Correspondence by William Young on HM Brig WOLVERINE including Chinese Anti-Opium Tract

File includes seven letters by William Young, purser's steward on HM Brig WOLVERINE, dating from 1840s to 1940s. Also contains an Anti-Opium Tract in Chinese script, dated 1900 [reading from right to left]: Written by Yang Gefei, "How to cure the addiction of opium", outlining the harms of opium; middle column contains a Christian prayer; left column translates as "Chinese medicine prescription for curing opium addiction].

[Acknowledgement: Catalogue translations provided by history students studying "H382 Opium and Empires: Eastern Asia's Narcotic Trade and Culture in Global Context", from SOAS, University of London - with special thanks to Helen Liu, October 2023]

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Item reference:	AGC/Y/4; MSS/67/033 MS1967/033 MSS/67/033
Catalogue Section:	Manuscript documents acquired singly by the Museum
Level:	ITEM
Date made:	1842-1942
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

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Letters (Manuscript) (AGC)
- Letters 'Y' (Manuscript) (AGC/Y)
  - Captain E. W. B. Yule: Autographed letter to the Hon. Henry Keppel. (Manuscript) (AGC/Y/1)
  - YEAMES, William Frederick: Four autograph letters to Yeames relating to his employment as Curator of the Painted Hall, Greenwich. (Manuscript) (AGC/Y/2)
  - Letter written by Allen Young on board SS HOPE, 26 July 1882. (letter) (AGC/Y/3)
  - Correspondence by William Young on HM Brig WOLVERINE including Chinese Anti-Opium Tract (Manuscript) (AGC/Y/4)

Correspondence by William Young on HM Brig WOLVERINE including Chinese Anti-Opium Tract

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