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These Papers contain three letters from James Purefoy, a scan of a letter in a private collection, two Bills of Exchange and a note regarding their donation.

Letter from Captain James Purefoy to his brother-in-law, Robert Turbett, in which he gives details of his journey to China on the Anna, a boat owned by a Persian merchant, which set sail in October 1793. He writes of the places that they stopped at or passed including Princes island, Batavia, Borneo, before arriving at Macao where they deposited their cargo of cotton and filled the hold with items such as sugar and tea. The letter is dated Bombay January 10th 1794, handwritten, 1 piece, 4 sides.

There are three Chinese documents concerning trade and interaction with the English. With the documents are English abstracts and modern Chinese translations created in 2018.