Chit Book, 1880's

File — Box: 3, Folder: 1

Identifier: id299393

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Leather covered book boards, lined with velvet, with fabric straps in interior for keeping tickets and other ephemera. One side included a pressed flower inside a folded piece of paper with handwritten labeling, "With Care / Flower from Stevenson's funeral and grave," possibly Robert Louis Stevenson. Other side contains a piece of paper with typed text "CONSULATE GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, APIA SAMOA, _____________ 188." Leather covered board sleeve is embossed with text "CHIT BOOK / REV. R. NELSON / RECTORY / HONG QUE" with two Chinese characters. 6.625 in. (height) x 4.875 inches (width) x 0.5 (depth).

Dates

Creation: 1880's

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

English Chinese

Conditions Governing Access:

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