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Joanna King (née Smith): diary 1867-1868. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Joanna King (née Smith): diary 1867-1868
- Date:
- 1867-1868
- Reference:
- MS.7631
- Part of:
- King, John Bishop M.D. (St. Andrews) M.R.C.S. (b.1831), medical practitioner at Penang, and his wife King, Joanna (née Smith) (b.1847)
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
About this work
Description
Diary kept by Joanna King, 1867-1868. Household and social events are recorded in some detail. 285pp.; material on pp.275-285 is upside-down, begun at the other end of the book.
pp.1-274 diary, primarily in Penang but in the final section (pp.259-274) she and her husband are in the Andaman Islands.
pp.275-277 names of persons left in Penang.
pp.278-283 list of birthdays of family and friends.
pp.284-285 list of letters sent and received.
Publication/Creation
1867-1868
Physical description
1 volume Red leather bound.
Related material
Another earlier diary of Joanna Smith was discovered in a London bookshop and extracts serialised in The Straits Times of Singapore in November 1934. Whilst the diary itself is presumed lost, the extracts are available online at the National Library Board Singapore:
Straits Times, 7 November 1934.
Straits Times, 8 November 1934.
Straits Times, 9 November 1934.
Straits Times, 10 November 1934.
Finding aids
Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts.
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores