Item 39 - Copy letter from Avebury to J. G. Frazer

Identity area

Reference code

Add. MS b/35/39

Title

Copy letter from Avebury to J. G. Frazer

Date(s)

  • c 1947-c 1955 (Creation)

Level of description

Item

Extent and medium

1 item; typescript copy

Context area

Content and structure area

Scope and content

High Elms, Farnborough, R.S.O. Kent. Dated 19 Dec. 1903 - Makes a change to the paragraph Frazer proposes to insert; will think over an enquiry to the Chinese minister, wonders if they'd admit it, a remarkable form of heroism, but that reflects badly on Chinese justice.

Notes area

Note

A notebook accompanying the collection, 'Index of Letters to Sir James Frazer Part I', 'Index of Letters to Sir James Frazer Part I', lists five letters from Avebury; two letters from 1903 are about 'Chinese executions (Wade)' and 'Substitutes in China'.

Note

Typescript corrected.

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