Joseph Waters – Page 2 – My Waters Family

From Joseph Waters to his mother Elizabeth Waters (January 1838)

January 1, 1838Letters

[Joseph Waters to his mother, Elizabeth Waters née Butterworth] Addressed to Mrs Capt.Waters, King St., Woolwich, Kent Singapore – Jany 1838 Antonio Pereira Dear Mother, Here I am again at…

From Joseph Waters to his father Thomas Waters Sr. (March 21, 1838)

March 21, 1838Letters

[Joseph Waters to his father Captain Thomas Waters R.M.] Addressed to Capt Waters (R.M. heavily added in another ink) King St, Woolwich, Kent March 21st 1838 Whampoa Dear Father, The…

From Captain W.O. Young to Thomas Waters Sr. (April 22, 1839)

April 22, 1838Letters

[Captain W.O.Young to Captain Thomas Waters, Joseph's father] London 28 Milk Street 22nd April 1839 Thos. Waters Esq.r Sir I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter with an…

Example of Opium Clipper

May 23, 2023Photographs, Source Documents

An example of an “opium clipper,” called Water Witch. A British barque built in 1831. Joseph Waters' ship, Antonio Pereira, would have looked like this. Hill, Norman (artist); Peck, James…

First Opium War (1839)

May 23, 2023Photographs, Source Documents

An engraving representing one of the battles of the First Opium War, the attack on the First Bar battery in the Canton River. From Edward Belcher (1843). Public domain, via…