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Letters to Mary Rebecca Morrison, afterwards Hobson, in Macao from her brother John Robert Morrison, mainly while in Canton. Most letters were written whilst working as a translator to the English merchants in Canton, and constitute a numbered sequence of correspondence, possibly numbered on receipt by M. R. Morrison. 1830-1844 and n.d.
1 Note [written by Archibald Hobson] concerning the correspondence between Mary Rebecca and John Robert
2/1-2 Canton, 6-7 Oct 1830
3/1-2 Canton, 9 Oct 1830
4 Canton, 9 Oct 1830
5/1-2 Canton, 13 Oct 1830
6 Canton, 16 Oct 1830
7 Canton, 16 Oct 1830
8 Canton, 23 Oct 1830
9 Canton, 27 Oct 1830
10 Canton, 30 Oct 1830
11 Canton, 5 Nov 1830
12 Canton, 8 Nov 1830
13 Canton, 10 Nov 1830
14 Canton, 12-13 Nov 1830
15 Canton, 17-18 Nov 1830
16 Canton, 23 Nov 1830
17 Canton, 25 Nov 1830. Includes a note from J. R. Morrison to his father the Revd. Robert Morrison
18/1-2 Canton, 27-29 Nov 1830
19 Canton, 2-3 Dec 1830
20 Canton, 7 Dec 1830
21 Canton, 10 Dec 1830
22 Canton, 27 Dec 1830
23 Canton, 30 Dec 1830
24 Canton, 31 Dec 1830 - Jan 1 1831
25 Canton, 5 Jan 1831
26 Canton, 10-11 Jan 1831
27 3 May 1832
28 3 Sept 1832. No. 1
29 3 Sept 1832. No. 1
30 4 Sept [1832]. No. 2
31 Canton, 7 Sept 1832. No. 3
32 7 Sept 1832. No. 4
33 Canton, 10 Sept 1832. No. 5
34 20 Sept [1832]. No. 6
35 Canton, 21 Sept [1832]. No. 7
36 Canton, 23 Sept 1832. No. 8
37 29 Sept 1832. No. 9
38 5 Oct 1832. No. 10
39 Canton, 6 Oct 1832. No. 11
40 6 Oct 1832. No. 12
41 9 Oct [1832]. [No. 13]
42 9 Oct 1832. [No. 13]
43 12 Oct [1832]. [No. 14]
44 Canton, 14 Oct 1832. [No. 15]
45 Canton, 20 Oct 1832. No. 18
46 20 Oct [1832]. No. 19
47 26 Oct [1832]. [No. 16]
48 27 Oct [1832]. [No. 17]
49 30 Oct 1832. No. 20
50 Canton, 6 Nov 1832
51 Off Lintin, 27 Dec 1832. No. 28
52 Canton, 21 June [1833]. No. 30
53 Canton, 27 June 1833. No. 31
54 Canton, 1 July 1833. No. 32
55 Canton, 8 July 1833. No. 33
56 Canton, 27 July [1833]. No. 35
57 6 Aug [1833]. No. 36
58 Canton, 31 Aug 1833. No. 37
59 Canton, 12 Sept 1833. No. 38
60 Canton, 15 Sept 1833. No. 45
61 Canton, 19 Sept [1833]. No. 39
62 Canton, 20 Sept 1833. No. 40
63 Canton, 23 Sept 1833. No. 41
64 28 Sept 1833. No. 42
65 2 Oct 1833. No. 43
66 9 Oct 1833. No. 44
67 20 Oct 1833. No. 46
68 Canton, 23 Oct 1833. No. 47
69 Canton, 14 Nov [1833]. No. 48
70 Canton, 17 Nov [1833?]. No. 49
71 25 Nov [1833?]. No. 50
72 n.d. [1833?]. No. 52
73 n.d. [1833?]. No. 53
74 Canton, 1 Dec 1833. No. 54
75 Macao, 6-20 Aug 1834. No. 1
76 Canton, 17 Aug 1834. No. 2
77 Canton, 30 Sept 1834. No. 4
78 Canton, 4 Oct 1834. No. 5. Endorsed '6 [Oct 1834]'
79/1-3 To Mary Rebecca at Pulteney St., Bath. Macao, 3-4 Aug 1843. Endorsed 'Jan 16, 1844'
80 To Mary Rebecca from her brother. N.d., [Oct 1833]. Refers to the arrival [in Canton, Oct. 1833] of Mr. S. Wells Williams and Rev Ira Tracey, sent by the American Board of Commissioners to China.
81 To Mary Rebecca from her brother. N.d. Written aboard ship, off shore from Heung Shan, situated between Macao and Canton
82 To Mary Rebecca from her brother. N.d.
83 Wrapper, to Miss Morrison. No. 25
84 Wrapper, to Miss Morrison. No. 26

Letters from her brother John Robert Morrison

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