2 Envelopes and 2 letters to Foo Yuen Co., Hwang Je-Syen and Hwang Pal-Gwang

Held by

Cumberland Museum and Archives via Chinese Canadian Artifacts Project (UVic)

Creators

Hong On Tai Jan Co.; Sam Hop Toy Sun; Foo Yuen Co.; Hwang Je-Syen; Lu-Fong Co.; Hwang Pal-Gwang

Dates

1929-08-06 (indexed as 1929)

Level

item

Extent

2 envelopes (A-B); A: 9.5 x 16 cm; paper; white, black writing; one red stamp on front; B: 15.5 x 7.5 cm; paper; white, red stripe, black writing; 2 letters (C-D); C: 26 x 12 cm; paper; white, red lines, black writing; D: 23 x 10 cm; paper; off white, black writing, red stamps.

Scope & content

A: envelope is from Hong On Tai Jan Co. Sam Hop Toy Sun, in Canton China; it is addressed to Foo Yuen Co. in Cumberland B.C. B: envelope is addressed to Hwang Je-Syen in Cumberland B.C. from his Mother; C: letter is to Hwang Je-Syen from his Mother mentioning Jang-Li (full translation available); D: letter is a fee statement from Lu-Fong Co. to Hwang Pal-Gwang. Date: August 6, 1929; Photographed: 982.020.024 C (letter); (Translated by: Sen-Shou Lin June, 4th, 1988).

Places

Canton; China; Cumberland B.C.

Location

• Canton, ON · city · confidence 90% · city:geonames · found as “Canton”

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Genre / form

Textual record

Harvested

2026-10-15T07:27:52Z · source datestamp n/a · ead

Digital objects at the source

• imageOpen original at source ↗982.020.024.jpg