Manchester, Marietta, fl. 1895-1896 [Three letters from an American missionary woman in China during the Boxer Rebellion] [Decimalized .01-.04]

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Three letters from Marietta Manchester to her family while traveling in Japan and China on a missionary trip. According to a note that accompanies these letters she was killed during the Boxer Rebellion. There are descriptions of Japanese houses, and life as well as Chinese life in the letters.

GLC#
GLC09585
Type
Header Record
Date
1895
Author/Creator
Manchester, Marietta, fl. 1895-1896
Title
[Three letters from an American missionary woman in China during the Boxer Rebellion] [Decimalized .01-.04]
Place Written
Various Places
Pagination
4 items
Primary time period
Rise of Industrial America, 1877-1900
Sub-Era
The Gilded Age
Religion
Foreign Affairs
Travel

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Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

To Mother and Father

11 September 1895

Manchester, Marietta, fl. 1895-1896

This letter written on Japanese scroll paper is concerning Manchester's travels. She mentions seeing the Aleutian Islands after many days at sea, and says a few days later they started to see the coast of Japan. She mentions many volcanos and says...

GLC09585.01
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

To Wallace and Clara

12 September 1895

Manchester, Marietta, fl. 1895-1896

This letter written on Japanese scroll paper is concerning Manchester's travels. In this letter Manchester writes about her journey to Japan and along the coast. She mentions seeing whales and porpoise. She mentions the native's lack of clothing, and...

GLC09585.02
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

To Father

6-7 March 1896

Manchester, Marietta, fl. 1895-1896

This letter written on Japanese scroll paper is concerning Manchester's new post in China. She writes that she is on her way to her house in Chang Shan in Cheh Kiang Province in the south eastern part of China. She thought it would take two weeks but...

GLC09585.03
Collection Item
Autograph note

[Note]

circa 1901

A short note that accompanied GLC09585.01-.03. The note states "Letters written home by Aunt Marrietta Manchester killed by Chinese at Boxer Rebellion at China. Saxton Manchester's sister."

GLC09585.04