51. Letter from Charles Addis to sister Etta on plans to visit her in Australia and relations with Miss Denby.

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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

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 1892PP 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 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