Lost Luggage and Christian Converts
[CHINA.]
Business report written to a Mr Luo by two Chinese Christian employees. [China], 咸豐壬子年 [1852].
Manuscript in Chinese on decorative printed paper, 3 separate leaves (each c. 260 x 135 mm), written on rectos only in black ink; a few small holes at foot where previously tied together, creases from folding; else in very good condition.
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Business report written to a Mr Luo by two Chinese Christian employees.
An interesting mid-nineteenth-century report written by two employees (Andrew Zhu 朱安德肋 and Anna Pan 潘亞納) to their manager Mr Luo 羅當家大人, granting us an unusual glimpse into the personal lives of two nineteenth-century Chinese Christian converts.
The writers pray to God for the safe journey of their correspondent, making it likely that they were Chinese who had converted to Christianity. The letter refers to luggage lost on a ship, to hiring someone to help auction off second-hand furniture (listing the items for sale), to a tenant receiving a key, and to recent expenses including salaries, food, and transport.