Correspondence by William Young on HM Brig WOLVERINE including Chinese Anti-Opium Tract

File includes seven letters by William Young, purser's steward on HM Brig WOLVERINE, dating from 1840s to 1940s. Also contains an Anti-Opium Tract in Chinese script, dated 1900 [reading from right to left]: Written by Yang Gefei, "How to cure the addiction of opium", outlining the harms of opium; middle column contains a Christian prayer; left column translates as "Chinese medicine prescription for curing opium addiction].

[Acknowledgement: Catalogue translations provided by history students studying "H382 Opium and Empires: Eastern Asia's Narcotic Trade and Culture in Global Context", from SOAS, University of London - with special thanks to Helen Liu, October 2023]

Record Details

Item reference: AGC/Y/4; MSS/67/033 MS1967/033 MSS/67/033
Catalogue Section: Manuscript documents acquired singly by the Museum
Level: ITEM
Extent: 1 folder
Date made: 1842-1942
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London