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Papers of Sir Charles Stewart Addis
LETTER BOOKS
LETTER BOOK 15 JUNE 1887 TO 13 APRIL 1888 & 14 MAY 1889 TO 14 MAY 1890
74. Letter from Charles Addis to mother on leaving Peking.
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13 April 1888
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Papers of Sir Charles Stewart Addis
PP MS 14
DIARIES
PP MS 14/001
LETTER BOOKS
PP MS 14/002
LETTER BOOK 7 JANUARY 1886 TO JUNE 1887
PP MS 14/002/064
LETTER BOOK 15 JUNE 1887 TO 13 APRIL 1888 & 14 MAY 1889 TO 14 MAY 1890
PP MS 14/002/065
1. From Peking. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Jane with good wishes for her marriage and describing visits to the hills and to friends the Martins, long settled in China.
PP MS 14/002/065/001
2. Letter from Charles Addis to father, personal.
PP MS 14/002/065/002
3. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Etta on politics in Peking and the passage of letters.
PP MS 14/002/065/003
4. Letter from Charles Addis to Aunt Mansfield, personal.
PP MS 14/002/065/004
5. Letter from Charles Addis to mother on the visit of Sir John Walsham, British envoy at Peking, and his wife.
PP MS 14/002/065/005
6. Letter from Charles Addis to Lockhart congratulating him on his appointment as registrar general.
PP MS 14/002/065/006
7. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Crop, personal.
PP MS 14/002/065/007
8. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills with plans for an article on missionaries.
PP MS 14/002/065/008
9. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Annie, personal.
PP MS 14/002/065/009
10. Brief extracts from correspondence with Leith on buying gold bars, sycee shipments and native bills.
PP MS 14/002/065/010
11. Letter from Charles Addis to father on Jackson's visit.
PP MS 14/002/065/011
12. Letter from Charles Addis to Wallop, personal.
PP MS 14/002/065/012
13. Letter from Charles Addis to Capt. Chiang Cheow-ying, receipt for silver.
PP MS 14/002/065/013
14. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Susan, personal and family matters.
PP MS 14/002/065/014
15. Letter from Charles Addis to mother, on entertaining in Peking and hopes for a visit home.
PP MS 14/002/065/015
16. Letter from Charles Addis to the Rev. Greenwood of Chefoo, acknowledging money.
PP MS 14/002/065/016
17. Letter from Charles Addis to mother, personal.
PP MS 14/002/065/017
18. Letter from Charles Addis to Wilson on sending a cheque to the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) London office.
PP MS 14/002/065/018
19. Letter from Charles Addis to Mrs Jackson sympathising with her enforced separation from her husband.
PP MS 14/002/065/019
20. Letter from Charles Addis to mother, personal.
PP MS 14/002/065/020
21. Letter from Charles Addis to father on the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC)'s recent bad half year through losses in Manila, and on the character of Jackson.
PP MS 14/002/065/021
22. Letter from Charles Addis to mother, personal.
PP MS 14/002/065/022
23. Letter from Charles Addis to the chief manager, Hong Kong, applying for leave.
PP MS 14/002/065/023
24. Letter from Charles Addis to mother, on wedding of sister Jane and hopes for home leave.
PP MS 14/002/065/024
25. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills asking for Mills' notes on China and commenting on explorers in the light of Mills' proposed expeditions.
PP MS 14/002/065/025
26. Letter from Charles Addis to Lockhart feeling discontented. 'I was sent here on a diplomatic mission and I have tried honestly to perform it. I enjoyed the novelty of it. I am heartily sick of it now.'
PP MS 14/002/065/026
27. Letter from Charles Addis to mother, personal.
PP MS 14/002/065/027
28. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Etta on life in Peking and Miss Denby.
PP MS 14/002/065/028
29. Letter from Charles Addis to father, personal.
PP MS 14/002/065/029
30. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Susan on a visit to the hills and reading matter.
PP MS 14/002/065/030
31. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Susan on a visit to the hills.
PP MS 14/002/065/031
32. Letter from Charles Addis to Lockhart on a picture of An Yeung-wai, their late Chinese teacher, visitors and life in Peking.
