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Letters from China : the Canton-Boston correspondence of Robert Bennet Forbes, 1838-1840 / compiled and edited, and with background essays, by Phyllis Forbes Kerr.
Van Pelt Library F73.54.F67 A3 1996
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Forbes, R. B. (Robert Bennet), 1804-1889.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Forbes, R. B. (Robert Bennet), 1804-1889--Correspondence.
- Forbes, R. B.
- Forbes, R. B. (Robert Bennet), 1804-1889.
- Merchants--Massachusetts--Boston--Correspondence.
- Merchants.
- Ocean travel.
- Opium trade.
- Commerce.
- History.
- China--Commerce--Massachusetts--History--19th century.
- China.
- Massachusetts--Commerce--China--History--19th century.
- Massachusetts.
- China--Social life and customs--1644-1912.
- Manners and customs.
- Forbes family.
- Massachusetts--Boston.
- Genre:
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- 317 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 27 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Mystic, Ct. : Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc., [1996]
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-277) and index.
- OCLC:
- 36184381
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