China – My Waters Family

From Joseph Waters to his parents Thomas and Elizabeth Waters (March 27, 1837)

March 27, 1837Letters

[Joseph Waters to his parents, Captain Thomas & Elizabeth Waters] Addressed to Capt.T.Waters, King St , Woolwich, Kent per Fitzherbert Address to Mr Livingston & Syers Calcutta March 27th/37…

From Joseph Waters to his parents, Thomas & Elizabeth Waters (September 19, 1837)

September 19, 1837Letters

[Joseph Waters to his parents, Captain Thomas & Elizabeth Waters] Addressed to Mrs Capt Waters, King St., Woolwich, Kent per Reliance Sept. 19th/37 (1837) Antonio Pereira My Dear Parents, I…

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…

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…