PP MS 14/002/065/032
33. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Annie on plans for a visit and life in Peking.
PP MS 14/002/065/033
34. Letter from Charles Addis to mother, personal.
PP MS 14/002/065/034
35. Letter from Charles Addis to mother on visitors and life in Peking.
PP MS 14/002/065/035
36. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Crop on plans for a visit and dental treatment.
PP MS 14/002/065/036
37. Letter from Charles Addis to Aunt Mansfield with a photograph.
PP MS 14/002/065/037
38. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Susan with photographs.
PP MS 14/002/065/038
39. Letter from Charles Addis to brother Tom thanking him for books and asking for more.
PP MS 14/002/065/039
40. Letter from Charles Addis to mother, personal.
PP MS 14/002/065/040
41. Letter from Charles Addis to Ward Hall, a dentist, querying a bill.
PP MS 14/002/065/041
42. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Susan on hopes for home visit.
PP MS 14/002/065/042
43. Letter from Charles Addis to Lockhart sending newspaper articles and discussing Chinese politics.
PP MS 14/002/065/043
44. Letter from Charles Addis to Leith on Chinese politics especially a Portuguese treaty and on Peking business affairs.
PP MS 14/002/065/044
45. Letter from Charles Addis to mother on the departure of visitors.
PP MS 14/002/065/045
46. Letter from Charles Addis to father, leave application granted.
PP MS 14/002/065/046
47. Letter from Charles Addis to Wilson on life in Peking.
PP MS 14/002/065/047
48. Letter from Charles Addis to mother on a visit to Tungchow.
PP MS 14/002/065/048
49. Letter from Charles Addis to the Rev. William Muirhead of the Yellow River Inundation Fund with a contribution.
PP MS 14/002/065/049
50. Letter from Charles Addis to mother on Christmas plans.
PP MS 14/002/065/050
51. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Etta on plans to visit her in Australia and relations with Miss Denby.
PP MS 14/002/065/051
52. Letter from Charles Addis to Chalmers on wish to leave Peking. 'I have done fairly well and I believe both Jackson and Cameron are pleased', and on life in Peking.
PP MS 14/002/065/052
53. List of crockery and cutlery.
PP MS 14/002/065/053
54. Letter from Charles Addis to mother on plans to come home via Australia and on life in Peking.
PP MS 14/002/065/054
55. Letter from Charles Addis to Lockhart inviting him to visit Australia and on Miss Denby.
PP MS 14/002/065/055
56. Letter from Charles Addis to mother on personal matters, life in Peking and visits to the Great Wall and the Ming Tombs.
PP MS 14/002/065/056
57. Letter from Charles Addis to the Committee of the Yellow River Inundation Fund sending money.
PP MS 14/002/065/057
58. Letter from Charles Addis to mother on grant of leave.
PP MS 14/002/065/058
59. Letter from Charles Addis to Muirhead of the Yellow River Inundation Fund with further contributions.
PP MS 14/002/065/059
60. Letter from Charles Addis to the submanager, Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC), Hong Kong, with thanks for leave.
PP MS 14/002/065/060
61. Letter from Charles Addis to the Editor, The Chinese Times, with letter of thanks to contributors to the Yellow River Inundation Fund for publication.
PP MS 14/002/065/061
62. Letter from Charles Addis to Lockhart congratulating him on his engagement.
PP MS 14/002/065/062
63. Letter from Charles Addis to mother on Lockhart's engagement and life in Peking.
PP MS 14/002/065/063
64. Letter from Charles Addis to Aunt Mansfield on Miss Denby.
PP MS 14/002/065/064
65. Letter from Charles Addis to father on life in Peking, 'a little frost-bound isolated community.'
PP MS 14/002/065/065
66. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Crop on letter writing and life in Peking.
PP MS 14/002/065/066
67. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Susan on plans for a visit, religion and life in Peking.
PP MS 14/002/065/067
68. Letter from Charles Addis to father on visiting plans.
PP MS 14/002/065/068
69. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Susan thanking her for Christmas parcels and on life in Peking.
