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Letter from Pará, 4th January 1895
- 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, Pará, German Jewish history, Maritime history, Travel narratives
- Permanent URL:
- https://doi.org/10.17613/4ce2-ww88
- Abstract:
- This letter to his mother Jane from the linen merchant John McCaldin Loewenthal was mailed on 4th January 1895 from Belém, Pará, Brazil. A transcript of the letter can be read at: https://loewenthal.pressbooks.com/chapter/para_4-january-1895/
- 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.
- Metadata:
- xml
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 2 years ago
- License:
- Attribution-NonCommercial
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