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Letter from Pernambuco on board S.S. “Seguranca”, 13th March 1893
- Editor(s):
- Robert Boyd, Michelle Fink, Charles Watkinson (see profile)
- Date:
- 2021
- Group(s):
- Loewenthal Letters Project
- Subject(s):
- Jews, History, Germany, South America, Travel writing, Economic history
- Item Type:
- Image
- Tag(s):
- 19th-century transport, loewenthal, linen, Jute, Pernambuco, German Jewish history, Maritime history, Travel narratives
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/ybsk-y128
- Abstract:
- This letter to his mother Jane from the linen merchant John McCaldin Loewenthal was written on board the SS Seguranca heading north from Recife, Pernambuco, along the coast of Brazil toward Belém, Pará. It was mailed on13th March 1893. A transcript is available at https://loewenthal.pressbooks.com/chapter/pernambuco_13-march1893/
- 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: https://doi.org/g96g; ISBN 979-8-9854286-1-2 (ebook); 979-8-9854286-0-5 (print book). The book is a compilation of letters from John McCaldin Lowenthal (JMcC) to his mother, Jane. They describe JMcC's travels in South America and the West Indies as a linen and jute merchant between 1889 and 1895.
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- xml
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 2 years ago
- License:
- Attribution-NonCommercial
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