PP MS 14/002/065/069
70. Letter from Charles Addis to Burnett asking for banking supplies.
PP MS 14/002/065/070
71. Letter from Charles Addis to mother on life in Peking.
PP MS 14/002/065/071
72. Letter from Charles Addis to mother on the arrival of Henry Hewat, Addis's successor, and his own sadness on leaving Peking.
PP MS 14/002/065/072
73. Letter from Charles Addis to F.C. Bishop of Shanghai with subscriptions to the Society for the Diffusion of Christian and General Knowledge among the Chinese.
PP MS 14/002/065/073
74. Letter from Charles Addis to mother on leaving Peking.
PP MS 14/002/065/074
75. From Tientsin, after returning from home leave. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Etta on returning to China 'I look back upon it all [home leave] in the bewildered way that one regards a dream.'
PP MS 14/002/065/075
76. Letter from Charles Addis to sister-in-law Cornie on reading, especially the Bible, and on life in Tientsin.
PP MS 14/002/065/076
77. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Jean [Jane] on life in Tientsin.
PP MS 14/002/065/077
78. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Crop on personal and family matters.
PP MS 14/002/065/078
79. Letter from Charles Addis to Bob Hill on a riding fall and banking in Tientsin.
PP MS 14/002/065/079
80. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills on a riding fall, life in Tientsin, thanks for books, map and parcel, problems of Hart in Peking and of the China Railway Company in Tientsin and a biography of Lew (Lui) Buah, a steam launch pilot.
PP MS 14/002/065/080
81. Letter from Charles Addis to Miss Turnbull, a friend in Scotland, on dogs, books and poetry.
PP MS 14/002/065/081
82. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Crop, personal.
PP MS 14/002/065/082
83. Letter from Charles Addis to Aunt Mansfield on her protg in Peking.
PP MS 14/002/065/083
84. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Susan on life in Tientsin, 'a more flat, dirty and depressing environment you could hardly imagine.'
PP MS 14/002/065/084
85. Letter from Charles Addis to sister-in-law Elsie on a fall and subsequent illness in Tientsin.
PP MS 14/002/065/085
86. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Etta on buying clothes, a fall and the heat in Tientsin.
PP MS 14/002/065/086
87. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Etta sympathising on her son's death.
PP MS 14/002/065/087
88. Letter from Charles Addis to mother on the death of her grandson.
PP MS 14/002/065/088
89. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Crop on personal matters and life in Tientsin. 'I envy no man and I have no right and not very much wish to be happier.'
PP MS 14/002/065/089
90. Letter from Charles Addis to sister-in-law Rachael on family matters, Addis's health and life in Tientsin.
PP MS 14/002/065/090
91. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills on the death and funeral of Crossett, a famine worker, Chinese blue books, Tientsin trade and the future of small trading depots, i.e. Swatow and Tientsin against large, i.e. Hongkong and Shanghai.
PP MS 14/002/065/091
92. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Crop on life in Tientsin.
PP MS 14/002/065/092
93. From Peking. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills on reading matter, a visit to Peking during Hewat's illness, newspaper writing, a meeting with Hart, and the 'Kuling Yangtze' question.
PP MS 14/002/065/093
94. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Susan on leaving Tientsin for Peking.
PP MS 14/002/065/094
95. Letter from Charles Addis to Sundius, personal.
PP MS 14/002/065/095
96. Letter from Charles Addis to brother William on personal matters and missionaries, 'One is just a little tired now of destructive missionary criticism.'
PP MS 14/002/065/096
97. Letter from Charles Addis to mother with commissions for sister Etta and on the return to Peking and a salary increase.
PP MS 14/002/065/097
98. Letter from Charles Addis to sister-in-law Cornie on religion.
PP MS 14/002/065/098
99. Letter from Charles Addis to sister-in-law Cornie on religion.
PP MS 14/002/065/099
100. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Crop on personal matters and life in Peking.
PP MS 14/002/065/100
101. Letter from Charles Addis to Sir George Grove with thanks for payment for an article in The Contemporary Review and on prospects for China.
