Lindstrom harriet (1 Ergebnisse)

Yokohama 1932. A letter & envelope dated Showa 7, Feb. 2nd., with a [4] page penned letter, 13.2 x 16.5 cm., 2 folds,very clean and nice example, with 4 Japanese postal stamps. . *** **** *** . . AMERICAN MISSIONARY IN JAPAN WORRIES: . . ABOUT THE JAPANESE ATTACKS IN SHANGHAI " . . WHAT WILL U.S. FORCES DO ?" . * The letter is from Harriet, in Yokohama. . In this letter to her son Siegfried in New York, she states: . "Its too bad the war goes on in China and widens in scope little by little. I do hate to hear of war again and still hope it will soon come t an end. There is considerable excitement about what the American forces has to say about the latest happenings in Shanghai. " . She also complains that she hopes the "Alliance" would promptly pay her past due salary ! . Siegfried apparently was an author of articles in the New York Times which was picked up from his article in the Asia Magazine and was also in the Japanese Advertizer [sic] lately. . She also talks about Mr. & Mrs. Nakamura [Ikei] & Mr. Morinaga both converts to Christianity who went to Nara where there is a church to speak to the congregation. They wanted to rent a larger place to worship and donated 80 yen to that cause. . * Rev. H. & wife [Harriet] Lindstrom were missionary members of the [Swedish] "Christian & Missionary Alliance," serving in Hiroshima in 1910. Harriet was originally from Uppsala, Sweden. The mission in Japan opened in Hiroshima in 1894. . *** THE ENVELOPE: The front of the envelope is addressed to: MR.S.F. LINDSTROM % N.Y.K. LINE 545 FIFTH AVE., NEW YORK, N.Y. U.S.A. By M.S. Tatsuta Maru. . The back side: MRS. H. LINDSTROM, 174 Takigashira, Isogo Ku, Yokohama, Japan. . The envelope has 4 Japanese postal stamps: one 1 Sen, three 3 Sen stamps, post office cancelled at Yokohama, Showa 7th year, 2nd month, 3rd day. . *** Please see photos posted to our website. . *** REFERENCE: . DIRECTORY of protestant missionaries in China, Japan & Corea for the YEAR 1910, see pp. 16 & 92 where it lists the Lindstroms. * THE STORY OF THE CHRISTIAN AND MISSIONARY ALLIANCE, 1900 Nyak. * /mrkoll.se/person/Harriet-Birgitta-Lindstrm-Freningsgatan-39 -Linkping/MTk1ODA1MTY5NDIx&prev=search . ***. …