Page 23 - John Heard, An Account of His Life and the History of Augustine Heard & Co., 1891.

Harvard University - Baker Library Historical Collections, Harvard Business School / Heard family. Heard family business records, Volume FP-4, Folder GQ-2-2, and Volume JP-2.
Mss:766 1754-1898. Baker Library Historical Collections, Harvard Business School.
I euppo.. , what a '00,. U8WIll:T lIarol Wldcr IIllCh
circ~utanc'l.
I b.U..,..
tba:J approved of _, at l.alt
I
11"'11'
b..
r1i
of
a.tI¥
cOIIIpl&111h, and
I
know
tb.a;J lpoD .ell
of
me
to OneIl
~t1nI,
..
ho
inquired of tMm, with thit
vi.. of taking
1118
to
China
.
ith
hila.
Durin&
a lu,1 part of thl' year
tha family Uyed i11 Bolton, having VIr,. good 1'00lIl1 at 1Ir1. 'ulen'l ,
Bo.
1
Colo11_ de
Ro..
I r .....ber thil bOUle parUcv.l.&rl;r frOli the VIr,.
pleaNllt let of people
wbo
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I'I l1Yigg tbtlrl at tbtl tilM.
I
rlcall
Mr.
Cbandllr and
Mr .
Rich
and a Ylry prltty girl, about lute.n ,.Iarl of
ace.
na_d Dall...
When tbl propolltion Wil.l firl' mede of
mf
coinc to China
with
Uncll
~tiD'
I Jumpld at it.
I
kne..
~t
it iuvolYld
II.
queltion of
;
yean, 'out there .al
II.
rOOl'"tic Ildl to
it
which awealed to
III;Y'
hnegin_
tion. I tbought. too, that Wldlr hil protecUon I
had
a
much
c:raater
chanc. of auec•••
t~
at
home.
ZY.o at
tbat
earl¥
dq
I
bad
".0
III&lI1
boy. dTwSging on Without
&
ZI¥
pro~lct
of ad't'anc_nt, and I ... quit.
nad¥
to take
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IIq
cbenc..
1 ..1
not proh.bl:;y admitt.d to tbtl coolll1ta...
tlolllOf tha elderl Wltll tba qut;ltlon
had
been PHtty
amch
dltcide4. in
tha affirmatiY',
and
I
took yery good care to interpo•• no objection,
Indled.
~
utter callou.n••1 at l.aYing 10 good a homl hal 'ometimel
'
oliO r.prQ3.Ched
lJII
slne..
1
can only .tate the fact. - that
I
did not
hel
tba leparation a blt.
!
he
e&U..
I
that led
~
uncle to :"eWru to ClIlna
wen
thl
10"
of
.
c-e
of thol
IDIIZIq
that
ha
had
brOU(;ht hOlM
II.
t ..
yearl blroH .
thro~
tplOulation reconne'ldld by lIll
fr1.~
R. B.
)'
orbel
and,
plrhapl, othe r ••
J/IIoll&
them .al on. of .hich
I
r_lIober lIl. writing to Forb.. that
he
.
ould eiye more then one ¥ear" earning. in
China
to '01 free from 1t .
Thll ••1 in repl¥ to 'orb.. te1l1n&
h1lII
he
'
ll'ould
gin. year'l laming.
ln China to
~
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