Arthur Douithwaite MD', unpublished, 2009 [copy available in Special Collections Reading Room]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_381056.0005.0022

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