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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09585 Author/Creator: Manchester, Marietta Place Written: Japan and China Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1895 - 1898 Pagination: 4 items Order a Copy

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.

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