Dr. Divie Bethune McCartee (1820-1900) and his wife Juana M. Knight McCartee
(d. 1906) served as missionaries in China and Japan for the Presbyterian
Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions from 1844 until their
retirement in 1900. Dr. McCartee served as a physician and also performed
consular services. This collection consists primarily of the correspondence
of Divie Bethune McCartee and his wife, Juana Knight McCartee, 1854-1906. The
correspondence is mostly outgoing and includes letters to the Board of
Foreign Missions, to Henry William Rankin, the McCartee's nephew, and to
Franklin Knight, Juan McCartee's father. Also included is correspondence
relating to Dr. McCartee's consular service. View the
collection
guide to learn more. The entire physical collection has been
digitized.
Featured
image: Portrait of Divie Bethune McCartee, 1843.
