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Chinese immigrants letters and notes, 1881 November

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Description
This collection is comprised of two letters, a list of ingredients, a small note, and a mailing envelope written in a calligraphic Chinese script from John Day, Oregon in November 1881. HM 83910 (a): Liao Gengxin requests Xue Sizhan for more of an unidentified material. HM 83910 (b): Ya Wang asks Xue Yasuo for more money and briefly describes his situation as a miner. HM 83910 (c): List of ingredients for making Chinese herbal medicine. HM 83910 (d): This small note was included with one of the two letters, asking the recipient to deliver the letter to a store in Portland, Oregon and telling the shopkeeper to in turn, deliver the letter to its final recipient. HM 83910 (e): Postmarked envelope addressed to Wang Sang in Portland, Oregon. The author's names are stamped in red to verify authenticity, suggesting they were likely written by a literate calligrapher and dictated by the authors.
Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
1881, November
Call number
mssHM 83910 (a-e)
Provenance
Purchased from Caroliniana Rare Books and Manuscripts, November 2019.
Associated people
Gengxin, Liao.
Sizhan, Xue,
Wang, Ya.
Yasuo, Xue,
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