Declaration by James Kirkwood acknowledging payment by Teobaldi Sendri for lease of a tract of land in Yentai, 4 August 1870
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Title:
Declaration by James Kirkwood acknowledging payment by Teobaldi Sendri for lease of a tract of land in Yentai, 4 August 1870
Creator:
Kirkwood, James ( Author, Primary )
Place of Publication:
Chefoo
Publisher:
[manuscript]
Publication Date:
Language:
English

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
亞洲 -- 中國 -- 山東省 -- 煙台市
亚洲 -- 中国 -- 山东省 -- 烟台市
Sendri, Teobaldi
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- China -- Shandong -- Yantai
Coordinates:
37.545383 x 121.401783

Notes

General Note:
Holographic manuscript
General Note:
Little is know of James Kirkwood. On 12 July 1883 he and his wife, Catherine Strang, registered the birth of their daughter, Helen Alice (Ellie) Kirkwood, in the British Consulate at Chefoo. This may be the James Kirkwood who reported to various publications from Chefoo in the 1890s.
General Note:
Yantai, previously known as Chefoo, is located in present day (2020) Shandong province
General Note:
Chefoo was designated a treaty port by Treaty of Tientsin 1859
General Note:
Thomas Tierney Fergusson founded the trading firm of Fergusson & Co in 1861 following the establishment of a treaty port at Chefoo [Yantai]. Until 1889 he traded alone but then went into partnership with John Pender Wake. According to Frances Wood, author of No dogs and not many Chinese: Treaty port life in China 1843-1943 , "Chefoo was never much of a trading port, with only four foreign trading firms (three of them British) active in 1891, shipping beancake, vermicelli, peanuts, silks, hairnets, lace and fruits." During his time in Chefoo Fergusson was a staunch supporter of the Catholic St Mary's Church and of the Catholic Mission there. Fergusson went on leave to England in 1889, dying there unexpectedly, on 22nd November 1890. The firm Fergusson & Co continued under new ownership for a number of years but Fergusson's property was managed through agents in China, first by his widow, Anna Fergusson and, after her death, in 1908 by his daughter Anne Marie Madeleine, wife of Admiral Sir Charles Henry Coke. During Lady Coke's life the property was sold off in various lots, the last being sold in 1940.

Record Information

Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Special Collections
Rights Management:
All applicable rights reserved by the source institution and holding location.
Resource Identifier:
MS 380715 ( SOAS manuscript number )