130. Letter from Charles Addis to Murray Stewart on the Shanghai Literary and Dramatic Society and the value of diary and letter writing.

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Papers of Sir Charles Stewart AddisPP MS 14

DIARIESPP MS 14/001

LETTER BOOKSPP MS 14/002

LETTER BOOK 7 JANUARY 1886 TO JUNE 1887PP MS 14/002/064

LETTER BOOK 15 JUNE 1887 TO 13 APRIL 1888 & 14 MAY 1889 TO 14 MAY 1890PP MS 14/002/065

LETTER BOOK 18 MAY 1890 TO 4 APRIL 1892PP MS 14/002/066

1. From Shanghai. Letter from Charles Addis to Messrs Elliot and Fry paying for photographs.PP MS 14/002/066/001

2. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Crop, personalPP MS 14/002/066/002

3. Letter from Charles Addis to brother George on life in Shanghai, the Missionary Conference and bank affairs.PP MS 14/002/066/003

4. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Etta on life in Shanghai.PP MS 14/002/066/004

5. Letter from Charles Addis to H.M. Johnstone, personal with a gift of stamps.PP MS 14/002/066/005

6. Letter from Charles Addis to Mrs Jordan on the Missionary Conference and Shanghai affairsPP MS 14/002/066/006

7. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Crop on life in Shanghai.PP MS 14/002/066/007

8. Letter from Charles Addis to Michie sending a report of the Missionary Conference and education debate.PP MS 14/002/066/008

9. Letter from Charles Addis to mother on her safe return from Australia and Addis's speech at the education debate.PP MS 14/002/066/009

10. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills on the Missionary Conference, education debate, prospects for the education of the Chinese including the work of the Society for the Diffusion of Christian and General Knowledge among the Chinese and newspaper writinPP MS 14/002/066/010

11. Letter from Charles Addis to father on the Missionary Conference, 'On closer acquaintance it is discovered that the Missionaries are not all hypocrites nor the commercial men all knaves.'PP MS 14/002/066/011

12. Letter from Charles Addis to Michie on newspaper articles.PP MS 14/002/066/012

13. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills on the resignation of Admiral Lang from the Chinese navy.PP MS 14/002/066/013

14. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Crop on their parents' Australian visit.PP MS 14/002/066/014

15. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Crop on a visit to Pootoo.PP MS 14/002/066/015

16. Letter from Charles Addis to Lockhart on a visit to a monastery at Zikawei and a search for books and records.PP MS 14/002/066/016

17. Letter from Charles Addis to Dr Alexander Williamson, missionary, on Society for the Diffusion of Christian and General Knowledge among the Chinese affairs.PP MS 14/002/066/017

18. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Crop on a visit to Pootoo.PP MS 14/002/066/018

19. Letter from Charles Addis to Drummond on reviving an unnamed society.PP MS 14/002/066/019

20. Letter from Charles Addis to Harris on Admiral Lang's resignation.PP MS 14/002/066/020

21. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills on friendship and newspaper articles.PP MS 14/002/066/021

22. Letter from Charles Addis to Dr Williamson on Society for the Diffusion of Christian and General Knowledge among the Chinese affairs.PP MS 14/002/066/022

23. Letter from Charles Addis to John Moffat of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) on the comparative weights of taels.PP MS 14/002/066/023

24. Letter from Charles Addis to Michie on distributing circulars, Shanghai news and missionaries.PP MS 14/002/066/024

25. Letter from Charles Addis to McLeish on newspaper writing.PP MS 14/002/066/025

26. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Susan on life in Shanghai and personal matters.PP MS 14/002/066/026

27. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills on Ethel Joly de Lothbinire.PP MS 14/002/066/027

28. Letter from Charles Addis to Bishop on the death of Dr Williamson and the work of the Society for the Diffusion of Christian and General Knowledge among the Chinese.PP MS 14/002/066/028

29. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Crop on life in Shanghai and the death of Dr Williamson.PP MS 14/002/066/029

30. Letter from Charles Addis to Cameron on the death of Dr Williamson, the future of the Society for the Diffusion of Christian and General Knowledge among the Chinese and Shanghai news.PP MS 14/002/066/030

31. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills on personal matters and the affairs of the Society for the Diffusion of Christian and General Knowledge among the Chinese.PP MS 14/002/066/031

32. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Crop with commissions and news of Shanghai.PP MS 14/002/066/032

33. Incomplete letter to a brother or sister with news of Shanghai.PP MS 14/002/066/033

34. Letter from Charles Addis to Michie on the famine relief appeal and its organisation.PP MS 14/002/066/034

35. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Susan, personal.PP MS 14/002/066/035

