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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Dear All and Mr. Yoo,<BR>The first attachment is a photocopy of the passport for Rev. Samuel Austin Moffett in 1893.<BR>Many other missionary files in the archives have "hojo" (passports). <BR>By the way, during the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese Army gave a "票' (pass) to westerners in Korea. <BR>The second attachment is such a pass issued to Rev. S. A. Moffett.<BR>Best,<BR>Sung Deuk Oak<br> <BR><div><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 22:05:19 -0600<br>From: almakoreana@gmail.com<br>To: koreanstudies@koreanstudies.com<br>Subject: [KS] The Travel Note on Korea by British Horticulturist James Herbert Veitch and His 1892 Ho Jo (호조, Inlnd Travel Permit are at AGS Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee<br><br><div dir="ltr">Hello All,<div><br></div><div><div style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "times new roman","new york",times,serif; font-size: 16px;'><div style='font-family: HelveticaNeue,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif;'><div><div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Ms. Angela Cope, Senior Academic Librarian at the American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries has graciously allowed me to share the following image with you. </font></div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr"><a style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/agslibrary/14556994858/in/photostream/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.<span tabindex="-1" id="ecx:2oj.122">flickr</span>.com/photos/<span tabindex="-1" id="ecx:2oj.123">agslibrary</span>/14556994858/in/<span tabindex="-1" id="ecx:2oj.124">photostream</span>/</a></div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr">As the image at the link shows, the <font face="Arial">American Geographical Society Library is fortunate enough to own <span tabindex="-1" id="ecx:2oj.125">Veitch's</span> personal copy of his "A Traveler's Notes", published in 1896. The Library was doubly blessed with <span tabindex="-1" id="ecx:2oj.126">Veitch's</span> "Ho Jo(호조, Inland Travel Permit) which had been pressed into the cover. <span tabindex="-1" id="ecx:2oj.127">Veitch</span> arrived in Korea in 1892, two years before Isabella Bird Bishop.</font></div><div style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" dir="ltr"> </div><div style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" dir="ltr">All foreigners travelling to inland of Korea, except the Chinese, would have had to bear the permit. For instance, George Clayton <span tabindex="-1" id="ecx:2oj.128">Foulk</span> had to have this same permit for his travel to the southern part of Korea in late 1882, even though he was a diplomat. He had expressed frustration with the Chinese, who acted as they were above the law, traveling without the same permit.</div><div style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" dir="ltr"><br></div><div style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" dir="ltr">This Ho Jo, "I<em><span tabindex="-1" id="ecx:2oj.129">ssued</span> to English gentlemen xxx on June Eighth, 1892, the Year of Dragon (Lunar calendar)" permitted Mr. <span tabindex="-1" id="ecx:2oj.130">Veitch</span> to travel to <span tabindex="-1" id="ecx:2oj.131">Gangwon</span> do, Diamond <span tabindex="-1" id="ecx:2oj.132">Mts</span>,</em>, <em><span tabindex="-1" id="ecx:2oj.133">Wonsan</span></em>,<em> and Pyongyang</em>.</div><div style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" dir="ltr"><br></div><div style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" dir="ltr">The Ho Jo is not only a travel permit but also it enables the bearer "<em>to get special letters which can be signed for the outlay incurred in each village and redeemable at Soul; the American residents do this, but the English Consul had not the power to obliged me</em> (page 148)." Additionally, the Ho Jo also allowed the bearer to refresh government horses he was using at the various government corrals(역참) along the his travel route. George <span tabindex="-1" id="ecx:2oj.134">Foulk</span> had used both Korean government funds and horses.