Unità documentaria COR_001 - Testimonial from the 'Seiki' captain praising 'Mr Marich' for treating Naval officers well.

1 digital surrogate of Japanese handwritten correspondence

Private deposit by Ms Doreen Curmi and Louise Zammit La Rosa, grand daughters of the last owner of the business: Arthur Rizzo Marich.

Private deposit by Ms Doreen Curmi and Louise Zammit La Rosa, grand daughters of the last owner of the business: Arthur Rizzo Marich.

Testimonail written in Japanese in October 1878 by the navigator (captain) of the Japanese Navy Ship 'Seiki' when the ship entered Malta for the second time. The document praises Mr Marich for his hospitality and treating the Naval officers well. The document also states that the ship visited Malta in April 1878 and again in October 1878.

1 of 36 digitized paper documents

• giapponese

• latino

Size of paper document: 27cm x 30cm
Size of digitized document: 3934 x 4534 - 782MB
Mounted/not mounted: letter mounted to thicker paper
Physical condition: slightly torn paper document - item re-housed and placed in Melinex polyester film

References:
Toledo, N. (2022). The Rizzo Marich Dynasty: And the tobacco industry in Malta (1st ed.). BDL Books.

Zarb-Dimech, A. (2022, December 4). The ‘Rizzo Marich’ Dynasty and the Tobacco industry in Malta. The Malta Independent. https://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2022-12-04/newspaper-lifestyleculture/The-Rizzo-Marich-Dynasty-and-the-Tobacco-industry-in-Malta-6736247977

Date of cataloguing: 02/12/2024

• inglese

• latino

Catalogued by: Sabrina Calleja Jackson