Miscellaneous documents
Reference: D/X 1976 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Robert Palmer of Ningpo, China
Covering Dates: 1827-1870
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Robert Palmer of Ningpo, China (Ref: D/X 1976)Wilsons (Ref: D/X 1976/1-2)Ref: D/X 1976/1
Letter from G. D. Wilson, 1 Fann Street, Aldergate, London to his parents and younger siblings in Bishop Middleham near Rushy Ford, in which he informs them of the deaths of Joseph and William, his brothers, who died of consumption. In a few words he describes the funeral and burial ceremony. He expresses dissatisfaction with his business. His eldest son works as a clockmaker and the second one works for him while the third one is apprenticed to a gold watch case maker, but he does not seem to like the business as he wants to be a hairdresser, 21 July 1827
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Ref: D/X 1976/2Note with dates of birth of John Wilson (16 November 1778) and Eleanor Palmer (23 August 1780) and their marriage (28 November 1803) followed by the births of 9 children between 1805 and 1829, and a note of the birth of Robert, son of Mary and Joseph Wilson, born in London on 4 December 1799, n.d. [c. 1829]
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Palmer (Ref: D/X 1976/3-4)Ref: D/X 1976/3Letter from Robert Palmer, 10 Delamere Crescent [London] to Mrs Iseton [place unknown], in which he is saying good bye as he is to board a ship in Liverpool for Ningpo, China, 31 December 1869
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Ref: D/X 1976/4Letter from Robert Palmer, Ningpo, China to Mrs Iseton, [place unknown], with a short description of his journey to China and his impressions from a visit to a temple in Ningpo. He also describes the village he lives in with its tea house and his travels by boat on a river, 10 August 1870
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