PP MS 14/002/065/101
102. Letter from Charles Addis to Jackson on life in Peking and on Walsham, Marquis Tseng, (Tseng Chi-tse), and Hart. 'As Tseng's star rises, his declines.'
PP MS 14/002/065/102
103. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Crop, personal.
PP MS 14/002/065/103
104. Letter from Charles Addis to Mrs Wilkes, ne Denby, congratulating her on her marriage and giving news of Peking.
PP MS 14/002/065/104
105. Indecipherable letter headed 'George 21/7/89'.
PP MS 14/002/065/105
106. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Etta, thanks for photograph of nephew.
PP MS 14/002/065/106
107. Letter from Charles Addis to mother on visiting Australia.
PP MS 14/002/065/107
108. From Tientsin. Letter from Charles Addis to Lockhart on illness in Peking, newspaper articles and news of friends.
PP MS 14/002/065/108
109. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills on commissions and illness in Peking.
PP MS 14/002/065/109
110. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Crop on the possibilities of her marriage.
PP MS 14/002/065/110
111. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Annie on health and life in Tientsin.
PP MS 14/002/065/111
112. Incomplete letter to a sister on life in Tientsin. Letter from Charles Addis to Hewat on Mills' account in Peking.
PP MS 14/002/065/112
113. Letter from Charles Addis to father on the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC)'s successful half year and about the death of John Fleming.
PP MS 14/002/065/113
114. Letter from Charles Addis to Mrs Fleming with condolences.
PP MS 14/002/065/114
115. Letter from Charles Addis to brother Tom on Fleming's death, reading and missionaries, 'We don't want the church of Scotland here - we want the Church of China.'
PP MS 14/002/065/115
116. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills on missionaries, reading, newspaper article, life in Tientsin and marriage.
PP MS 14/002/065/116
117. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Susan, personal.
PP MS 14/002/065/117
118. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Crop on reading and personal matters.
PP MS 14/002/065/118
119. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Etta, personal.
PP MS 14/002/065/119
120. Letter from Charles Addis to sister-in-law Elsie on life in Tientsin.
PP MS 14/002/065/120
121. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Jean [Jane] on life in Tientsin.
PP MS 14/002/065/121
122. Letter from Charles Addis to sister-in-law Cornie on religion.
PP MS 14/002/065/122
123. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Crop on personal matters and life in Tientsin.
PP MS 14/002/065/123
124. Letter from Charles Addis to Browne enclosing shares.
PP MS 14/002/065/124
125. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Susan, personal.
PP MS 14/002/065/125
126. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Crop on a possible move to Shanghai.
PP MS 14/002/065/126
127. Letter from Charles Addis to father on the forthcoming move to Shanghai.
PP MS 14/002/065/127
128. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Crop on moving to Shanghai and problems with fellow lodgers in Tientsin.
PP MS 14/002/065/128
129. Letter from Charles Addis to Richardson on the move to Shanghai.
PP MS 14/002/065/129
130. Letter from Charles Addis to the Rev. T. Bryson on religion.
PP MS 14/002/065/130
131. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills on reading, acquaintances, philosophy and life in Tientsin.
PP MS 14/002/065/131
132. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Crop on preparations for leaving Tientsin and a successful dinner with missionaries.
PP MS 14/002/065/132
133. Letter from Charles Addis to mother, personal.
PP MS 14/002/065/133
134. From Shanghai. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills on commissions, a meeting with W.V. Drummond, an acquaintance of General Gordon, and on newspaper writing.
PP MS 14/002/065/134
135. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Crop, personal.
PP MS 14/002/065/135
136. Letter from Charles Addis to Dr Eitel, a covering letter for an article for The China Review.
PP MS 14/002/065/136
137. Letter from Charles Addis to mother on her Australian visit and Addis's work in Shanghai.
PP MS 14/002/065/137
138. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills on missionaries, Chinese currency, the Emperor, 'Can it be that he is showing his hand!', Chinese politics and the famine relief fund, 'a total failure'.
