Diary, 1888 - Peking, journey via Australia, New Zealand and the United States to Scotland, and on visits to Ireland, London and Cornwall

Social life and family affairs in Scotland. No entries until late March. APRIL Decides not to marry Miss Denby; leaves Peking and travels to Shanghai and Hong Kong meeting Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) staff. MAY Reaches Darwin. JUNE Reaches Sydney, and visits married sister Etta...

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Order number: PP MS 14, Box 1
Date(s) of creation: 1888
Level: File
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Order number: PP MS 14, Box 1
Summary: Social life and family affairs in Scotland. No entries until late March. APRIL Decides not to marry Miss Denby; leaves Peking and travels to Shanghai and Hong Kong meeting Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) staff. MAY Reaches Darwin. JUNE Reaches Sydney, and visits married sister Etta and family; travels to New Zealand, Samoa and Honolulu. JULY Reaches San Francisco, and travels across the United States to New York. AUGUST Reaches Liverpool, and stays with brother George; travels to Edinburgh to stay with parents; many family visits. SEPTEMBER Visits Ireland. OCTOBER Visits Dudley Mills in Newcastle; visits London and gives talks on China at the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC); visits Oxford. NOVEMBER Attends wedding of brother William in London. DECEMBER Rev. Thomas Addis, father, retires as minister. Addis, in London, writes article on Chinese railways and visits the Mills family in Cornwall.
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Language: English
Format: Archive