Letters from China
Subtitle: the Canton-Boston correspondence of Robert Bennet Forbes, 1838-1840
By: compiled and edited, and with background essays, by Phyllis Forbes Kerr.
Contributors: Kerr, Phyllis Forbes.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc.
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Mystic, Ct
Language: eng
Number of pages: 317
Subjects: Forbes, R. B. 1804-1889 -- Correspondence.; Forbes family.; Merchants -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Correspondence.; Ocean travel.; Opium trade.; China -- Commerce -- Massachusetts -- History -- 19th century.; Massachusetts -- Commerce -- China -- History -- 19th century.; China -- Social life and customs -- 1644-1912.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 276-277) and index.