PP MS 14/002/065/138
139. Letter from Charles Addis to sister-in-law Cornie, personal and family matters.
PP MS 14/002/065/139
140. Letter from Charles Addis to brother William on the Australian dock strike and Addis's ideas on labour and wage bargaining.
PP MS 14/002/065/140
141. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Crop asking for books and other commissions.
PP MS 14/002/065/141
142. Letter from Charles Addis to Miss Turnbull with birthday wishes.
PP MS 14/002/065/142
143. Letter from Charles Addis to brother George asking advice on whether to leave the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC).
PP MS 14/002/065/143
144. Letter from Charles Addis to Lockhart with congratulations on his son and on life in Shanghai and newspaper articles. Very faint.
PP MS 14/002/065/144
145. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Crop on personal finances, the decision to stay with the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) and life in Shanghai.
PP MS 14/002/065/145
146. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills on the Emperor's continuing reforms and on Addis's letter on opium in The North China Daily News.
PP MS 14/002/065/146
147. Letter from Charles Addis to Sundius on life in Shanghai and acquaintances.
PP MS 14/002/065/147
148. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Crop on acquaintances and asking for a book.
PP MS 14/002/065/148
149. Letter from Charles Addis to mother, personal.
PP MS 14/002/065/149
150. Letter from Charles Addis to Michie on prospects with the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) and news of Shanghai.
PP MS 14/002/065/150
151. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills on life in Shanghai, the study of Chinese and personal matters.
PP MS 14/002/065/151
152. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills on newspaper writing, the forthcoming Missionary Conference in Shanghai, Bible teaching, and the attitude to missionaries in Shanghai. Very faint and partly indecipherable.
PP MS 14/002/065/152
153. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Crop referring to the Missionary Conference. Very faint and partly indecipherable.
PP MS 14/002/065/153
154. Letter from Charles Addis to Michie referring to the Missionary Conference. Very faint and partly indecipherable.
PP MS 14/002/065/154
155. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Crop on the Missionary Conference and newspaper writings.
PP MS 14/002/065/155
LETTER BOOK 18 MAY 1890 TO 4 APRIL 1892
PP MS 14/002/066
LETTER BOOK 3 APRIL 1892 TO 17 NOVEMBER 1893, 30 MARCH 1896 TO 29 NOVEMBER 1898 & 20 DECEMBER 1900 TO 2 FEBRUARY 1902
PP MS 14/002/067
LETTER BOOK 2 FEBRUARY 1902 TO 20 MARCH 1904
PP MS 14/002/068
LETTER BOOK 27 APRIL 1895 TO 1 FEBRUARY 1897
PP MS 14/002/069
LETTERS TO ADDIS AND LADY ADDIS FROM THEIR FAMILIES
PP MS 14/003
LETTERS FROM VARIOUS FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES
PP MS 14/004
LETTERS FROM JOHN FLEMING
PP MS 14/005
LETTERS FROM SIR JAMES HALDENE STEWART LOCKHART
PP MS 14/006
LETTERS FROM ALEXANDER MICHIE
PP MS 14/007
CORRESPONDENCE WITH DUDLEY MILLS
PP MS 14/008
CORRESPONDENCE WITH MURRAY STEWART
PP MS 14/009
LETTERS EXCHANGED BETWEEN ADDIS, LADY ADDIS AND THEIR CHILDREN
PP MS 14/010
PERSONAL PAPERS
PP MS 14/011
BUSINESS PAPERS
PP MS 14/012
PAPERS RELATING TO BANK OF ENGLAND
PP MS 14/013
LETTERS FROM MONTAGU NORMAN
PP MS 14/014
LETTERS FROM JOHN SHIELD NICHOLSON
PP MS 14/015
SPEECHES AND ARTICLES
PP MS 14/016
NEWSPAPER CUTTINGS
PP MS 14/017
THE REV. WILLIAM ADDIS
PP MS 14/018
PHOTOGRAPHS
PP MS 14/019
BLUE BOOKS
PP MS 14/020
ADDITIONAL PAPERS AND PHOTOGRAPHS DONATED BY LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER C.P. ADDIS, RN, MBE
PP MS 14/021