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Diary or log of Edward Hale Greenleaf, aged 16 : a nephew of Mr James Otis, passenger on the steamer Colorado.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Greenleaf, E. H. (Edward Hale), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chinese.
- Compradors.
- Culture.
- Diaries.
- Geography.
- Harbors.
- Language and languages.
- Pagodas.
- Passenger ships.
- Religion.
- Sailors.
- Seafaring life.
- Steam.
- Storms.
- Tariff.
- Voyages and travels.
- California--San Francisco.
- China--Guangzhou.
- China--Hong Kong.
- China--Macau.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Production:
- [Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified], 1867.
- Summary:
- The diary of Edward Hale Greenleaf, the nephew of James Otis, describing the voyage from San Francisco to China aboard the steamer Colorado (or 'Pioneer China Steamer') in 1867. The latter includes descriptions of scenery, festivities, and customs in Hong Kong, Canton, and Macao.
- Notes:
- AMDigital Reference: MS 1617, folder 2
- Collection: James Otis Family Papers, 1765-1902
- James Otis immigrated to San Francisco in 1849, where he joined the firm Macondray and Company, wholesale tea merchants engaged in the China trade, and married into the Macondray family. He was elected mayor of San Francisco in 1873 and died in 1875, while in office.Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the California Historical Society's North Baker Research Library catalogue.
- Title from publisher's website.
- Description based on publisher metadata (viewed October 30, 2024).
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