36. Letter from Charles Addis to father on Shanghai regatta and races.PP MS 14/002/066/036

37. Letter from Charles Addis to McLeish on the Shanghai Book Club.PP MS 14/002/066/037

38. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Crop on life in Shanghai.PP MS 14/002/066/038

39. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills on the fulfilment of an ambition to have an article printed in The Chinese Review and its failure to arouse interest.PP MS 14/002/066/039

40. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills on newspaper writing and personal matters.PP MS 14/002/066/040

41. Letter from Charles Addis to Mrs Little on debating society affairs. Very faint.PP MS 14/002/066/041

42. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills on Addis's appointment as acting accountant in Calcutta and the progress of the debating society.PP MS 14/002/066/042

43. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Crop with congratulations on her engagement.PP MS 14/002/066/043

44. Letter from Charles Addis to the Hong Kong Land Investment Co., inquiring about a dividend warrant.PP MS 14/002/066/044

45. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Etta, personal.PP MS 14/002/066/045

46. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills on newspaper writing and the closure of The Chinese Times.PP MS 14/002/066/046

47. From Calcutta. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Etta on the journey to India.PP MS 14/002/066/047

48. Letter from Charles Addis to King and Co., ordering newspapers.PP MS 14/002/066/048

49. Letter from Charles Addis to the Rev. L.W. Pilcher sending payment for protgs at Peking University.PP MS 14/002/066/049

50. Letter from Charles Addis to brother David on the Manipur massacre and personal matters.PP MS 14/002/066/050

51. Letter to sister Crop, describing life in Calcutta. Very faint.PP MS 14/002/066/051

52. Letter from Charles Addis to Smith on Addis's criticisms of the famine relief committee.PP MS 14/002/066/052

53. Letter from Charles Addis to Michie on newspaper writing.PP MS 14/002/066/053

54. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Crop and her fianc Robert Adamson on personal matters and life in Shanghai and Calcutta.PP MS 14/002/066/054

55. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills on personal matters, reading, writing and life in Calcutta.PP MS 14/002/066/055

56. Letter from Charles Addis to Murray Stewart in Shanghai, on Shanghai Literary and Debating Society affairs.PP MS 14/002/066/056

57. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills on Eurasians, Roman Catholics and Buddhists and on reading. Very faint.PP MS 14/002/066/057

58. Letter from Charles Addis to father on life in Calcutta, especially golf.PP MS 14/002/066/058

59. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Crop on their mutual friend, Mrs Cotes.PP MS 14/002/066/059

60. Undated and very faint letter to sister Susan, apparently mainly on family matters.PP MS 14/002/066/060

61. Undated and Undecipherable letter to sister Annie.PP MS 14/002/066/061

62. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills on newspaper writing, reading, Mills' poetry, Chinese Christian converts, a Salvation Army meeting and Addis's view of the East.PP MS 14/002/066/062

63. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Etta, on personal matters including Addis's wishes for a wife.PP MS 14/002/066/063

64. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills on friendship, reading and the education of Addis's proteges at Peking University.PP MS 14/002/066/064

65. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Crop on personal matters including the merits of a business as opposed to a literary career.PP MS 14/002/066/065

66. Letter from Charles Addis to Holtum and Walsh, payment of account.PP MS 14/002/066/066

67. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills on the life and death of the missionary James Gilmour.PP MS 14/002/066/067

68. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Crop on a sermon by the Rev. David Reid in Calcutta.PP MS 14/002/066/068

69. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills on reading matter especially the works of George Meredith, author.PP MS 14/002/066/069

70. Letter from Charles Addis to mother, personal.PP MS 14/002/066/070

71. Letter from Charles Addis to Aunt Mansfield on her protg at Peking University and on personal matters.PP MS 14/002/066/071

72. Letter from Charles Addis to Miss Fraser on her writing and on life in Shanghai and Calcutta.PP MS 14/002/066/072

73. Letter from Charles Addis to Miss Fraser with quotations from Schiller and Goethe.PP MS 14/002/066/073

74. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Crop on commissions and on life and colleagues in Calcutta.PP MS 14/002/066/074

75. Letter from Charles Addis to Aunt Mansfield with a cheque.PP MS 14/002/066/075

76. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Etta, personal.PP MS 14/002/066/076

77. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Jane, personal.PP MS 14/002/066/077

78. Letter from Charles Addis to mother on personal matters and the affairs of sister Etta.PP MS 14/002/066/078

79. Letter from Charles Addis to Murray Stewart on Literary and Dramatic Society affairs. Very faint.PP MS 14/002/066/079

80. Letter from Charles Addis to mother, personal.PP MS 14/002/066/080

81. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills on an impromptu opium speech at a missionary meeting and giving Addis's views of missionaries.PP MS 14/002/066/081

82. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Susan, personal.PP MS 14/002/066/082

83. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Crop on preaching and religion.PP MS 14/002/066/083

84. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills on reading and literary matters, especially Rudyard Kipling, author.PP MS 14/002/066/084

85. Letter from Charles Addis to mother on affairs in Calcutta and of sister Etta.PP MS 14/002/066/085

86. Letter from Charles Addis to Murray Stewart recommending reading.PP MS 14/002/066/086

87. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills on poetry and literature.PP MS 14/002/066/087

88. Letter from Charles Addis to Mrs Melville on her son's prospects with the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC).PP MS 14/002/066/088

89. Letter from Charles Addis to father on prospects for Kennie Melville, inquiries after other boys and life in Calcutta.PP MS 14/002/066/089

90. Letter from Charles Addis to Murray Stewart, personal.PP MS 14/002/066/090

91. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Crop, personal.PP MS 14/002/066/091

92. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills on the printing of Addis's opium speech, his views on the opium trade and the Chinese view of foreigners.PP MS 14/002/066/092

93. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills returning a newspaper cutting.PP MS 14/002/066/093

94. Letter from Charles Addis to Murray Stewart on Literary and Dramatic Society affairs.PP MS 14/002/066/094

95. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills on a journey and companions to Darjeeling.PP MS 14/002/066/095

96. Letter from Charles Addis to Harold Richardson, an official letter about some children.PP MS 14/002/066/096

97. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Susan, personal.PP MS 14/002/066/097

98. Letter from Charles Addis to brother George on Far Eastern banking and mutual acquaintances.PP MS 14/002/066/098

99. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Crop, personal.PP MS 14/002/066/099

100. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills on a visit to Darjeeling, meetings with the Rev. Henry Lansdell, an explorer, and views of other explorers in Tibet, with James Hart, brother of Sir Robert, on trade in Tibet and with Col. Mitchel on the Manipur masPP MS 14/002/066/100

101. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills on Addis's opium article.PP MS 14/002/066/101

102. Incomplete letter referring to faddists, possibly part of the opium article.PP MS 14/002/066/102

103. Letter from Charles Addis to father, personal.PP MS 14/002/066/103

104. Letter from Charles Addis to mother, personal.PP MS 14/002/066/104

105. Speech proposing 'the lassies' probably at a St Andrew's night dinner.PP MS 14/002/066/105

106. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Crop, personal.PP MS 14/002/066/106

107. Letter from Charles Addis to Miss Fraser, personal.PP MS 14/002/066/107

108. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Etta, on purchase of silk and family matters.PP MS 14/002/066/108

109. Letter from Charles Addis to mother on acquaintances and family affairs.PP MS 14/002/066/109

110. Letter from Charles Addis to Harold Richardson, a business letter asking for money, and mentioning a settlement for a child, Minnie.PP MS 14/002/066/110

111. Letter from Charles Addis to mother, personal.PP MS 14/002/066/111

112. Letter from Charles Addis to Harold Richardson, a covering letter for bank notes.PP MS 14/002/066/112

113. Letter from Charles Addis to Murray Stewart on literary criticism and standards of taste, visitors, speechmaking and inquiries after Shanghai.PP MS 14/002/066/113

114. Letter from Charles Addis to Miss Fraser on plans for a tour of north-west India.PP MS 14/002/066/114

115. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Crop on life in Calcutta.PP MS 14/002/066/115

116. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Crop on religion and music.PP MS 14/002/066/116

117. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills on the background to the opium speech and further related meetings, on meeting a Buddhist priest and holiday plans.PP MS 14/002/066/117

118. Letter from Charles Addis to mother, personal.PP MS 14/002/066/118

119. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills, a long and detailed letter on the opium question.2 copies, 1 very faint.PP MS 14/002/066/119

120. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills on Addis's attitude towards publishing letters.PP MS 14/002/066/120

121. Letter from Charles Addis to father, personal.PP MS 14/002/066/121

122. Letter from Charles Addis to Smith about Harold Richardson.PP MS 14/002/066/122

123. Letter from Charles Addis to Harold Richardson on Minnie's school fees.PP MS 14/002/066/123

124. Letter from Charles Addis to mother, personal.PP MS 14/002/066/124

125. sister Crop on a visit to north-west India, and personal matters.PP MS 14/002/066/125

126. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills on the conduct of missionaries, the opium question and personal matters.PP MS 14/002/066/126

127. Letter from Charles Addis to mother, on a visit to Hamirpur.PP MS 14/002/066/127

128. Letter from Charles Addis to Arthur Mills, father of Dudley, criticising his, Mills' handbook of colonial institutions.PP MS 14/002/066/128

129. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Crop on concert programmes and books.PP MS 14/002/066/129

130. Letter from Charles Addis to Murray Stewart on the Shanghai Literary and Dramatic Society and the value of diary and letter writing.PP MS 14/002/066/130

131. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Susan, personal.PP MS 14/002/066/131

132. Letter from Charles Addis to McGregor of Edinburgh advising caution before working on a tea plantation or in an Eastern bank.PP MS 14/002/066/132

133. Letter from Charles Addis to Mrs Bruce advising against buying shares in Carew Co.PP MS 14/002/066/133

134. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills on Cardinal Manning's death, sermons, poetry, biblical translation and martyrdom.PP MS 14/002/066/134

135. Letter from Charles Addis to mother, personal.PP MS 14/002/066/135

136. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Crop, personal.PP MS 14/002/066/136

137. Letter from Charles Addis to Guy Hillier, requesting purchase of silk and giving an opinion of Calcutta and of banking in India.PP MS 14/002/066/137

138. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Etta on buying silk, meeting their brother David and travelling with him in north-west India and personal matters.PP MS 14/002/066/138

139. Letter from Charles Addis to mother on health, accommodation and newspaper writing.PP MS 14/002/066/139

140. Letter from Charles Addis to Miss Fraser, personal.PP MS 14/002/066/140

141. Letter from Charles Addis to Murray Stewart with Addis's opinion of Miss Fraser and other personal matters. Very faint.PP MS 14/002/066/141

142. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Annie, a long and detailed letter describing travelling in north-west India with their brother David. Very faint.PP MS 14/002/066/142

143. Letter from Charles Addis to brother George on opium, a visit to north-west India and the affairs of their sister Etta.PP MS 14/002/066/143

144. Letter from Charles Addis to Mills, personal.PP MS 14/002/066/144

145. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Crop, personal.PP MS 14/002/066/145

146. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Etta on meeting missionaries and on missionary recruits.PP MS 14/002/066/146

147. Letter from Charles Addis to the Rev. A. Paton Begg, commenting on Begg's writing on the opium question.PP MS 14/002/066/147

148. Letter from Charles Addis to mother on the death of Addis's colleague Hassell.PP MS 14/002/066/148

149. Letter from Charles Addis to Michie, a long and detailed letter about the opium question and travels in north-west India.PP MS 14/002/066/149

150. Letter from Charles Addis to brother George on their parents' golden wedding, life in Calcutta and the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) which 'seems to have struck a streak of bad luck.'PP MS 14/002/066/150

151. At end, loose, an incomplete description of Addis's visit to north-west India.PP MS 14/002/066/151

LETTER BOOK 3 APRIL 1892 TO 17 NOVEMBER 1893, 30 MARCH 1896 TO 29 NOVEMBER 1898 & 20 DECEMBER 1900 TO 2 FEBRUARY 1902PP MS 14/002/067

LETTER BOOK 2 FEBRUARY 1902 TO 20 MARCH 1904PP MS 14/002/068

LETTER BOOK 27 APRIL 1895 TO 1 FEBRUARY 1897PP MS 14/002/069

LETTERS TO ADDIS AND LADY ADDIS FROM THEIR FAMILIESPP MS 14/003

LETTERS FROM VARIOUS FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUESPP MS 14/004

LETTERS FROM JOHN FLEMINGPP MS 14/005

LETTERS FROM SIR JAMES HALDENE STEWART LOCKHARTPP MS 14/006

LETTERS FROM ALEXANDER MICHIEPP MS 14/007

CORRESPONDENCE WITH DUDLEY MILLSPP MS 14/008

CORRESPONDENCE WITH MURRAY STEWARTPP MS 14/009

LETTERS EXCHANGED BETWEEN ADDIS, LADY ADDIS AND THEIR CHILDRENPP MS 14/010

PERSONAL PAPERSPP MS 14/011

BUSINESS PAPERSPP MS 14/012

PAPERS RELATING TO BANK OF ENGLANDPP MS 14/013

LETTERS FROM MONTAGU NORMANPP MS 14/014

LETTERS FROM JOHN SHIELD NICHOLSONPP MS 14/015

SPEECHES AND ARTICLESPP MS 14/016

NEWSPAPER CUTTINGSPP MS 14/017

THE REV. WILLIAM ADDISPP MS 14/018

PHOTOGRAPHSPP MS 14/019

BLUE BOOKSPP MS 14/020

ADDITIONAL PAPERS AND PHOTOGRAPHS DONATED BY LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER C.P. ADDIS, RN, MBEPP MS 14/021