Mary Morrison: memoir

Date:
5-7 January 1824
Reference:
MS.7127
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Morrison and Hobson Families
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Mary Morrison: memoir. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

"Domestic Memoir of Mrs Morrison", by the Revd. Robert Morrison, addressed to his children Mary Rebecca and John Robert Morrison (1814-1843).

Publication/Creation

5-7 January 1824

Physical description

53 ff. (9-13 and 46-53 blank) 1 vol., 315 × 250 mm. Unbound.

Acquisition note

Presented by Mr and Mrs J. Hobson, 1995.

Biographical note

Mary Morrison, Robert's first wife, died of cholera at Macao on 10 June 1821. This memoir was compiled by Robert Morrison during the voyage home from China aboard H.E.I.C.S. Waterloo.

Finding aids

Described in typescript supplements by Richard Palmer, Richard Aspin, Keith Moore and Christopher Hilton, to the Library's published manuscript finding aids.

Location of duplicates

Microfilm reference: AMS/MF/247.

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  • acc. 349999