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Letters, one catalogued in letter books, on Addis's move to Calcutta, his own and Mrs Addis's illnesses and his attempts to publish a newspaper article. From Hankow, Singapore, Calcutta and at sea.
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PP MS 14/008/01/158
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PP MS 14, Box 20
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1897
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