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Letter from SS Medway sailing from Plymouth to Barbados, 1st-10th December 1889
- Editor(s):
- Robert Boyd, Michelle Fink, Charles Watkinson (see profile)
- Date:
- 2021
- Group(s):
- Loewenthal Letters Project
- Subject(s):
- Travel writing, Jews, History, Germany
- Item Type:
- Image
- Tag(s):
- Loewenthal, mccully, medway, Plymouth, Barbados, Travel narratives, German Jewish history
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/8nr8-6w78
- Abstract:
- This letter to his mother Jane from the linen merchant John McCaldin Loewenthal was sent from the SS Medway sailing from Plymouth to Barbados. It covers the period 1st-10th December 1889. A transcription is available at https://loewenthal.pressbooks.com/chapter/medway_december1889/
- Notes:
- This image is linked to in the book John McCaldin Loewenthal: Letters Home from a Victorian Commercial Traveller, 1889 – 1895, edited by Michelle Fink and Robert Boyd (2021) https://doi.org/g96g; ISBN 979-8-9854286-1-2 (ebook); 979-8-9854286-0-5 (print book). This is a compilation of letters from John McCaldin Lowenthal to his mother, the recipient of this letter. They describe JMcC's travels in South America and the West Indies as a linen and jute merchant between 1889 and 1895.
- Metadata:
- xml
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 2 years ago
- License:
- Attribution-NonCommercial
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