</div><div style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" dir="ltr"><br></div><div style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" dir="ltr">This is only the third Ho Jo that I am aware of. The first two are at the New York Public Library, one issued to George <span tabindex="-1" id="ecx:2oj.135">Foulk</span> for his travel to the southern part of Korea in the winter of 1884 and the other issued to medical missionary, Dr. William B. Scranton for his travel to <span tabindex="-1" id="ecx:2oj.136">Wonsan</span> in 1886. <br></div></div></div></div></div><div style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "times new roman","new york",times,serif; font-size: 16px;'> </div><div style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "times new roman","new york",times,serif; font-size: 16px;'> A Traveller's Notes</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial,sans-serif;" dir="ltr"><span class="ecxim"><div><font size="3"> </font><span style='color: rgb(33, 33, 36); line-height: 18px; font-family: "Proxima Nova","helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; background-color: rgb(243, 245, 246);'>A traveller's notes, or, Notes of a tour through India, Malaysia, Japan, <span tabindex="-1" id="ecx:2oj.137">Corea</span>, the Australian colonies and New Zealand during the years 1891-1893. </span><span style='color: rgb(33, 33, 36); line-height: 18px; font-family: "Proxima Nova","helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(243, 245, 246);'>(Notes on Korea pages 142-157) </span></div></span><div style="padding-bottom: 5px; font-size: 13px;"><div style="overflow: hidden;"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=PlpJAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PP1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=<span tabindex="-1" id="ecx:2oj.138">PlpJAAAAYAAJ</span>&<span tabindex="-1" id="ecx:2oj.139">printsec</span>=<span tabindex="-1" id="ecx:2oj.140">frontcover</span>&output=reader&<span tabindex="-1" id="ecx:2oj.141">hl</span>=en&pg=<span tabindex="-1" id="ecx:2oj.142">GBS</span>.PP1</a></div></div></div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" dir="ltr"> </div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><font size="4">Ms. <span tabindex="-1" id="ecx:2oj.143">Cope's</span> description of the book; </font></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br></div><div><p style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Courier New",monospace; font-size: 16px;'>"So, the ho <span tabindex="-1" id="ecx:2oj.144">jo</span> on the cover of this book is inset - sort of "letter press" style pressed into the cover. It appears to be a print - so likely this James Herbert <span tabindex="-1" id="ecx:2oj.145">Veitch's</span> from when he traveled and used as decoration on the cover. <br></p><p style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Courier New",monospace; font-size: 16px;'><br></p><p style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Courier New",monospace; font-size: 16px;'>That's my somewhat educated guess. </p><p style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Courier New",monospace; font-size: 16px;'><br></p><p style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Courier New",monospace; font-size: 16px;'>There is a book plate indicating that the <span tabindex="-1" id="ecx:2oj.146">AGS</span> bought the book from Steven & Browns book dealers - so that's no help in regards to who owned it before <span tabindex="-1" id="ecx:2oj.147">AGS</span>. The book was bought in 1910 and there is another book plate on the inside of the front cover. Not terribly legible - </p><p style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Courier New",monospace; font-size: 16px;'><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/agslibrary/15590425207/" target="_blank">https://www.<span tabindex="-1" id="ecx:2oj.148">flickr</span>.com/photos/<span tabindex="-1" id="ecx:2oj.149">agslibrary</span>/15590425207/</a><br></p><p style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Courier New",monospace; font-size: 16px;'><br></p><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><font color="#000000" face="Courier New, monospace" size="3">You may share that ho <span tabindex="-1" id="ecx:2oj.150">jo</span> without formal permission."</font><br></p><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><font color="#000000" face="Courier New, monospace" size="3"><br></font></p><font color="#000000" face="Courier New, monospace"><br></font><BR><font color="#000000" face="Courier New, monospace">Sincerely,</font><BR><font color="#000000" face="Courier New, monospace"><br></font><BR><font color="#000000" face="Courier New, monospace"><span tabindex="-1" id="ecx:2oj.151">Yoo</span> <span tabindex="-1" id="ecx:2oj.152">Kwang</span>-On</font><BR></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><font color="#000000" face="Courier New, monospace" size="3"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div> </div></body>
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