Coal merchant's receipt book from Nanking, circa 1842.

Coal merchant's receipt book, written in Chinese, endorsed 'taken from the house three or four miles below Nanking, 26 Aug. 1842'.

ID:	WAT/6
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	circa 1842
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Parts:	Waters, George Alexander, Captain, 1820-1903. (Manuscript) Logbook kept on HMS VIXEN, 1842-1843. (Manuscript) (WAT/1) Logbook kept on HMS SIMOOM, 1852-1856. (Manuscript) (WAT/2) Logbook kept on HMS SHANNON, 1856-1861. (Manuscript) (WAT/3) Logbook kept on HMS JAMES WATT, 1861-1864. (Manuscript) (WAT/4) Correspondence, 1857-1858. (Manuscript) (WAT/5) Coal merchant's receipt book from Nanking, circa 1842. (Manuscript) (WAT/6) Chinese Almanac titled: “The blessings come from doing good deeds”: The Thousand Character Classic 1825 CE (Manuscript) (WAT/7)

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